Well, I tried to quickly sell my truck a couple weeks ago, but no takers on such short notice.... So I loaded her up and drove from Seattle to Tucson with a side trip through the recently burned parts of northern california and Yosemite. Because of my meandering, I put 2000 miles on it in 2 days... That is a tough drive in any vehicle, but 37" tires and leaf springs don't help. Plus, near the end of day one, just inside California past Yreka, my windshield blew in, making the rest of that day and the first half of the next extra noises and bug filled... I had a temporary solution installed in Merced midday of day two, then drove all night to make up time and to cross the horrible southwest desert at night (for me, not the truck).
The truck ran great, the ls1 has tons of power and ran nice and cool. The thing hauls up hills too, there are a couple long uphill parts (like outside of Indio in California) and I just blew by things in the passing lane.
Fortunately summer is just ending here in Tucson, so it will be comfortable to drive it for the few weeks before I am ready to relist.
It was a good trip. Now I will put it up for sale again in a few days after I get the windshield fixed properly and clean all of the bugs off of it. This time the auction will run longer to give people enough time to do their homework and feel comfortable with it. But I don't know how much more comfort you can take than a 2000 mile trip to prove it out...
If you know anyone,looking for a great ( but not perfect) truck, have them keep an eye out for it... I will post here in classifieds when it goes back up.
The truck ran great, the ls1 has tons of power and ran nice and cool. The thing hauls up hills too, there are a couple long uphill parts (like outside of Indio in California) and I just blew by things in the passing lane.
Fortunately summer is just ending here in Tucson, so it will be comfortable to drive it for the few weeks before I am ready to relist.
It was a good trip. Now I will put it up for sale again in a few days after I get the windshield fixed properly and clean all of the bugs off of it. This time the auction will run longer to give people enough time to do their homework and feel comfortable with it. But I don't know how much more comfort you can take than a 2000 mile trip to prove it out...
If you know anyone,looking for a great ( but not perfect) truck, have them keep an eye out for it... I will post here in classifieds when it goes back up.
