GMTruckGuy74

Good luck getting a new job and that '69 Pontiac Firebird. I'd love to find a '68 Firebird myself, especially a convertible. That's my favorite of the '67-'69 1st generation.

Fly, it's funny you mention this - a '99 Riviera has been listed in a local Trenton (NJ) paper for the last week. I'd love to see it for myself, but know I don't have the $$$ to buy it (and I know I'd fall in love with it). Here are the details, according to the ad (it seems as if it was just waiting for you): BUICK RIVIERA '99 - Supercharged, pearl white, chrome wheels, every opt avail, mint, 48,000mi, $9500. You can PM me for the phone # (I believe it is a cell #, so I can't narrow the area down on where it is).

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If I buy a car right off the lot, I'll remove the dealer sticker as soon as I get it home. When I've ordered my cars, I requested no dealer sticker to be put on (I've encountered the "well, I'll have to get my manager's approval first" line many times). My car, no free advertising! The exception to that rule is that I've allowed the dealer license plate frame to remain on my two Saturns so far, since I've been really happy with the dealership in general. However, I'm considering getting engraved frames for all three of my vehicles, so the Saturn dealer ones may soon go away. But no, usually I don't advertise a dealership for free. I'm paying them for the car, they should pay me if they want me to flaunt their name around. One dealership actually told me that is how they recognize their customers cars while in the shop from ones not purchased from them - they pull those cars out to handle their own customers first. I told them that was crazy - since I didn't just own the brands they sold & would have taken my other car to them for service too, I had horrible images of my car not being serviced b/c it wasn't bought from them. I never used them for service and never returned again to buy from them. I'm surprised we haven't heard from all the salespeople on the forum yet on this topic.

Is this the ship that's docked across from the Philly IKEA parking lot, closest to the Walt Whitman Bridge? If it is, I didn't realize that it had a storied history. I'll admit that I wondered why someone left a ship there to rust away rather than scrapping it.

This face: Reminds me of this face:

http://www.toytruckcity.com/19gmcfucobus.h...gmcfucobus.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All yours just for $79.99 (kinda pricey IMO for a 1/64th scale).

That just bothers me. I was hoping that the Envoy & Trailblazer were going to return to their roots using teh GMT-355 platform, much like the Hummer H3. I could see the Chevy being more of the rugged version, while the GMC remains rugged yet being more upscale and the Hummer still being the all-rugged, all-the-time much like it is now. I think the Lamdba-based Acadia is a perfect replacement for both the Envoy and Envoy XL and would have liked to seen a GMT-355 version SUV return to GMC's lineup.

I collect toys still @ 32 y-o, spend too much online (C&G, skyroadster.com, eBay), and I love STAR WARS. Need I say more? However, I have the love of 14-18 years in my school, as I'm viewed as a "cool teacher". I think they think I'm funny, even though I know my jokes & humor are corny.

I hate to tell you, but basically Saturn has taken Oldsmobile's place in the GM hierachy. And you could say the same about Oldsmobiles - a classier Chevy but priced higher than a Pontiac. I too wish GM would have kept Olds and axed Buick. Olds had more impressive cars and sold to many people UNDER 50. You can't say that about Buick at the time. Just as GM combined Buick-Pontiac-GMC, I think Olds and Saturn should have been combined. This way the Aurora could have lived on, the Bravada could have been the precursor to the OUTLOOK (instead of the non-selling Rainier), the Alero or Intrigue would have become the AURA, and the Silhouette was already basically the RELAY anyway. But alas, Olds is gone and I'm sure it won't come back (unfortunately).

jgolden, congrats on the new car. It's always a nice feeling whenever you get a new car. And caddycruiser, why didn't you PM me that you're selling the '95 FWB?

Well, many of the Acadia's I see on the dealers lots are SLT-2 AWD models, stickering at or above $40K. And Acadia sales seem to be doing well for the time being. My local and very small GMC dealership has already received three SLT-2 AWD Acadia's and sold two... they justy got in two SLE FWD models, so time will tell.

Well, I'm not sure if there will be an actual H3T, but there were the pictures of a longbed version of the H3 4-door floating around about 2-3 months ago. I'd rather have the H3T as it was in concept form though.

Seeing as how the Acadia or OUTLOOK are in consideration as a replacement for the '05 Envoy, I'm impressed with those MPG numbers that caddycruiser posted. The wife drives 98% of her 32-mile one-way commute on highways, and the best the Envoy's gotten is around 17 MPG. When I use it for commuting to work (7 miles one-way, two-lane road) I get about 15 MPG. So seeing higher numbers with a larger vehicle like the Acadia is reassuring.

I can't wait for this year's NYIAS. It seems GM will be pulling out all the guns for this show. I'll be there on the 9th.

The AACA Museum in Hershey, PA has quite a few buses in its collection (parked in the lower level <aka basement> witht he other trucks). Not sure if you checked them out yet or not. I was there I believe back in 2004 and unfortunately have not made it back to the museum in my travels to Hershey since then. I'll probably stop by there this June though just to see what's new. While I love all GMCs, I'd have to say that the buses are at the bottom of the list for me. Not that you're alone - I know that there's ton of bus enthusiasts out there in this world. Just very few here at C&G!

Yeah Sixty-8, what happened to the Buick deal? Did it fall through?

Welcome to 1997 - the last time GMC used the "GMC Trucks" emblem on their vehicles. However, I am not in agreement with you for a change here, or even with GM for dropping "Trucks" back in 1997. I'd rather it stay GMC Trucks here and come back to the division's emblems and advertising (my own personal preference). Going back even further in GMC's history, while the "GMC" letters were inculded on the grilles of GMC trucks, the emblems also included "General Motors Trucks". Look at the first attached picture - it's from a 1920's GMC grille. The COE (Cab-Over Engine) trucks in the '40s actually had a different emblem that simply stated "General Motors Truck" instead of GMC (see the 2nd attached pic). It was starting with the 1947 redesign that "GMC" was used without "General Motors Trucks". Personally, I think the brand should have been identified as "GMT" (General Motors Trucks) rather than GMC way back in the day. Too many people confuse GMC with General Motors Corporation - by which I mean people refer to General Motors as "GMC" and not in the sense of General Motors Corportation Trucks. Look at ebay - many General Motors-related products are listed as being GMC -for example, seach GMC dealership poster and you'll find they'll be a Pontiac, Chevy, Buick or Cadillac poster and not just a GMC Truck poster. This is all just my good ol' :twocents: btw

Because of the beautiful weather on Wednesday, and subsequently the horrible weather forecasted for this weekend, I took the SKY out for it's first top-down drive of 2007. It is now safely parked in the garage, away from the wet, cold weather and the salt/sand that will be around again soon I'm sure.

There was a white '07 Yukon Denali parked at the nearby Target/Wegman's this past weekend and I thought it really stood out (in a good way). I agree with Captainbooyah that these do look better in person than in pictures; although I would rather have the new Sierra's frontend instead.

Admins, this needs to be moved to the GM Merchandise thread.

My obsession started with Hot Wheels, Matchbox, TONKA and Buddy-L cars and trucks as a very young child in the mid-to late-'70s. It just grew from there. Trucks weren't a big part of the family. Other than my grandfather's '55 GMC 102 stepside 2WD pickup, he and my uncle were Ford guys (my dad's first truck was an '88 Ford Ranger, but he bought used for himself prior <Dodges, Fords, etc.> while my mom prefered GM vehicles). I remember riding around in my grandfather's GMC when I was 3 or 4 years old, and the last memories had to be when I was around 5 (1980), because in '81 the engine blew (non original, Chevy 283). He put in a '70s Impala 350 V8, but parked it beacuse it was a manual and he was tired of shifting. Starting in '81 it became part of the "playground equipment" to entertain the grandkids. In '90 he received a letter to restore or junk it, and it was sunk in mud and rusted out. '91 brought a tow truck and a one-way trip to the junk yard. I think the memories of riding in it, playing in/on it, kinda of made me like trucks. I've always liked cars and have owned more cars than trucks, but pre-driver's license daydreams included '90/'91 Chevy 454SS's and Syclones/Typhoons, Sierra and Silverado Sportside 4wd's, and Jimmy/Yukon 2-doors. While I love my SKY completely, it still isn't my true dream vehicle. That still goes for a GMC Sierra Regualr Cab, K1500 Sportside Z71 4wd. I was behind an early '90s one today and my heart beat faster. This while I was driving the SKY. I love GMC Trucks <pickups> and always will. While I have Automotive ADD (hence why I lease a lot), I think if I got the right GMC Sierra pickup, I could be very happy for a long time.

@ me! I thought it was a decal, but now that you said what it is, I can see it. I feel like a Anyway, it's a beautiful truck and I think that makes three C&Gers with new 2007 GMT-900 pickups. Good luck with it and keep us updated from time to time.

What is that decal on the rear quarter? Did you put it there or did the dealership?

*bump* Anyone?