I've got an '06 Silverado 1500 4x4 with just over 83k on it. It's got a few bumps and scrapes, but is generally rust free and runs just fine.
The recent squirrel damage thing (in another thread) caused the shop, the insurance company and just today my dad to point out how "old" the vehicle is and maybe it would be time to replace it rather than pay $2k in repairing the damage. WTF? Is the book value on this thing that low? Somehow I think not. The entire list of things wrong with the truck outside of the fuel repairs include:
- crappy bedliner
- tail light plastic delaminating so it's getting cloudy
- dent in side of bed where the wife hit the carport
- ugly lugnuts (swapped out the old rims for some fancy GMC rims off CL and now the old lugnuts which used to be behind a plastic cap can be seen)
- one of the dash bulbs is out
The junky GM leather seats aren't ripped, the dash isn't cracked, all the power stuff works, not even any leaks. Why would I replace a fully paid for truck with 83k on it for anything else these days? What, no carplay? The extra cab isn't "extra" enough? No forced onstar subscription? The heated seats are controlled by a switch and not a subscription? No TPMS throwing fake readings all the time? No WIFI? No.. uh... our newest car is a '13 and that's actually a cargo van so I have no idea what's actually in modern cars that justifies the crazy prices besides.
Oh, maybe it's airbags, 6 isn't enough these days?
EDIT: and the inspection was just done so I can pay my yearly shakedown money to the crown... $110.15 for tax and tags. They show it's value as... $3970!
The recent squirrel damage thing (in another thread) caused the shop, the insurance company and just today my dad to point out how "old" the vehicle is and maybe it would be time to replace it rather than pay $2k in repairing the damage. WTF? Is the book value on this thing that low? Somehow I think not. The entire list of things wrong with the truck outside of the fuel repairs include:
- crappy bedliner
- tail light plastic delaminating so it's getting cloudy
- dent in side of bed where the wife hit the carport
- ugly lugnuts (swapped out the old rims for some fancy GMC rims off CL and now the old lugnuts which used to be behind a plastic cap can be seen)
- one of the dash bulbs is out
The junky GM leather seats aren't ripped, the dash isn't cracked, all the power stuff works, not even any leaks. Why would I replace a fully paid for truck with 83k on it for anything else these days? What, no carplay? The extra cab isn't "extra" enough? No forced onstar subscription? The heated seats are controlled by a switch and not a subscription? No TPMS throwing fake readings all the time? No WIFI? No.. uh... our newest car is a '13 and that's actually a cargo van so I have no idea what's actually in modern cars that justifies the crazy prices besides.
Oh, maybe it's airbags, 6 isn't enough these days?
EDIT: and the inspection was just done so I can pay my yearly shakedown money to the crown... $110.15 for tax and tags. They show it's value as... $3970!
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