Silverado_George

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/d/2006-chevrolet-silverado-ss/6506438792.htmlHeres the ad for It

UPDATE: So they sent me more detailed pictures a while ago and the rust is all over the frame on the area over the cat, once it's reached the actual frame, that is compromising the integrity of the car, really not worth 20k and they still have it, now you know why because as it turns nobody wants a rusty vehicle

that or trade it in to a dealer to put towards something newer as they would give him bluebook value..

I know quite a bit about these trucks, there is one for sale in sacramento at a dealership, they want 25k for it and it has 101k miles on the odometer, that is just insane and without a certificate of authenticity saying what truck number it is.. KBB has it right on the money at 16-17k. i suppose it is worth what someone would pay for it as is anything but a fair and right price would be around there.. there was a forum member named tony selling one 2 years ago on here with a certificate saying it was truck number 543 and he was selling it for 17k with 90k on the meter i believe.. I am in Oakland and am interested, i sent you a message, check your inbox George

ill take it

wing still available? if so how much?

I decided on the 05' but something happened. yesterday i negotiated the price but later in the night, the manager called me and told me that the truck was in the shop and he didn't know why.. if it were something major he would have been notified is what he told me and that he would call me today morning to let me know what it was and he told me it was smog related.. i checked the history of the vehicle through Carfax and it basically disappeared off the grid.. no yearly registration renewal, no emissions testing, nothing... this seems fishy to me unless the truck was in mexico since it's so close to the border

Hmm maybe so, its just the way i see it, with the other truck it's a 1 owner California truck with less mileage, put it this way for a 12-13 year old truck i'd get more bang for my buck with the 05' as opposed to the 06' and i would have peace of mind that it's not rusted underneath and spreading over time..

here are some pictures the dealer sent me just now, thoughts? i see a patch of rust particularly over the cat on the floorpan

here's another one and although more promising with less mileage and probably a rust free truck with it having had only 1 owner, you can say its a gem however i am driving from Oakland and the 06' is in Santa Ana which is roughly 6 hours, the other red 05' is by the Tijuana border which is 2-3 more hours away.. hmmm https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inventorylisting/viewDetailsFilterViewInventoryListing.action?sourceContext=carGurusHomePage_false_0&entitySelectingHelper.selectedEntity=d631&zip=94601#listing=195536583

seems fine to me but the real question is if you guys were in my shoes and everything mechanically checked out and the price went down a bit would you pull the trigger considering the bit of rust that is underneath?

Yeah but they've had it for a while now so i don't see why not, on the other hand i am still wondering why they've had it for so long? Thanks yeah that was my initial plan, they should budge, wish me luck

Ok guys so I am planning to go see the truck in the next day or two, this is my first time getting involved with a dealer for a car purchase, any advice? I noticed they just lowered the price of the truck from 20,988 to 19,988 so that means they're flexible and i can chop the price down even more.. What is the truck worth in the shape it's in to you guys, assuming it runs flawless? I would take into consideration that i am going to have to put tires that's 600, then tint, that's another 200, and exhaust maybe another 300-400. let me know as this could be it and i could possibly be back in an SS George

Happy New Years guys!

True, it does payoff in the end but i would expect that they would budge at least a bit on the price if i am there in person as opposed to over the phone, the grand total with taxes and license and registration fees would come out to 23,500 at their price but i have a 5k down payment.. I would really need to test drive it though, Santa Ana's about 6 hours from where I live so i would need to obviously go early and ask for the day off at work.. hopefully when i see the truck in person that everything looks good because this is the first low mileage SS that I've seen even in California in a while

*UPDATE I called the dealer just now and they said that they are "firm on price" lets see a list of the defects: light scratch on passenger side mirror, looks like a hole or dent on the bottom right front bumper, cheap tires, cheap reproduction wheels, light rust on the undercarriage and the brake lines do not look rusted. This on top of the fact that i haven't even test drove it yet, but according to them, the truck passed their "62 point inspection" but i know better than to trust a sleazy dealership.. all the stuff i listed is minor stuff of course and fixable and in my opinion they should budge at least a bit, i'm having mixed emotions on this one wether to pull the trigger or not?

Haha i wish man, I'm not willing to go out of state and texas is a few states away.. Thanks anyways, the truck looks nice! GLWTS WIll do, gonna probably go see it in the next few days, i am still curious to know as to why it's been on cargurus so long and hasn't sold pretty solid looking truck with low mileage, beats me

here is the Carfax link, thoughts? https://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?partner=DLZ_0&vin=2GCEC19N761314789

Yeah i figured they were on the high end of their price for all the little small stuff that i was noticing, i would estimate maybe 18k? That's my opinion about what it's worth, either way if it does happen to go through i am going to be paying 20k+ with sales tax, dealer fees, etc. Yeah i was starting to think that it might have a major imperfection because they've had it for so long.. looked it up through Carfax and everything checks out we will see what happens, to me it honestly seems like a race against time because low mileage SS trucks are starting to become very rare, it's kind of like i'm in a hurry to just pull the trigger on any low mileage SS i see that is within my state

Yes Matt it's that one, basically has every option except a sunroof.. which would be nice but i guess you can't have it all right? Anyways i just wanted to get some opinions as to wether it was a good deal or not and if the rust on the frame isn't something that's going to affect me and give me problems in the long run..

Yeah i would need to see it up close and really examine it, truck has 52k miles dealer wants 20k its a red 06' so pretty rare Haha I know its common sense but I'm just itching to get back into a SS since i had mine for such a short time unfortunately i was trying to find an 05' or 06' with low miles in either black or red, not really a big fan of silver birch

I'm again in the market for an SS truck and would like some thoughts on one that I found, I am in California so yeah i found a truck but the truck is not that close to me and i did a Carfax and found out that the truck came from Utah, which i know is a snow state so i was of course expecting there to be some rust but Idk it kind of turned me off it's a slight of rust but i see that the most noticeable part is on the frame in picture , any thoughts? Tried resizing the photos don't know if you'll be able to see them in detail, Thanks! George

Good luck finding one they've been discontinued for a while, try to find salvaged intimidator and see if you can get the wing off that one.. Good luck George

Wow with COA and everything? Great find

Wow this is the 2nd lowest mileage SS I've seen the other one had 1,500 miles and it was an Intimidator.. Just amazing how these gems are hidden for so many years and then they randomly pop up