Shopping for a New Truck! + A 2016 Camaro!
**Mike’s Day Trip: Exploring a New Truck and a Brand-New Camaro**
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### Introduction
What's up, everybody? It's Mike here. I decided to go check out a truck today, and since I get questions about my pickup truck from time to time on the channel, I thought bringing along the camera would be a good idea. Little did I know that when I arrived at CJ’s Tire Source, I’d find myself looking at *the* truck I had been thinking about—right out front! But as fate would have it, there were people already checking it out. Sucks, right? It’s a great deal, which is why I came to look in the first place, but hopefully, those folks are just tire kickers.
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### Selling My Current Truck
Before diving into the new truck, let me share some context. I’ve had my 2006 Silverado for years—since I was 19, in fact—and it’s been a reliable workhorse. But life has changed, and now I’m at a point where I can afford to do more with my vehicles. While the Silverado is still in decent shape (under 80,000 miles), its time in Maine has left it with some rust issues that I should’ve addressed years ago. Given what I want to do with a truck—a serious project, like a lift, cool tires, and a full suspension setup—it makes more sense to start fresh with a newer model. Hence, the 2500 HD.
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### The First Impressions of the 2500 HD
When I arrived at CJ’s Tire Source, there it was: a massive 2013 GMC Sierra 2500 HD. I couldn’t believe how big it looked in person—especially standing next to it at five foot nine! The leaf springs and rear end alone are enormous, making it easy to run bigger tires like 35-inchers. Plus, the 6-liter gas engine is powerful enough for my needs, even if it’s not a Duramax (which I’d love but can’t justify the cost right now).
I walked around the truck, checking out its features. The interior is standard and durable—exactly how I like it. No leather for me; cloth seats hold up better when hauling dogs or braving muddy beach trips. But then I noticed something worrying: rust. Despite being only three years old, the truck already shows signs of corrosion. That’s a bummer, but it’s inevitable with trucks that spend their lives in harsh environments.
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### A Sidetrack to Check Out a New Camaro
As I was preparing to dive deeper into the 2500 HD, something caught my eye—a brand-new Camaro sitting on the pre-owned lot. This was my first time seeing one in person, and I have to say, it’s impressive. Compared to the Hellcat (which I’ve driven before), this thing feels sleeker but still packs a punch.
The design is definitely similar to the Corvette, especially with the shifter and paddle setup inside. The steering wheel is a bit thin for my taste, but the flat-bottom design is cool, and the interior feels premium with features like a wireless charging pad. I loved the way the rear haunches and window line came together—it’s got a modern yet familiar vibe.
The sticker price was $45,000, which seemed reasonable for an SS model with its features. After spending some time inside, I realized how much this car reminds me of the old Camaro but with fresh details. It’s no surprise that it feels like a Corvette in there, given all the shared elements.
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### Back to the Truck
After ogling the Camaro (and making sure it wasn’t locked), I refocused on the 2500 HD. The size difference between this beast and my current Silverado was staggering. Even when parked downhill from another Silverado, it still looked taller and more imposing. The bed is massive, and there’s plenty of space inside—so much so that Mike jokes you could fit three drinks in the cab without spilling.
The back seats are standard truck fare, and I prefer the extended cab with a regular-sized bed over the longer options (which can make the truck feel like it’s 25 feet long!). It’s practical and comfortable for my needs. However, the rust issue is still on my mind. The frame problems might require more work than I’m ready to tackle right now.
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### Excitement for Future Projects
Despite its flaws, the 2500 HD ticks a lot of boxes for what I want in a project truck. If I decide to go ahead with it, this will be my daily driver for bad weather and off-roading adventures. Plus, it’ll serve as a great platform for all sorts of modifications—lifts, tires, suspension tweaks, and more.
I’m excited about the potential builds this truck could inspire on the channel. Unlike my Hellcat or Corvette, I do all my own work on the Silverado, which means plenty of install videos and DIY content in the future. It’s going to be a lot of fun bringing this vision to life.
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### Conclusion
All in all, it was an eventful trip to CJ’s Tire Source. I got to check out the truck I’ve been eyeing and had the unexpected pleasure of seeing a new Camaro up close (even if it’s not for sale). The 2500 HD is definitely a strong contender for my next project, but we’ll have to see what kind of deal they’re offering. Either way, it was great to spend some time exploring these vehicles and sharing the experience with you guys.
Thanks for joining me on this little adventure. If you enjoyed the video, don’t forget to subscribe for more updates, and as always—take care and have a great day!
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up everybody Mike here so I went to go check out a truck today and I figured I'd bring the camera along because I do get questions from time to time about the pickup truck on the channel and I got here and I was like I can't believe this look there's people looking at and that's the one I was going to look at oh thank you CJ's tire source van I appreciate that but that Brown 2500 HD right there straight ahead on if you can see it with the light but those people are going to check it out so that sucks I mean obviously it's it is a good deal which is why I came to look at it and obviously to attract some attention so hopefully they're just tire kickers I don't know it looks like some old man I don't know whatever but anyway so I figured I'd bring the camera along I do get questions about the truck from time to time and that is because I'm selling my pickup truck I have a 2006 silver on a lot of people who are new to the channel probably don't even know this because I still get a lot of questions like what are you going to drive in the winter if it snows or whatever so I do have a 2006 Silverado that I've had for a long time but I want to start doing a lot more stuff with it you know that now that I'm at a point in my life where you know I can spend some more money on the truck I've always wanted to have like a serious project truck you know a nice lift and cool tires and a whole suspension setup you know just a serious serious off-roader and my truck unfortunately when I got it it was used of course I've had it since I was 19 and it had 50,000 miles on it when I bought it and it's still in a low mileage is still under 80,000 miles but unfortunately because it spent the majority of its life up in Maine and has some rust issues that I should have attacked right away but I didn't and because of that you know there's just some some rust issues on the frame that would take a lot of work and with the stuff that I want to do the truck it kind of just makes more sense for me to get a newer one and to start out with a 2500 that way I can run bigger tires and everything it's less it's more stress on the driveline components and a 2500 has stronger components to begin with so just makes more sense for me to go check out a 2500 to start with so that's what I was going to do today I'll get out of the car here in for a second I'm just gonna see what these people are doing they're walking back to the showroom now but also I rolled up here and here's a brand new Camaro just chilling here and now this is the pre-owned lot so I don't know if this is a new let's go out and check it out here we'll see what's up with this thing's these things are awesome this is actually the first time I'm seeing one in person yeah it is actually I just thought this is the first time I've seen one in person and it looks really good you know it does look a little bit smaller on the outside than before I mean you compared to the size of the Hellcat there again sorry the lighting is absolutely terrible right now but yeah I'm actually I'm actually really diggin this look I think the front end looks good I don't know that that narrow grill to me still doesn't look exactly right it's just too narrow but it looks good very good I think my favorite part about this car though is the rear haunches the way the little window goes back here and those wide hips in the back it's really good actually these are the same exact tips just from experience these look like I think they are these are the same exact tips that you get on the Corvette as well which isn't surprising but yes a new Camaro yeah I think this thing's badass seeing one in person I actually really really like it I really dig this car out it still looks a lot like the old one this audio is going to be terrible there's traffic and now there's a trick of course there is right when I get my out of my car to do this but I'm impressed I wonder if they have the door unlocked but do they have it just sitting here so this is what it looks like let me get in this thing this is oh man so I know that I'm rambling on here and the cameras running long but this is just my first impression so I just want to let the camera roll and they just had this car locked that's kind of funny but man okay so you know sitting inside after driving the zl1 a little while ago it does feel similar to that I would say wow look at these door handles up here on the that's interesting like this axe setting here that's pretty cool very nice say feels you know it's not the same wheel in the Corvette it's a little bit thinner than that which I don't like yeah the steering wheel should be a little bit thicker but the paddles are the same feel exactly the same here nice wheel love the flat bottom yeah I'm impressed with the interior here this this and the center stack is awesome you got the electric electronic parking brake just like the Vette mother stuff the seats feel pretty good these are obviously not the aggressive seats I don't I don't think anyway and there's a wireless charging pad man this is this is impressive I really like this car so let's look at the sticker here Oh wonderful anybody's going to come out and be like what are you doing alright so total vehicle price forty five grand obviously this is an SS it's got some some features here to go along with it yeah I got to say I really like this thing I'm impressed by the interior this has a good feel to it that's definitely the same a lot of Corvette stuff in here or at least stuff that's very very similar to the Corvette this looks and feels a lot like the shifter in an automatic Corvette the paddles are the same I can tell you that you know the display here very cool I'm actually loving this a lot so alright I'll get out of the car here I won't ramble on too much but those are my first impressions of the new Camaro nice little details on the door sill here too so I really like this car a lot think that's awesome so that's pretty fun to check out but anyway let's go ahead and check out the truck that we came here to look at alright so I just skipped a little walk over here and this is it god damn these things are enormous in person I mean I'm like I'm not exactly that short at five foot nine and like up to my chest so this is a 2500 HD a 2013 you can see massive springs leaf springs in the back and you can see the rear end of these things is enormous which is why one of the reasons why I'm doing it huge easy to run 35 inch tires on this now this is a 6 liter gas so this is not a Duramax as much as I would like a Duramax they're just a lot more expensive and I really can't justify the cost considering you know I don't really tour haul anything check out the inside here alright this passenger door I got to hold it open but a pretty standard truck interior which is how I like it you know I would never buy a truck with leather or anything like that I just like the another cloth interiors because it's the most durable and I you know I haul my dogs in it I get when I go down to the beach with it gets all muddy that rut and Sandy but look at that rust oh that's not good yeah already rusted this car is three years old just truckers three years old it's already rusted out but that's what happens with trucks they just rust all time it's got a nice little ton of cover on the bed there let's go ahead and get inside it's a big boy this truck it's a big truck there's no doubt about it and it's it's got some definite size to it a lot bigger than my truck so this is a new Silverado over here I'll show you real quick for size comparison and this is downhill this truck is downhill from that one and it's still taller and much bigger I mean I'm sitting on the windowsill line of that pickup truck and my truck was even smaller than that so yeah this thing's definitely got some size to it for sure I mean look at this you get a room for three drinks I can't even reach my arm to the other side of this thing absolutely enormous tons of tons of space and the back seats are you know just truck back seats I like the extended cab with the regular sized bed not the long bed I mean God if you get one of those extended cab or crew cab long beds the truck is like 25 feet long so this is what I would stick with you know I've got all your basic stuff you're not a whole lot to talk about so I want a drone on and on but I just wanted to bring you guys along on this trip because this is what I'm looking at it you know I don't know if I'll get this one or not or whatever we'll see kind of what the deal is with it they're asking like 32 for which you know like I said at the beginning is a good deal hold on let me switch the lighting here so you're not looking into the Sun but this is essentially what I'm looking at you know this is what I would really like as far as my next truck is concerned and you know it's going to be an awesome what I envisioned for this and it's going to be really fun for the channel too because it's going to be a running project I mean it's going to be my daily driver of course for bad weather and for off-roading fun but I'm going to be doing so much to this truck you know lift tires all sorts of stuff to make this a serious just incredible off-roader it's going to be badass and it's going to be awesome to do those builds on the channel because I don't really do any of my own work on my cars and that's just because the hellcat the Corvette come with free maintenance but the truck and the truck I have now I do all my own work to it and I can do all kinds of like install videos and and stuff like that so it would be really fun so that's what I envisioned for the channel over the coming year but anyway this is the truck and this is kind of what I'm looking at and I hope you guys enjoyed this little trip today and I see that I'm already like 12 minutes so I'll cut it a little bit short I don't want to waste everybody's time but at least you got a cool look at the Camaro and we'll walk back over there really quick and I mean I gotta say you see them next to each other it does it is a lot smaller than the Challenger I actually really like it the roof line man that did that thing looks good this angle right here this angle is like the angle for that car looks fantastic alright but anyway enough for me rambling on so I hope you guys enjoyed this trip today thanks so much for joining me as always it something for the first time please subscribe and take care have a great daywhat's up everybody Mike here so I went to go check out a truck today and I figured I'd bring the camera along because I do get questions from time to time about the pickup truck on the channel and I got here and I was like I can't believe this look there's people looking at and that's the one I was going to look at oh thank you CJ's tire source van I appreciate that but that Brown 2500 HD right there straight ahead on if you can see it with the light but those people are going to check it out so that sucks I mean obviously it's it is a good deal which is why I came to look at it and obviously to attract some attention so hopefully they're just tire kickers I don't know it looks like some old man I don't know whatever but anyway so I figured I'd bring the camera along I do get questions about the truck from time to time and that is because I'm selling my pickup truck I have a 2006 silver on a lot of people who are new to the channel probably don't even know this because I still get a lot of questions like what are you going to drive in the winter if it snows or whatever so I do have a 2006 Silverado that I've had for a long time but I want to start doing a lot more stuff with it you know that now that I'm at a point in my life where you know I can spend some more money on the truck I've always wanted to have like a serious project truck you know a nice lift and cool tires and a whole suspension setup you know just a serious serious off-roader and my truck unfortunately when I got it it was used of course I've had it since I was 19 and it had 50,000 miles on it when I bought it and it's still in a low mileage is still under 80,000 miles but unfortunately because it spent the majority of its life up in Maine and has some rust issues that I should have attacked right away but I didn't and because of that you know there's just some some rust issues on the frame that would take a lot of work and with the stuff that I want to do the truck it kind of just makes more sense for me to get a newer one and to start out with a 2500 that way I can run bigger tires and everything it's less it's more stress on the driveline components and a 2500 has stronger components to begin with so just makes more sense for me to go check out a 2500 to start with so that's what I was going to do today I'll get out of the car here in for a second I'm just gonna see what these people are doing they're walking back to the showroom now but also I rolled up here and here's a brand new Camaro just chilling here and now this is the pre-owned lot so I don't know if this is a new let's go out and check it out here we'll see what's up with this thing's these things are awesome this is actually the first time I'm seeing one in person yeah it is actually I just thought this is the first time I've seen one in person and it looks really good you know it does look a little bit smaller on the outside than before I mean you compared to the size of the Hellcat there again sorry the lighting is absolutely terrible right now but yeah I'm actually I'm actually really diggin this look I think the front end looks good I don't know that that narrow grill to me still doesn't look exactly right it's just too narrow but it looks good very good I think my favorite part about this car though is the rear haunches the way the little window goes back here and those wide hips in the back it's really good actually these are the same exact tips just from experience these look like I think they are these are the same exact tips that you get on the Corvette as well which isn't surprising but yes a new Camaro yeah I think this thing's badass seeing one in person I actually really really like it I really dig this car out it still looks a lot like the old one this audio is going to be terrible there's traffic and now there's a trick of course there is right when I get my out of my car to do this but I'm impressed I wonder if they have the door unlocked but do they have it just sitting here so this is what it looks like let me get in this thing this is oh man so I know that I'm rambling on here and the cameras running long but this is just my first impression so I just want to let the camera roll and they just had this car locked that's kind of funny but man okay so you know sitting inside after driving the zl1 a little while ago it does feel similar to that I would say wow look at these door handles up here on the that's interesting like this axe setting here that's pretty cool very nice say feels you know it's not the same wheel in the Corvette it's a little bit thinner than that which I don't like yeah the steering wheel should be a little bit thicker but the paddles are the same feel exactly the same here nice wheel love the flat bottom yeah I'm impressed with the interior here this this and the center stack is awesome you got the electric electronic parking brake just like the Vette mother stuff the seats feel pretty good these are obviously not the aggressive seats I don't I don't think anyway and there's a wireless charging pad man this is this is impressive I really like this car so let's look at the sticker here Oh wonderful anybody's going to come out and be like what are you doing alright so total vehicle price forty five grand obviously this is an SS it's got some some features here to go along with it yeah I got to say I really like this thing I'm impressed by the interior this has a good feel to it that's definitely the same a lot of Corvette stuff in here or at least stuff that's very very similar to the Corvette this looks and feels a lot like the shifter in an automatic Corvette the paddles are the same I can tell you that you know the display here very cool I'm actually loving this a lot so alright I'll get out of the car here I won't ramble on too much but those are my first impressions of the new Camaro nice little details on the door sill here too so I really like this car a lot think that's awesome so that's pretty fun to check out but anyway let's go ahead and check out the truck that we came here to look at alright so I just skipped a little walk over here and this is it god damn these things are enormous in person I mean I'm like I'm not exactly that short at five foot nine and like up to my chest so this is a 2500 HD a 2013 you can see massive springs leaf springs in the back and you can see the rear end of these things is enormous which is why one of the reasons why I'm doing it huge easy to run 35 inch tires on this now this is a 6 liter gas so this is not a Duramax as much as I would like a Duramax they're just a lot more expensive and I really can't justify the cost considering you know I don't really tour haul anything check out the inside here alright this passenger door I got to hold it open but a pretty standard truck interior which is how I like it you know I would never buy a truck with leather or anything like that I just like the another cloth interiors because it's the most durable and I you know I haul my dogs in it I get when I go down to the beach with it gets all muddy that rut and Sandy but look at that rust oh that's not good yeah already rusted this car is three years old just truckers three years old it's already rusted out but that's what happens with trucks they just rust all time it's got a nice little ton of cover on the bed there let's go ahead and get inside it's a big boy this truck it's a big truck there's no doubt about it and it's it's got some definite size to it a lot bigger than my truck so this is a new Silverado over here I'll show you real quick for size comparison and this is downhill this truck is downhill from that one and it's still taller and much bigger I mean I'm sitting on the windowsill line of that pickup truck and my truck was even smaller than that so yeah this thing's definitely got some size to it for sure I mean look at this you get a room for three drinks I can't even reach my arm to the other side of this thing absolutely enormous tons of tons of space and the back seats are you know just truck back seats I like the extended cab with the regular sized bed not the long bed I mean God if you get one of those extended cab or crew cab long beds the truck is like 25 feet long so this is what I would stick with you know I've got all your basic stuff you're not a whole lot to talk about so I want a drone on and on but I just wanted to bring you guys along on this trip because this is what I'm looking at it you know I don't know if I'll get this one or not or whatever we'll see kind of what the deal is with it they're asking like 32 for which you know like I said at the beginning is a good deal hold on let me switch the lighting here so you're not looking into the Sun but this is essentially what I'm looking at you know this is what I would really like as far as my next truck is concerned and you know it's going to be an awesome what I envisioned for this and it's going to be really fun for the channel too because it's going to be a running project I mean it's going to be my daily driver of course for bad weather and for off-roading fun but I'm going to be doing so much to this truck you know lift tires all sorts of stuff to make this a serious just incredible off-roader it's going to be badass and it's going to be awesome to do those builds on the channel because I don't really do any of my own work on my cars and that's just because the hellcat the Corvette come with free maintenance but the truck and the truck I have now I do all my own work to it and I can do all kinds of like install videos and and stuff like that so it would be really fun so that's what I envisioned for the channel over the coming year but anyway this is the truck and this is kind of what I'm looking at and I hope you guys enjoyed this little trip today and I see that I'm already like 12 minutes so I'll cut it a little bit short I don't want to waste everybody's time but at least you got a cool look at the Camaro and we'll walk back over there really quick and I mean I gotta say you see them next to each other it does it is a lot smaller than the Challenger I actually really like it the roof line man that did that thing looks good this angle right here this angle is like the angle for that car looks fantastic alright but anyway enough for me rambling on so I hope you guys enjoyed this trip today thanks so much for joining me as always it something for the first time please subscribe and take care have a great day\n"