[Jerry H.]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Mike - that's a very good observation.

One of the disadvantages of working in the assembly plant is that you are surrounded with all these brand new vehicles; Chevy pickups, in my case. All day, every day, you are looking at these things going: "...ooh, there's a nice one...." or "...that would be good but in a different color..." or "...that's a good color but with different wheels...".

I had to succumb twice: once in 1980 and once in 1987. Picked out the options I wanted and then headed over to the local dealership. I followed both of these trucks down the line when they were built (making sure everything was up to snuff) and in the case of the '87 I actually drove it over to the shipping building.

I told "Lloyd" it was my truck; I left the plant at 1 am and by 5 pm the next day it was sitting at the dealership!

K

Tell me about it!! It was bad enough working at a GMC dealership for 3 years as a sales manager. My only problem is that I never got a demo to drive, soooo; in three years I bought 4 new trucks. 2 Sierra's, 1 Denali, and 1 Sierra Denali. I sold the Sierra Denali after I retired because I didn't need it. I sure wish I had it back. Still owe the 2001 Denali, it has only 60k miles and I just replaced the original tires last week. It's been a great vehicle. I don't see getting rid of it any time soon.