What are things to look out for when buying one of these..
I checked out a few 04/05's older ones but they had a loud clacking noise and i ran away from them as quickly as i could.
?After having a RWD I Surely do miss it.
I had 2004 silver do Ext cab long bed 4.8L vortex rare option with the long bed I got great MPG on it about 18/22HWY (26MPG hypermiling )
I had to sell it because it had a issue with the brake line and some electrical issues (keep blowing light bulbs) so I took a small loss on that one
The Main thing I did NOT like was the Electric Throttle ...
too slow of response time AS IT ALMOST CAUSED TWO ACCIDENTS with in a few seconds ! (I was on a slight hill and the truck rolled backwards as I released the brake and that lag time kicked in causing me to almost hit a car behind me and crashing into cross traffic ) Luckily the cross traffic stopped for me and I floored it to move out of the way
I suspect some sort design flaw on GM's part ( since I use both feet for driving ) As I learned that way (Small peddles on that Nissan sentra I learned to drive with it was Not made for a size 13 shoe maybe would be fine for a size 6 shoe)
Instead of hitting the brake my shoe would slip under the brake peddle (I can't move my ankle much anyways because the risk of sprain it is very high for me) I sprain my ankle 3 times on one side and 4 times on the other
WAS the Electric Throttle FIXED on later models?
Since my impala is a pile of junk now at 175k miles (is a lemon and tired on throwing money at it..I spent 9k total on it since i had it for the last 4 years and from 129k to now at 175k miles)
Only getting about 9-13MPG city and 21(HWY) so getting a truck will not hurt my pocket book at all. (will even save me money)
This is the one i found locally low mileage one with only 117k miles
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/d/2007-chevy-avalanche-good/6240127386.html
I think i could get them down to like 6500 since it has some minor damage on it.
I checked out a few 04/05's older ones but they had a loud clacking noise and i ran away from them as quickly as i could.
?After having a RWD I Surely do miss it.
I had 2004 silver do Ext cab long bed 4.8L vortex rare option with the long bed I got great MPG on it about 18/22HWY (26MPG hypermiling )
I had to sell it because it had a issue with the brake line and some electrical issues (keep blowing light bulbs) so I took a small loss on that one
The Main thing I did NOT like was the Electric Throttle ...
too slow of response time AS IT ALMOST CAUSED TWO ACCIDENTS with in a few seconds ! (I was on a slight hill and the truck rolled backwards as I released the brake and that lag time kicked in causing me to almost hit a car behind me and crashing into cross traffic ) Luckily the cross traffic stopped for me and I floored it to move out of the way
I suspect some sort design flaw on GM's part ( since I use both feet for driving ) As I learned that way (Small peddles on that Nissan sentra I learned to drive with it was Not made for a size 13 shoe maybe would be fine for a size 6 shoe)
Instead of hitting the brake my shoe would slip under the brake peddle (I can't move my ankle much anyways because the risk of sprain it is very high for me) I sprain my ankle 3 times on one side and 4 times on the other
WAS the Electric Throttle FIXED on later models?
Since my impala is a pile of junk now at 175k miles (is a lemon and tired on throwing money at it..I spent 9k total on it since i had it for the last 4 years and from 129k to now at 175k miles)
Only getting about 9-13MPG city and 21(HWY) so getting a truck will not hurt my pocket book at all. (will even save me money)
This is the one i found locally low mileage one with only 117k miles
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/d/2007-chevy-avalanche-good/6240127386.html
I think i could get them down to like 6500 since it has some minor damage on it.