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2012 GMC Sierra
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I may have to tread lightly this week, as I know that many truck owners are more loyal to their truck brand than they are their religions. I am not one of them; give me the best truck for my criteria, and brand is of no concern. I suppose that makes me ideal for evaluating a truck on its merits.
Good thing, because that is my plan this week. Though I wish it hadn’t been so long since I was in one of the Sierra’s competitors, I do have some recollection of some of the competition. The Ford F-150 I have driven a few times recently, and I drive my own Titan at least once every few weeks, and as outdated as it is, it still compares well to some of the newer trucks, believe it or not.
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Being somewhat fed up with my Titan at times, I like to evaluate my test trucks as if I were looking to buy one. My criteria may be totally different from yours though, so please keep that in mind. I’d like a truck that is comfortable day in and day out, and I don’t need a ton of fancy features: A/C, cruise and power windows do me just fine. I need a lot of cabin space for my tools and gear, so flip up seats and a flat floor are essential.
My Sierra tester is a short box (5 feet, 8 inches) in crew cab format — the same as my Titan. I have learned over the years to hate the short box, so for me a regular box (6 feet 6 inches) would be my choice. But that’s a minor detail here, as one can order a Sierra in a multitude of configurations to suit.
Ideally, I’d like my truck to be $35,000 or less, so my tester is out the window as it comes in at over $50,000. Although it starts life at an MSRP of $39,785 for the Sierra 1500 4WD Crew Cab SLE, adding features like the off-road package ($4,705), sunroof ($1,325) and LPO package ($4,450) put it way out of my league.
2012 GMC Sierra
MSRP as tested (excluding destination): $52,830
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