vagabond

My dear husband sold my beloved Jeep 3 weeks ago and is now agonizing over which truck to get. We once owned a Ford F-250, but he says he likes the looks of a GMC Sierra more. He is definitely not the same man I married 25 years ago!!

Anybody here own one of these trucks? Any opinions good or bad?

CaptainCarl

My GMC is just about to hit 180,000 miles. Still running strong-ish.

Granted, not very many of the original parts remain. In the 40,000 miles I've put on it, I've replaced the alternator, the radiator, the fuel pump, the water pump, the compressor, the rear window, a passenger window, both side mirrors (stupid car wash), the sway bar bolts, a couple of tires (stupid nails), the distributor, all of the spark plug leads, the spark plugs (more than once), the fuel injectors, two of the brake rotors, plus all the standard maintenance you'd expect with owning your own vehicle.

The A/C is inop (this summer's gonna be rough ), 3 of the 6 speakers are inop, my dad sheared the recline handle off on the passenger side, and the engine surges 100 RPM at 40 and 60 mph (nowhere else, just those two speeds).

Anyway, I like GMC better than Ford. Mine's been places and gotten me there without too much of a struggle. It's days are numbered though, it's about time to get something more economical.

mosteam3985

Well from a political perspective, GM should be out of business and Ford didn't take taxpayer money for a bailout.......HOWEVER GMC makes a pretty good truck. I drove one for a couple years and liked it a lot however that was for a job. If I was to buy one for myself I'd buy a Super Duty. I like the look of them and there's more options. THere's a reason they're the number one selling truck for the last however many years. Just find one in your price range and buy something you like! You gotta really love it because no matter what it'll be sucking the gas :-)

tomgoodman

Why not another Jeep? My Wrangler has been completely satisfactory for many years.

Philly

I bought a Sierra last summer and love it. No problems at all. Not sure what you are asking about specifically other than that.

Best...Philly

Superpilot92

I love my GMC Sierra crew cab. Best looking trucks on the road IMHO. Haven't had any issues to speak of so far.

Timbo

What are you going to use it for? Hauling stuff? What stuff? How heavy? Or is this just for around town use, with some storage space in back?

My kids have 6 horses and they show them, so I have to haul a 3 horse, goose neck type trailer (hitch is in the truck bed, not on the bumper) to their shows. I've been using a Ford F150 for the past 12 years to haul them. The first one I bought was a 2000 model year, 4.6L v8, two wheel drive. It could pull the fully loaded trailer, on the flat land of Florida, but it was pretty slow off a red light and really slow up a hill.

I later gave that one to my kids (when they turned 16) with about 130,000 miles on it, no mechanical issues, and bought a (new) 2007 F150, 4x4, 5.7L V8, Crew Cab, which hauls the horses much easier, but not as well as a F250 Diesel, which I have borrowed from some friends a couple of times, just to see how it is. If you are going to do a lot of hauling, get the diesel!

I was going to buy the Diesel F250 but the price difference was about $10,000 more than the 150, and since my kids were going off to college, I knew I wouldn't be doing as much hauling, so I got the F150, which today has about 75,000 miles on it, no mechanical isssues at all. It gets about 18mpg on the highway, no load, at 70-75mph, or about 10mpg hauling the horses at 65mph.

MOST of the serious horse haulers are doing it with Fords, usually the F250, 350, or 450's, diesels of course, depending on how big their trailers are. If you want some 'expert' truck advice, go to any horse show and walk around, see what people are using, if hauling big loads (boats, RV's, Horses, etc.) is going to be an issue, and ask some of them why they drive what they do.

I have heard some good things about the Dodge, they use the Cummings Diesels, and their transmissions are supposed to be stronger as well, so ask around, see who likes what, and why.

I bought my wife a new Chevy Suburban 1500 in 2004, two wheel drive, 5.7 (?) V8. It had all the bells and whistles in the interior, which I HATE, but she loves. None of that crap works today!

The "Climate Control" blows hot air in July, the 6 disc CD changer is AFU, we can only get it to play one CD, the other 5 are trapped inside! The leather seats are all ripped, the automatic seat controls always run the driver's seat full forward when I get in, so every time I get in, I have to re-adjust my seat, Oh, and we've put two new alternators in it, three batteries, two steering columns. I think it's got about 129,000 miles on it today. It gets about 18mpg, empty. A little less if we stuff the 4 kids in it to go to the beach.

But she still loves it, I still hate it. I like a stripped down, nothing fancy, type truck, my two concessions being; a good audio system so I can blast Santana and Zepplin to keep me awake, when I'm doing a 10 hour haul, and cruise control. But then I like hand propping Cubs too...

Elvis90

I have a 1999 Ford F150 Lariat 4x4 with 145,000 miles on it and it runs and looks great. Everything works fine. My next pickup will be a Ford when this one dies.

Dark Knight

GMC = Good man cheated

RedeyeAV8r

I don't think you can go wrong with either.

I have owned 3 different Pick ups.

A 1996 A Chevy 1500 4x2 (Basically a GMC Sierra)
A 1999 Dodge Ram 4x4 5.7 V8
A 2009 F150 Super crew 4x4 5.4 V8

All 3 were good trucks. My favorite was the F-150.
It rode better on the highway and got better Mileage.
The Ram had more power but had maintenance issues than the Ford or Chevy.

Still enjoying the F150.

If you are going to be doing a lot of heavy towing, I would opt for the F250 Diesel. If you will be doing only light towing the 5.4 V8 is more than sufficient.
I don't know anything about Fords new Turbo V-6, but for most P/U truckers, A V8 is required.