I’ve got a 1994 Silverado
I’ve got a 1994 Silverado K2500 that I factory ordered as my dream truck 28 years ago. It’s an extended cab, short bed with the 5.7L TBI motor and five speed manual tranny. It’s only got 188,000 miles on it and has always been used as a truck, not a highway queen. In all those years and miles it has only stranded me one time when a $7 fusible link burned out about a mile from home. It’s never been wrecked and everything on the truck is still original; I’ve only had to replace wear items and consumables over its entire lifetime. That truck has been ridiculously reliable forever, runs like a top, rides like a Cadillac and still is in excellent condition inside and out EXCEPT for rust… The cab corners have rusted completely through and there is significant rust all around the rear end which has necessitated replacing shackle bolts and most of the brake lines. We have ordered a 2022 Silverado 2500 HD and if that truck is half the vehicle that this 1994 has been I will be thrilled. Hopefully Chevy has gotten the rust issues figured out; from what I see it has been a very common problem with trucks of this vintage. I haven’t decided yet what to do with the old truck when the new one gets here; I really don’t need two trucks but it would be like selling a family member to get rid of the 1994!