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rhipsher
11-11-2013, 01:33 PM
Yesterday it goes into limp mode and the check engine light comes on. Dropped it off at the dealership this morning. You buy brand new so you won't have problems but there's no guarantee with that either.:confused:
Franke
11-11-2013, 01:39 PM
Yesterday it goes into limp mode and the check engine light comes on. Dropped it off at the dealership this morning. You buy brand new so you won't have problems but there's no guarantee with that either.:confused:

Yep. Have to agree with that. These new cars have much more technology in them and along with that comes lots of parts. New doesn't guarantee anything but at least you have a warranty to get it fixed instead of doing it yourself.
Today you have to be an electronics tech, hydraulics engineer, experienced mechanic and all around jack of all trades to fix some of this stuff.
rhipsher
11-11-2013, 01:50 PM
Thank god for that. They gave me a 2014 Z71 pickup as a loner car. I'd like to get another pickup truck and have always liked the Z71's but I'm not sure I like how boxy the new style is now that I have one to drive until my car is fixed.
rhipsher
11-11-2013, 06:55 PM
Fixed. The clip that holds the actuator rod for the turbo had come loose.
Hog
11-13-2013, 12:54 PM
How did you like the new GEN 5 Small block Chev in that truck? Was it an L83 5.3L or 6.2 L86 420hp?

Or the 300+hp LV3 V6?

Those V8's are slightly detuned GEN 5 LT1's. VVT, Direct Injection, DoD?

This is the Chev truck from SEMA this year. Carbon brakes, L86 engine
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb373/Paul_Schermerhorn/Cars/sema2.jpg (http://s1202.photobucket.com/user/Paul_Schermerhorn/media/Cars/sema2.jpg.html)
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb373/Paul_Schermerhorn/Cars/sema1.jpg (http://s1202.photobucket.com/user/Paul_Schermerhorn/media/Cars/sema1.jpg.html)
rhipsher
11-13-2013, 02:11 PM
It was the V8 Hog. It had plenty of power. It would light all four tires up when you would tap the peddle. One of my coworker said we should take it out mudding before you take it back to the dealership. I laughed and said with my luck I'd probably flip it over and cave the roof in. Nope! Not a good idea especially with a price tag of over $44k.
Hog
11-13-2013, 03:18 PM
Cool, that direct injection sure helps the low rpm torque.

Thanks.
rhipsher
11-13-2013, 05:36 PM
In Texas you see more trucks on the road than cars. The only thing more important than a Texans truck is his women. And even at that its neck and neck lol!
John Boothby
11-14-2013, 11:19 AM
In Texas you see more trucks on the road than cars. The only thing more important than a Texans truck is his women. And even at that its neck and neck lol!

I always thought it was: Guns; Trucks and Woman in that order? ;)

I forgot, the Dog is in there somewhere! Just funnin ya!!
rhipsher
11-14-2013, 01:31 PM
I always thought it was: Guns; Trucks and Woman in that order? ;)

I forgot, the Dog is in there somewhere! Just funnin ya!! John I get made fun of for only owning three guns by my buddies. When I first moved here and everybody caught wind that I was from California oh boy! It was open season on me. I was nicknamed Hollywood. I was told that only queers and weirdos come from California. There were a few fist fights settled in the parking lot back when I first moved here. That's the only way I got any respect. I was 25 at that time. It wasn't the welcome wagon that's for sure.
RyanChappel
11-14-2013, 04:29 PM
'..what ain't nuts and fruits is flakes'....


I keed!, I keed!..
John Boothby
11-15-2013, 12:38 AM
John I get made fun of for only owning three guns by my buddies. When I first moved here and everybody caught wind that I was from California oh boy! It was open season on me. I was nicknamed Hollywood. I was told that only queers and weirdos come from California. There were a few fist fights settled in the parking lot back when I first moved here. That's the only way I got any respect. I was 25 at that time. It wasn't the welcome wagon that's for sure.


I hear ya! I immigrated to Nevada from Kalifornia in 1964. I didn't quite have it as bad as you as most people in Nevada are transplants from somewhere else. Still more immigrants here than natives, but now most are from south of the border. :proud:
rhipsher
11-16-2013, 12:57 AM
I hear ya! I immigrated to Nevada from Kalifornia in 1964. I didn't quite have it as bad as you as most people in Nevada are transplants from somewhere else. Still more immigrants here than natives, but now most are from south of the border. :proud: When people ask me about Cali I tell them that without a doubt it is gorgeous. And the weather is unbeatable. But what kills it is the astronomical cost of living. Hands down. You just get far more for your hard earned dollar in other states. WAY MORE!:)
cuisinartvette
12-15-2013, 09:36 PM
Yup. May be without a job by next summer. Hoping to high tail it out of LA
No matter how hard I work or scrape Im always in the poorhouse. Other than weather theres nothing special about this place. Traffic crime and more traffiic. Se habla? :confused:
rhipsher
12-15-2013, 10:48 PM
Yup. May be without a job by next summer. Hoping to high tail it out of LA
No matter how hard I work or scrape Im always in the poorhouse. Other than weather theres nothing special about this place. Traffic crime and more traffiic. Se habla? :confused: Art since I left Cali my life has only improved. Cali is just not the place to be. It's the place to flee.