Recent content by IveBeenRued

Geez. $1200 seems super steep. My last jetting cost $280 back in 2019 and includes the service call.

Same thing happened to me.

I’m a hiring manager. I sit down every new hire and show them two calculations. 1. $500/month for 40 years at 8% compounded = $1.745M 2. $500/month for 20 years at 8% compounded = $294.5K I have a whole spiel that goes along with it but in short, you won’t what you ever knew you were getting...

The relay attack seems way more common nowadays because it’s quiet, effective, and it’s easier to sell an undamaged vehicle after the fact. If you have a modern car, please learn how to disable your keys when parking it overnight or put them into a faraday bag. I like the Mission Darkness Dry...

I personally do oil changes at 1K, 2.5K, and 5K on all of my new vehicles then stick to the severe service intervals. Never had an oil burner despite owning some vehicles that were well known for burning (2012 Impreza for example).

Good news. Just got our written offer. It comes in about $7100 more than I had paid thanks to the $7500 tax credit. They also are offering to pay for the $4000+ in accessories that we purchased for the truck (paint protection film, floor mats, tonneau cover, etc.). All in all, pretty painless...

This whole experience has made me curious about the sheer number of used GM EVs with under 10K miles on the market. I always assumed it was just city folk that didn’t drive a whole lot.

And yet another new noise. This time while parked, but not every time; the video is from last night and it’s not present this morning. This example is while parked on grass with no brakes applied. Applying the brakes or putting it in gear made no difference. The noise was also unchanged before...

Currently leaning towards a F-250 with the 7.3L V8; preferably with halogen headlights and incandescent taillights. The exact opposite of this truck.

TBD. I’ll let you all know. Also, 100% glad we are getting rid of this thing. We took it to the feed store for some hay. There is a new issue with the front left suspension. It is popping over bumps but it is a different pop this time. Now it feels like a piece of stiff metal getting tensioned...

Finally got contacted by the repurchase team. They admitted they are backed up due to a number of factors and were apologetic. Sounds like I have to login to some portal and upload documents and pictures and then it will be 2-6 weeks for them to draft up the repurchase agreement. I do appreciate...

Just got the call from the dealer, the vehicle is repaired and ready to be picked up. I’ve received about three phone calls from the GM concierge, who is trying to coordinate the handoff to the repurchase team which I guess is handled at a regional level. So we are picking up the truck early...

I have a property in Virginia. 2018-2021: Flat; no increase or decrease. 2022: -4% 2023-2025: Flat; no increase or decrease. 2026: +34.68%

Sad thing is that this was the third model year for the Sierra EV. The quality control on the line was just absolute garbage.

Agreed. I’m hoping that this was truly just a lemon and not a greater GM trend. Now we have to figure out what to replace it with. It’s bittersweet. I’m glad to be getting out from underneath this truck but we were really liking the EV aspect of the truck. It made for an excellent around town...