here's a 2014 gmc 2500 hd
full-size four-wheel drive pickup and i'm going to tell you the truth about it
now if you've been watching me any longer time i'm not a big fan of gm
their quality has been going downhill quite some time but you want a large
pickup but kind of in different territory then
this is a 2500 they are much better built than their lower end trucks this
particular one is a 2014 2500 hd big old pickup truck
4x4 really not a bad truck and why because it's a 2500 hd to begin with
it's got a very reliable six-speed automatic transmission they've been
making since 2005. it's called the 6l90 before it was the
6l80 it's a beefed up version it's much stronger than the 6l80 that's
what the hd stands for here it is a better transmission it's beefed up
more it can take the low 4x4 this thing is
great for towing does not bother the transmission
this baby can tow 13 000 pounds got a nice bed and in this case
it's been used it's been worked still in pretty good shape
even though it's seven years old as you can see the paint's held up quite well
we look inside nice black interior we'll start her up yeah it's still got a key
and we can see it's got 113 649 miles and still runs pretty good
then as we check out the back unlock the doors plenty of room in the
back for people this isn't cramped there's lots of room
but it is kind of utilitarian here it doesn't have vents coming here
to cool the back seat people i would have put that and as i said
this is a four wheel drive version there's the drive axles on the front
everything on it still solid as can be nothing's leaking
except the air conditioners drip and condensation you expect that
it's hot and humid we almost had a hurricane here it's got plenty of power
this has 360 horsepower now some people complain about that the owner who's a
texan was laughing because his father who was
an old-time texan on a ranch said what are you complaining about son
we used to tow big old horse trailers full of stuff
with our old flathead v8 ford pickup trucks and those
old flathead floors only put out 106 horsepower he said son what are you
whining about you got 300 something in this thing
i'm sure it's a heavy vehicle it's four-wheel drive if you want to
but hilariously enough the owner of this truck said all the trucks he's ever
owned were all four-wheel drive and he can't
remember ever using the four-wheel drive he just likes the idea of having it if
he needs it but he's never actually remembered using the four-wheel drive in
it so let's hop in and give it a spin and see how those horses go
yeah i like that it has a key starts right up and away we go
now this is a big old truck you're sitting up high got a lot of clearance
and even though it's still got the original shocks on it still rides decent
solid brakes and as we corner corners good
the truck corners like a truck it's not a race car
let's see how it takes off we got it in drive considering how it's a
four-wheel drive we'll step on it
it goes it doesn't rock it off the line you can see it shifts smooth it doesn't
have any problem shifting not exactly a racehorse with all this
weight but it certainly gets out of its own way
it's a big old pickup truck that 100 something thousand miles later still
going strong now i did notice the check engine lights on so let's check that
let's just plug it in and it goes data streams working and
we'll do an auto scan see what's going on here what the code
is oh we look up and down it's only got one fault
so we'll check that out it's just a minor bs thing right temperature control
feedback circuit open ah these computer controlled air
conditioning systems they're just so complex a lot of times i'll trip coats
but it's blowing cold air who cares now while we're here i'll
look through all the data see how it looks so far it's good because they're
all black they change colors if there's bad data
the vehicle is actually in excellent shape
normally i say gms but this is the gmc 2500 hd
if you buy the higher end ones they're better vehicles
they expect heavy duty use they build them just like the transmission
this is the strong version of the transmission this
is the 6l90 not the 6l80 the 6l80 they have them cadillac's
different things it's a weaker version this is a
heavy-duty version you get the 2500 hd in this case you get
the heavy duty transmission that's been beefed up
and how many problems has this guy had in 100 10 000 miles
none it still shifts perfectly fine now as we look under the hood
it's got the big old six liter v8 engine you can see even though it's a big v8
there's lots of working room in case you need to work not a hard to
work on engine the engine works fine transmission shifts like a dream the ac
is still freezing cold this gmc is a good truck now you go to the
cheaper ones like a 1500 no they're not built as well and if
you're going to even heavier duty or gmc trucks
on those you can get a choice of almost two dozen different types of
transmissions because if you're thinking heavy duty
then gmc changes gm and their other regular
trucks they had a lot of problems with the rear ends
all kinds of problems engines wearing out
but the gmc heavy-duty ones yes they don't sell the volume it's not a
volume thing but it's heavy-duty for people that want
a commercially viable truck they're good trucks then now f-150 is
taking over there's the guys that buy rams they get
sold on a line of goods from the past they're not such great vehicles anymore
since fiat took over sure they their own brand now ram but
the f-150 line knocks those over but when you get into
large trucks heavy-duty trucks gmc does a decent job on that as
witnessed by this 2004 2500 gmc guys done very little to except
change the tires when they wear out brake pads
engines never been touched transmissions never been touched
all-wheel drive systems never been touched no arguing it's got plenty
of room in the front in the back seats and in the bed and
sure it's no speed merchant even though it's got that z
on the back of it it's a heavy duty truck they're not
racing machines so now you know the truth about this
heavy duty gmc 2500 many people will be shocked that scotty doesn't say what a
piece of junk don't buy it because it is their heavy duty truck it is
better built seven years a hundred something thousand miles still runs
pretty much like new but of course it's a gas hog all giant
trucks are now the epa doesn't require to test heavy duty trucks
but in this case this thing gets about 11 miles a gallon in town
and about 17 on the highway it's a big truck
and it sucks gas like a big truck too but much to its positive side
it hasn't fallen apart like a chinese motorcycle
and it still runs rides pretty much like it did today it was brand new
and here's some bonus questions and answers
jackalope says any tips to prevent keyless cars from getting stolen
yeah you know when you push your button it sends out a signal right
so what you could do if you wanted is a lot of guys now they're putting tin foil
around most of their key and then they just point the part
that doesn't have tin foil at the car and it'll open it won't broadcast it all
over the place when you do start your car then you
drive away you don't want to just lock and unlock your car all the time in
strange places because let's say you go to a parking lot and
it's one of those big office buildings where there's many
layers my advice is park as close to the middle as possible
if you park at the edge somebody might be hiding on the other side of the wall
where they're trying to pick up stuff to steal it if you
have a really expensive car my advice is don't let the valet guys park it because
they could just be copying it they could just get your
key and they can just get the signal then they could reprogram it and later
steal the car if they wanted to so stay away from valet parking
who knows what those guys are doing yeah a lot of them are kind of shady looking
anyways and all they got to do is go out buy
themselves a 1500 scan tool that can reprogram keys and
then they can be looking at well i want that lexus and so all they
do is they see your lexus they can get the
information and then all they do is go out
and buy a blank lexus key from ebay or amazon
and they can reprogram and later steal your car if they want to so stay away
from all that stuff too how come your forehead is so far back
well it's combination of two things i'm old and i'm intelligent even when i was
in kindergarten you could see pictures of me my forehead was right about here
in kindergarten so it's only moved back a few inches i
still got most of my hair you know guys my age a lot of them weigh 375
pounds they're completely bald they're falling apart their brains don't
work anymore i'm still going along i just stay away from mirrors you know
advice from scotty as you get older stay away from mirrors they're not your
friend as you age
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