Blow me....

For all the tax money used to build that thing, you can now go sit in your own your TAX-i cab.

Or one could stock up on Uncle Bens and drive a foreign named car with a bed and send the profits to the emperor.

I buy the 5 quart house brand, as I put enough Hershey's on to muffle it...

LOL

You have some Freudian issues�.

I'll let you fret the politics, I drive what I want....

Thank You!

I'll get my people on that too.....

Are they tall skinny people, or short fat ones?

Yes....

Then that would explain why you can drive the big boy truck, but still feel confident shooting a .22-204

What was it that made you decide to buy that? The Chevy commercial with the 2 guys getting "married"?

So ...

Are you going to put an Obama/Biden bumper sticker on it?

Again, I buy what I want, not swayed by your commercial....

My usual Harley-Davidson emblem in the rear window.....

regular cab pickup.. I didn't know they still made those.

When you are out on HWY 18 and you meet a guy with a black Ford 250 pulling a stock trailer and gives you a howdy wave, that would be me. The guys giving you a finger could very well be other fire members.

Oh, and, nice truck.

Note that I made no inference about YOU, aalf. Only about GM.

By all means buy what you want. Do be aware of the Subaru Stigma, however. Others do make assumptions about you based on what you drive. Just sayin'

That must have increased Government Motors truck sales 10%.

This is my first one since my 1990.

Odd seeing the rear window so close....

I like the camouflage, it works well in those surroundings.

It'll be green around here eventually....so they say....

That's ok, you still match for 9 months of the year....

I still love regular cab trucks.

They're like hammers. Simple and effective.

Plus they look better.

So, just to be clear, this is not a new truck, it's a 2011 model. I've been on the lookout for the last several months keeping an eye out for a decent used truck. I wanted a Chevy Work truck, as it was the bare bones model, as in vinyl floor mats, crank windows, manual locks, AM/FM, etc. Any option over and above the base was gravy. Short box models were really few and far between, I just didn't know if that's what I really wanted....

I had spied this truck on the innerweb, and after 3-4 weeks of it still being there, I called the dealer up ( just north of Chitcago, never again) and made a tentative trade on the horn.

So to highlight it, 2011 Work Truck, 31K, V-6, two wheel drive, locking differential, suspension package, which makes it sit up like a FWD (and ride like one), touch pad AM/FM/CD with GPS, power windows/locks, remote starter, trailer hitch, bed mat, and had a Husky tool box that I took out.

It was at a Dodge dealer that couldn't sell it, and I had a Caravan that I traded....win/win. Plus it still has 5K of factory bumper to bumper, and the 5/1K power train warranty.

I wouldn't drive a GM to a dog fight, or a Dodge for that matter.

Years of driving 1/2 ton work trucks brought me to that.

Needs bigger wheel wells.

Now that's an ugly truck!

Screw you Raab. I also drive a Chev truck. No tax money was used for it. Just sayin..........

A Z71 work truck?
Believe that's the first one I've ever seen, didn't know they were made.

That's the suspension package with 245's in the holes.

I'd love to stick 285's on it but I don't wanna suffer the mileage loss....

That's why I originally called them, as it was advertised as a 2 wheel drive, but had the Z71 stickers.

I'm guessing the previous owner put them on, as the Z71 package is Bilsteen gas shocks, skid plates, and 265 tires.

I don't believe he was talking about aalf getting entitlement dollars but of the gov't saving GM.

In that sense, there were plenty of tax dollars used for any of their post-bailout products.

your money spend it how you see fit aalf


no heartburn here over the deal


but this last GMC truck '02, is just that for me, the last


bout decided I'm going over to the dark side of Ford

It's a half ton that's not a big boys truck

Ive been seeing a lot of 2wd chevy's with Z-71 stickers lately, I think they are coming from the factory that way now. I also believe that Chevy's are still the best gas pickups out there.

spend your money how you see fit.......I am sure a lot of these folks talking smack have items from china, japan, vietnam, and elsewhere..... at least your money helped some Americans out

aalf,

I've driven Chevys since 1959 and have never had a moments problem with any of them.

Currently, I'm driving a 2010 CC/SB LTZ 4X4 Z-71 with every possible option and it may just be the finest truck I've ever owned.

Good luck with yours, not that you need it ... you now own a fine rig.

kd

You're right. I just got done with a little research, and found that it's the suspension and locking differential option available on 2 wheel drives. So the stickers are legit.

This is my run around every day bomber.

I have a loaded 4X4 extended cab Z71 Colorado for my get outta Dodge vehicle.

The two truck will have watch duty over my "73" Z-28.

My Chevy blood has always run deep.....

Z71 on a 2wd?

That's like putting Z28 on a 4 cylinder Camaro.

GM has gone full retard. Obviously the marketing department now runs the manufacturer.

Chevy owners have little penises.

Throw a couple hundred pounds of sand over that rear axel and that locking differential will go just about anywhere 4 wheel drive will.

All I see is penis envy.....

Plastic bumpers for when the going gets tough

Yup--I've seen a lot of snow plowed with a 2-wheel drive truck with weight in the back. A LOT!

I have a 2001 Chevy 2500 HD. This is the 14th year I've been plowing with it. It's getting a workout this year, but just keeps going.

When it finally dies, my company will buy me a new one, but this is turning into the best investment my co. ever made.

Fluckkin' right, that's why I wanted the Work truck.

Unlike some that spend all their time on the innerweb, I actually get out and do schitt.

This is where I do most of my shooting at LR. By mid-summer it's a field of thistles, so I like the cheap ass plastic up front to plow through with:

I hope you automatic hubs, so you don't stain your pants.

Well, I wish I could argue with that!

Nice looking truck for a Chevy.

With a 2wd and street tires?

Whatever schitt it is you do..... must not be far off the paved road.

Just messing with you, enjoy your truck.

I second that. I have a 4 door and all it does is accumulate more crap. I have to have a four door or I couldn't haul my whole clan.

O yeah, nice truck hope you enjoy it.

All in good fun...

Actually I have a set of BFG T/K KO's coming for the rear.

As long as it's dry, I can get to my spot in TWD, even though I have to cross a creek, cross a frame twister ditch, and crawl the hill to the top. It's a cattle pasture too, so the truck tends to smell like cowshitt most of the time....

And the 1000s and 1000s of non union parts supplier jobs that GM,Ford and Mopar need to build cars with.

dave

Nice truck Alan! Congrats

Nice ride Al, my Silverado has been good to me.

Free markets only work if there is a downside to a bad investment. The gov't didn't do anyone any favors in the long run when they saved GM. As you point out, there were 2 other major car companies that'd have bought parts from those suppliers and it's highly doubtful that GM would have simply disappeared if the normal chain of events had continued.

Gov't involvement in markets is BAD. Allowing dirtbags like those in Washington to chose winners and losers is BAD.

Disincenting careful inspection of potential investments through gov't saving people from losses is BAD.

It is highly likely that this truck and the parts suppliers all would still be here had Obama not stepped in. The fact that "conservatives" defend his intervention speaks clearly to the sad state of so-called "conservatism" in this country.

Well quit looking in your mirror.

My Silverado is a work truck too.

Looks like the work is over....

My Silverado(former)work truck.

You know you have braggin' material when horns are showing above the box...

Nah! Optical illusion...Big Stick/Boxer taught me the photography technique.

Hey now dangit, my pecker might be short but by gosh its skinny. lol

How much of that truck is made in America.

How much of the PROFIT from the original sale went to America?

I'll pass on Faux Wheel Drive...

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So that you dont freeze your hands when you have to push it.


dave

Thats a great attitude to have. We do the same!

Aalf,

Enjoy. I come from a GM town and have driven GM vehicles most of my life. I had a couple of cars that were less than stellar but the trucks have been great. A lot of my friends trailer extensively and all of it has been with GM trucks.

I am also of the opinion it is my money and I'll do what I want with it.

Jim

Nice uh, trucks, SK and RO.

hah, not true, ask your ol' lady. :-D

The second week of January this year the Fed completely rid themselves of GM. I also read that GM then had an IPO on stock.
When you spell Ford backward it says Driver returns on foot!

I would, but she's at the garage getting her Chevy fixed!

She told him that to make him feel better.

she said.

Was she have problems getting cranked?

Never, she gets to ride in this:

People have a right to buy whatever brands they want, but I must say I saw a brand new Chevy truck displayed at the Midland, Texas airport the other day and that damn thing was uuuuugggglllyyyy!

Anything non union is a good thing.

I dont hate chevy, I hate that the government spent taxpayer money to bail them out and lost approx. 10 billion dollars when they finished selling the gm stock.

The gov. didnt bail my business out when I needed it, so when the gov. pays me back my tax money, they spent on gm, and compensates me for my business, then and only then will I consider a gm product.

By-the-way, I paid everyone I owed, every cent that was owed, when my business failed.

There's plenty of people with no standards, no problem.

Q: How do you double the value of a Chevy?
A: Put gas in it.

Q: How is a golf ball different from a Chevy?
A: You can drive a golf ball 200 yards.

Q. What do you call a Chevy at the top of a hill?
A. A miracle?

Q. What do you call two Chevy's at the top of a hill?
A. A mirage.

"Chevy, built like a rock and runs like one too."


these are just some Ive owned all of the big three and would agin right now i have an 01 f250 4x4 crew caab lariat diesel i bought new and have put 250,000 miles and am hopeing nothing goes wrong with it I do trust it completly though did the transmition at about 175,000 the tranny used to run 100 degrees above ambient temp till i got a tripple disc tork converter and bigger clutches now it doesn"t even get warm pulling a bobcat up 12 miles and 4500" 0f steep grade the door locks dont always open with the clicker any more though

Close, but no it won't. Just fiction propagated by people who don't own a 4x4 and wish they did.

+1

Oh I see the Toyota boys have finally shown up in force.

Well... Somebody has to tow the Chebbies home. It might as well be a Toyota.

congrats on a nice truck.i bet half of these cry babies are driving junk toyota's .

A proper reposte, sir - and spot on..

The only way to make a Ford look good is to park it between two Dodges.
Why do Fords usually sustain very little damage in a head on collision? Because the Tow Truck takes all the damage.

I didn't care for Chevy's before they became Government Motors, but it was never any of my business what other people drove before that.

If I did buy one, I would kinda have a problem with the fact that I was paying for it twice.

That's like putting a magnum sticker on an air rifle... lol

There I fixed that for you.

Meanwhile, back at the fire, AARF and EyeBall cannot bear the weight of being ostracized for their forbidden love affair with Chevys.


Last seen, they were in AARF's new 2WD, and were holding hands.
Off they went.......

Nope, not here!

I'll take that bet.

Okay as a Chevy owner I'll admit it. Ford & Toyoder owners are big dicks... with teeny wankers!

Good post sir.

About 1/2 my trucks have been Fords and about 1/2 been Chevy's. Had one Jeep pickup and one Dodge pickup.
The worst truck was a 79 Ford with a 302. However, I had a Chevy S-10 Blazer that fought hard for the worst ever vehicle I've owned position. One of the best was a 78 Ford 3/4 ton with 400. One of the other really good trucks was a 4wd Chevy super-cab 1/2 ton 350 engine.
Had 1 tons and have had 1/2 tons and a couple 3/4 tons.
I don't like cars. I have only had one or two in the past couple of decades. Couldn't wait to sell them.
My current Chevy has about 160,000 on it gets about 27 mpg when driven at speed limit (rarely happens). I'm thinking Dodge 4 door 4wd. I imagine it could be my last truck.

By the time I'm ready for another truck, Guv'mint Motors will likely have gone the way of Pontiac. Not interested in Italian Jeeps or socially-engineered trucks.

215,000 miles and going strong.

Tell me, how many Ford F-150's and Chevy Silverado's are sold in Japan? Don't be a Toyota terrorist, support your own country, with profits flowing to American companies to build the American economy.

About the same number of Tundras that are sold in Japan... They don't have a market for them.

Besides, Tundras are built in San Antonio with 75% of the parts manufactured in the US.

Silverados - 62% of the parts are manufactured in the US. (let me know how long that Mexican transmission lasts...)

75% U.S. parts? Really? Or are those parts made on U.S. soil by Toyota subsidiaries? And tell me, where do the profits go? Let's have a discussion on that, shall we? Since Toyota stock isn't listed on an American exchange, where do you think those profits are going?

And I thought the transmitions are built in Toledo Ohio...

Hmm, I thought Allison made pretty good transmissions.

Chevrobama figured out a long time ago that you can even sell a Celebrity or Baretta if you put the letter 'Z' on it somewhere...

I love my 75% USA made Tundra....I could not bring myself to buy a 52% made in USA 2014 Chevy pickup. To each his own..I am going to drive what I Like and could care less what anyone else drives.

What stock exchange you lookin' at?

New York Stock Exchange http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=TM.

I'm guessing the profits go in your and my 401K. Now what?

Unfortunately it's not even that high of a percentage. According to the NHTSA, the 2014's are only 41% US and Canada origin combined. If that works for you, great. Buy it.


It could be 100% made in China and people would still buy solely on the nameplate. "Hey, at least it's an American brand!"

At the rate they are going in a few years it will be 100% Foreign made.

Look closer - that's not Toyota common stock.

In the United States, Toyota stock is offered in the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The ADRs are traded under the symbol TM on the NYSE and are based on shares traded in Japan. Each ADR represents two shares of Toyota common stock.

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What are American Depositary Receipts?

A negotiable certificate issued by a U.S. bank representing a specified number of shares (or one share) in a foreign stock that is traded on a U.S. exchange. ADRs are denominated in U.S. dollars, with the underlying security held by a U.S. financial institution overseas. ADRs help to reduce administration and duty costs that would otherwise be levied on each transaction.

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Why is the difference important? Because Toyota shares don't technically trade on any U.S. exchange, they are exempt from U.S. exchange reporting requirements. Just another way Toyota can hide their dealings in this country.

As for 401K investments, that's also worthy of a closer look.

Let's take a look at Ford Motor's major shareholders -

% of Shares Held by All Insider and 5% Owners: 0%
% of Shares Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 54%
% of Float Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 54%
Number of Institutions Holding Shares: 949

Top Institutional Holders
Holder Shares % Out Value* Reported
Evercore Trust Company, N.A. 226,292,166 5.84 3,491,688,121 Dec 31, 2013
Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 189,185,464 4.88 2,919,131,709 Dec 31, 2013
State Street Corporation 165,044,263 4.26 2,546,632,978 Dec 31, 2013
Wellington Management Company, LLP 113,632,779 2.93 1,753,353,779 Dec 31, 2013
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. 101,389,949 2.62 1,564,446,913 Dec 31, 2013
Northern Trust Corporation 49,066,858 1.27 757,101,618 Dec 31, 2013
Allianz Asset Management AG 44,496,886 1.15 686,586,950 Dec 31, 2013
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 42,442,457 1.10 654,887,111 Dec 31, 2013
BlackRock Fund Advisors 34,736,449 0.90 535,983,408 Dec 31, 2013
Institutional Capital Corporation 34,234,155 0.88 528,233,011 Dec 31, 2013

Top Mutual Fund Holders
Holder Shares % Out Value* Reported
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund 56,301,689 1.45 949,809,493 Sep 30, 2013
Vanguard/Wellington Fund Inc. 38,588,880 1.00 659,098,070 Nov 30, 2013
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund-Institutional Index Fund 38,542,787 1.00 650,216,816 Sep 30, 2013
Vanguard 500 Index Fund 37,711,417 0.97 636,191,604 Sep 30, 2013
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 37,240,064 0.96 557,111,357 Jan 31, 2014
Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund 21,442,024 0.55 330,850,430 Dec 31, 2013
Allianz Fds-AllianzGI NFJ Dividend Value Fd 20,230,400 0.52 302,646,784 Jan 31, 2014
Spartan 500 Index Fund 16,459,861 0.42 253,975,655 Dec 31, 2013
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 12,529,304 0.32 187,438,387 Jan 31, 2014
Select Sector SPDR Fund-Consumer Discretionary 12,043,581 0.31 180,171,971 Jan 31, 2014

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So, we see that a lot of AMERICAN hopes and dreams are riding on the performance, i.e. profit, of Ford Motor Company.

How about Toyota ADR's? Keep in mind these are percentage ownership of Toyota ADR's, not Toyota common stock -

Breakdown
% of Shares Held by All Insider and 5% Owners: NaN
% of Shares Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: NaN
% of Float Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: NaN
Number of Institutions Holding Shares:

Top Institutional Holders
Holder Shares % Out Value* Reported
Fisher Asset Management, LLC 4,565,198 0.29 556,588,940 Dec 31, 2013
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 1,272,032 0.08 155,086,141 Dec 31, 2013
Thornburg Investment Management Inc. 1,244,170 0.08 151,689,206 Dec 31, 2013
Adage Capital Partners GP L.L.C. 875,000 0.06 106,680,000 Dec 31, 2013
Franklin Resources, Inc 745,460 0.05 90,886,483 Dec 31, 2013
Morgan Stanley 856,888 0.05 104,471,784 Dec 31, 2013
Brandes Investment Partners L.P. 671,010 0.04 81,809,539 Dec 31, 2013
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 641,253 0.04 78,181,565 Dec 31, 2013
Northern Trust Corporation 585,586 0.04 71,394,645 Dec 31, 2013
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership 579,023 0.04 70,594,484 Dec 31, 2013

Top Mutual Fund Holders
Holder Shares % Out Value* Reported
American Beacon Large Cap Value Fd 806,800 0.05 98,365,056 Dec 31, 2013
DFA International Core Equity Portfolio 360,892 0.02 46,706,642 Oct 31, 2013
Fidelity Select Portfolios - Automotive 337,844 0.02 41,189,940 Dec 31, 2013
Franklin Templeton VIP-Foreign Securities Fund 291,181 0.02 35,500,787 Dec 31, 2013
Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock Fund 89,500 0.01 11,583,090 Oct 31, 2013
DFA Large Cap International Portfolio 94,713 0.01 12,257,756 Oct 31, 2013
Natixis Fds Tr I-CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fd 145,000 0.01 17,678,400 Dec 31, 2013
Federated Equity Income Fund 180,300 0.01 22,546,515 Nov 30, 2013
SEI Institutional Managed Tr-Large Cap Value Fund 74,500 0.00 9,641,790 Oct 31, 2013
MML Series Investment Fund-MML Foreign Fund 57,405 0.00 7,349,562 Sep 30, 201

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Well look at that, not even 1% of Toyota ADR's are held by institutions and mutual funds, while 54% of Ford's outstanding common stock is funding the financial future of AMERICA and AMERICANS.

Now, who is funding my retirement?

It has been my observation that drivers of Chevrolets are more aggressive than drivers of other makes.

So, a post about Chevy lovers driving a T

So, a post about Chevy lovers driving a T Bird off a cliff??
Really---

Ifin ya don't like my drivin stay offa da sidewalk!

You have to admit though, it is somewhat comforting to know that if one, such as myself, were to buy out a company like...say...Leupold. Come in, fire everyone in the US production line, and totally outsource the parts and assembly to Mexico, China, (take your pick of on-the-cheap country) etc., you'd still have the support of those such as Walt. Because after all, it's about that profit.

When did GM fire everyone and move all of it's production overseas?

No one suggested they did. It's the concept that it doesn't matter where the product is derived, only where profits go. I thought the point was quite clear in the post above. Guess not.

They need to be. They have to get home before the truck craps out.

Na... Were tryin to get home before the gay bars close and the fords/toyoders hit the road.

That would make a nice privy.

Hardly. I've only walked outta the bush twice in my life. Both times it was the blue oval chitting the bed. I don't hate Ford just had better luck in a Chev. Plus women at least the hot ones like chevys more.

When you are as good looking as I am, it does not matter what you drive!!!!!!!!

now your talkin,a real american. they are rare breed these days.

they like feedin those slant eyes. brain washed americans. how do you think we got obama.

take a look at this. 7 out of 12 are gm

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/02/23/long-lasting-200000-miles/5704783/

There is not a car or truck made today that will not last 200,000 miles. Show me a report on how much it cost to keep that Chevy running for 200,000 compared to Toyota Honda Ford Dodge that would tell the whole story. My son just got rid of a 2005 Chevy pickup with 160,000 mile on it. three transmissions, 2 rear ends, could not keep the air conditioning working or the power windows, the motor was good no problems with it other than a few starters.

We'll be lucky if we are allowed to drive anything if zer o and the libs get their way.

Thats the Truth.

Chevy (GM) has sold out to the Chinese. I don't care how good or bad their trucks are but if you want to support this communist crap, keep buying Chevys but you have no right to whine and bitch about Chinese junk running American businesses out. I will continue to buy vehicles from companies that are solvent without flooding them with my tax dollars. I just bought a new Ford the week before Christmas. I still own a Chevy and it is a good truck. I won't replace it with another though.

The back two pages of the Ford Owners Manual contains the Bus schedule.

Yeah, but they wear Polaris jackets.

Yup. Ho Lee Pfuk signs my paycheck.

There are mitigating factors not discussed in that report. You notice that it is derived from used car advertisements? Tacomas would be #1 if they were ever for sale. Those that were'nt totalled by F250s (#1), that is.

i drive a chevy and a polaris.

very strange reply.makes absolutely no sense.

You must really like to fix your stuff.

i don't need to fix them,they don't brake.i've only owned 4 chevy trucks sense 1979 and i'm still driving 2 of those.i can understand the polaris haters on older models,but the new polaris is a great atv.honda is the only one i wouldn't own. we had 7 guys riding trails that had hondas .they ALL were sold due to breakdowns.6 of those bought polaris atvs and they love them.

You're right there, they don't brake for [bleep]. Just keep on driving your Isuzu designed Chevy while whining about people buying "foreign".

You do realize that some kid might read that and think you're serious, don't you?

POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. Calle Am�ricas 200Apodaca, N.L. 66647

I've never understood the hatred for inanimate objects.

No hatred for inanimate objects...contempt for people that try to sell crap and bash all others.