Good Grief..
As cars go and starting very young I was always a Chevy man, period! As far as that goes I didn't think anything else was even worth mentioning. That being said, all of the older men I worked alongside cutting and spearing tobacco or any other work on the farm always told me "Chevy's are okay but when you get a truck just make sure it's a Ford." I never asked about the logic behind that statement but the first truck I bought was a Ford F-150 and it did everything I wanted it to do. The second truck I bought was another F-150 and I still have it. It's got the in-line six 4.9 liter engine which I think is the best engine Ford ever had. I still have that truck.
Two years ago I had to get a truck with an automatic trans. Everyone here knows that story. I went to a Ford dealer and a Chevy dealer and then bought a Toyota Tundra.
It rides like a nice car and has just about everything I could want in it so I'm very happy with so far! Unfortunately my back seems to be getting worse and I'm having trouble getting in and out the darn thing. I also don't know how well it will tow as I haven't tried it yet. I don't think it will beat my F-150 though.
To be honest I can't rate differences because I haven't given Chevy or G.M.C. must of a chance.
My neighbor has a four year old Silverado that's very nice. He had a LOT of trouble when it was brand new (electrical and then the motor which G.M. replaced) but since then he loves it. But I will admit that's one of the reason's I didn't seriously consider a Chevrolet.
I too like Howie Longs' commercials but if I owned an older non Chevy truck those ads would make me buy anything except a Chevy. Even when my back was better I couldn't get in the darn bed easily so I'd like that step.
Uncle Billy
Ps: I forgot and Nancy, reading over my shoulder, corrected my mistake.. My very first truck was a Datsun:huh: I think they were the very first 'little' trucks. They were running radio ads that those trucks were $2197.00 with everything.It was also a piece of junk.:angry: It had a single wall bed so anything you didn't carefully place in it a dent would show on the outside. It would also just stop running and sometimes not restart for hours. That's what I traded for my first F-150..