[mike16]

not sure they had an axe to grined. Kinda surprised with the issues they did have. I'm surprised that the chevy had only a 307 and not a 350 or 396. Did they outfit these trucks base on advice from dealers and factory reps. I bought a brand new 1 ton K30 back in 83. Took almost a week just to figure out which options were part of a package and which were separate and which was cheapest. It also took 3 months to arrive. the dealer had no clue as to what i was ordering. when it came in, he almost sold it to a towing company. rather than let me know it arrived.

I think it was a shot accross the bow for american manufactures that initial build quality and warrenty must change.. Initial build quality has improved dramatically and still has room for improvement but the love hate relationship between the consumer and the dealer still is as bad if not worse than ever before.