Chevrolet's nationwide quest for veteran Silverados
This week, Chevrolet announced the start of its ‘Silverado 200,000 Mile Club’ search, a quest across the U.S. for Silverado trucks with 200,000 miles or more. Documenting this year-long search is husband-and-wife team, journalists Eric Mohl and Karen Catchpole of the Trans-America Journey, who will be aided in their travels by a 2006 Silverado. Mohl and Catchpole will provide online documentation of their journey.
Chevrolet will announce the new members of the club at the Texas State Fair some time in September. The GM brand will also unveil the new 2007 Silverado at that time.
[Source: General Motors via WebWire]
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Rob 8:17AM (4/27/2006)
good luck finding any!! just kidding :)
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rich 8:21AM (4/27/2006)
does that include the ones stuck in the dealers, because gm makes crappy products.
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Alex 8:33AM (4/27/2006)
I had owned a 1999 Silverado it got up to 128k miles and then I sold it. I was never happy with that POS.
Yes they can probably find a percentage of the millions of these trucks with over 200k miles, but let the original owners tell the whole story.
My Silverado was the least reliable transportation I had ever owned. There were numerous electrical problems, Fuel Pump failures, oil consumption, transfer case issues.
In all I spent over $8000 in repairs on that pile of crap afte the warranty expired. My wife constantly reminds me on how big a pile of crap it was, I will never buy another GM vehicle.
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Mike 8:34AM (4/27/2006)
Real funny Rich, hey look if you can't come up with something to post give us all a break and skip it!
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Michael G 8:34AM (4/27/2006)
I'm not going to say anything this is too easy.
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MJ 8:49AM (4/27/2006)
Funny how this stuff from the Detroit Free Press has a hard time finding its way onto the blogs here. If it was GM it would already be up I'm sure of that!
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DriftPunch 8:56AM (4/27/2006)
I've got 169,000 on my '94 Sierra. There's no reason to think that there are not a bounty of them above 200,000. In fact, that number is really nothing special. Seeking 500,000+ mile vechiles would be more appropriate. 200k is like 'seeking' people that are above six feet, four inches tall. Yes, that's tall, but not really that excessive.
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Michael G 9:23AM (4/27/2006)
#5 It was posted try hitting the next button.
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/04/26/toyota-recalls-new-camry-for-transmission-issue/
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Richard B 9:24AM (4/27/2006)
That should be pretty easy, my nephew has a GMC pickup with well over 200,000. You can find dozens in any small southern town. Men don't sell their pick-ups they hang onto them and it's not that unusual to find a Chevy, GMC, Ford or Dodge with well over 300,000 miles
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Rob 9:24AM (4/27/2006)
MJ, are you on crack?
There was a post about the Toyota Camry issue a couple of days back.
Check before you start complaining.
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Bob 9:32AM (4/27/2006)
My father in law has two with over $200K. One of which only had the brakes replaced and a couple starters (he starts his trucks many times per day) replaced up to $198K. At that point he decided it was time for some maintainance and had the spark plugs changed for the first time.
He could add more to the list with over $200K, but he sells them. One of which went for over $5000.
People who say Chevy trucks don't last, don't have a clue, don't take care of the vehicles ,or are a complete anomaly.
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LK 9:38AM (4/27/2006)
As DriftPunch said, it'd make more sense to look for trucks with over 500,000 miles - because there are a huge number of these trucks around with over 200K on them. Heck, one of my ranch trucks has 300K on it...and I don't even consider that high miles.
Alex - don't assume that all GM owners have had an experience similar to yours. My pickup still has the original engine and tranny at 300K, and has required very few repairs (certainly well under $1,000).
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Nick 10:00AM (4/27/2006)
a quick search at eBay finds 11 Silverados for sale with over 200k, and a couple over 300k. I agree that 200k isn't as much of an achievement--300 or 400k should be what they're looking for.
I've had two Chevy Blazers, certainly regarded by many of you to be pieces of junk. I sold my 1993 at 160k when the transmission started to slip. Only time it ever broke down on me was once--for a fuel pump. I drove it across the country, down into Mexico, and back over one summer when it had 110k on it, so I fully trusted it. The good experience led me to buy another. My 98' ZR2 has 110k on it now, and it has never let me down, always starts and goes. These aren't amazing numbers, but respectable. The fact that you can buy a used Chevy truck for 1/2 the price as a comparable Toyota on the used market makes them really good deals.
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Alex 10:01AM (4/27/2006)
Thats baloney LK- most Silverado lovers are kindly ignoring some the repairs. In fact the longer I think about I am reminded of more repair that were required on that POS.
I also had to have the Alternator replace twice under 100k.
I have spoken to a lot of Silverado owners, and the Fuel Pump problems are really common on the 1993 to 1999 CK, I know this I went through three Fuel Pumps, and the fuel tank has to be dropped to get to it, and the repair runs up to $700.
In fact the person who bought my vehicle asked about the Fuel Pump, and he mentioned this is common on all these vehicles.
I think a lot of people just love the product and quiety ignore this crap that goes on. Its kind of like what GM loyalists say about Toyota and Honda owners, and its true. If you have a special bond with your vehicle its easy to ignore its problems.
Bottom line, in my view this crap shouldnt happen!! The only redeeming quality my Silverado had was that it was a popular vehicle, and I was able to sell it pretty fast. There are a lot of loyalist that are willing to make the repair on these turds.
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Richard Warren 10:59AM (4/27/2006)
Alex, for what it's worth on the fuel pup situation, there were some pump problems, but about 50% maybe a little more had a problem with the connection to the pump, not the pump. The other thing is, there is a faster way to do the job, don't drop the tank, remove the bed, you can remove the bed in less than 10 minutes with the right tools, gain access to the tank, do the job, 10 minutes to replace the bed, done. Not the factory method, but quicker and faster, time is money.
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Corey W. 11:05AM (4/27/2006)
Alex,
Ok, this is a good one.... You think people ignore the problems they have with their vehicles because of how much they love the brand??
And so they keep purchasing "crappy" products because they sooooooo love GM and the United States??
This is news, Autoblog please do a special on how stupid, the estimated 6+ million a year, GM new cars owners are. This has got to be stopped.... Toyota, please save us!!!
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VW-Guy 11:08AM (4/27/2006)
Seems like they set their target too low. I'm not a GM guy by any means but I would think a Sierra is easily capable of over 300k miles, even in work duty.
Now if they round up only the hardest working, muddy, heavy, abused and somewhat neglected construction trucks with over 200k then that's a different story.
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Tom 11:22AM (4/27/2006)
"Chevrolet will announce the new members of the club at the Texas State Fair some time in September. The GM brand will also unveil the new 2007 Silverado at that time."
Does this sound like a FREE all-new 2007 Chevy Silverado giveaway in the making?
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old truck guy 11:41AM (4/27/2006)
I'll take a new Silverado. I have a 1984 with only 235K on it. It has been good, it recently got up to 19 mpg hwy and I have replaced a bunch of stuff (rear end, fuel pump ($30 bucks max (it's carb, remember)), rebuilt the carb, but it's rusty and holy now. Do I get a new truck now?
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Phil 11:47AM (4/27/2006)
OK, I don't know much about the 99+ Silverados but we have had several models that have lasted a long time as work trucks. My dad has had a 2000 Suburban that achieved over 250K in 4 years service and a '95 tahoe that crossed over 315K this year, it has had just about everything mechanical replaced on it though.
A guy I know uses a Chevy 1 ton silverado dually every day with over 180K and put is it through abuse every day, traffic, towing, probably 2 tons of tools in the utility bed. The truck still runs like a charm.
I own a '96 silverado with 142K miles, it still runs like a top, and hasn't given me too many problems besides, brakes, batteries, alternator, stuff that's going to go bad eventually.
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