I didn't exactly change brands of trucks but just upgraded my old Silverado.

Had a '03 Z71 Single cab with 204k. Very sharp truck, owned 4 years and never had much trouble out of it except the alternator. Worst thing about it was a water leak on the driver floor board after heavy and constant storms I couldn't seem to find the source of.

In June, after months of looking at the new Silverado's online and drooling over them I drove to a dealer South of Huntsville to look and eventually traded the '03 in for a new one. I had been wanting something with more cab space, although I'm a single guy I wanted to be able to have the ability to haul more people around if needed so I opted for the Crew Cab model. Got the LT trim, just about fully loaded including Leather and the LT plus package which includes power sliding rear window, back up sensors, integrated garage opener and adjustable pedals. I added step bars at the dealer as being 5'4 I need a little 'assistance' on getting in

Other add ons I've done include: spray in bedliner, black bow ties, hood and window vent visors, rear mud flaps, rear under seat storage box and I just ordered a peragon truck bed cover for it.

Only thing I'm not happy with on the new truck is that it doesn't have blind spot assist on it while my brother's '17 Cruze does have it.

Pics of old and new:

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*1985 300CD, 214K miles, Pearl Black/Palomino MB Tex-Stuck in FL
*1985 300D, Smoke Silver/Palomino MB Tex, 280K miles--Dad's car--Sold May 2015
*2014 VW Jetta SportWagen TDI Premium Pkg, Platnium Grey w/Black VW Tex- Dad's new car- 55k
*2017 Chevy Cruze LT Diesel, Silver w/Black leather, 26k miles, brother's new car
*2017 Chevy Silverado 1500 Z71 Crew Cab, Pepperdust w/Black leather, 15k miles, my new ride