what would you do?

[sprayedenali]

haha, i ran that idea by my dad, he didnt like it too much!!
thats what im thinking, if i can get what we would need to get to justify selling it, then ill get rid of it and decide what to do from there.

[Show&Go]

Also mitch if you cant get what you need out of it you probably should keep it and just work your but off till things turn around in the economy. Losing a ton of money now just to save yourself some money later would really be a pain in the @$$.

[Bagged93gmc]

mines completely stock except the CAI, so mine is no headache, like a fresh canvas.

[SLO TRUCK]

yeah if you paid close to sticker you will lose your ass right now. I would just work alot and maybe sell some drugs on the side and if that don't work there you could always sell yourself into the sex trade

[thunder550]

Well since I'm about 98% sure that the #3 option is referring to my truck, I'll post up my opinions/considerations for the three options:

#1 - Depending on how far you go with it, this could be a good or bad thing. If you're not going to to a whole lot to it, I like this option the best. If you are like me and one thing leads to another and you like overcoming the next challenge, be prepared to dump every cent you make (and then some) into making it what you want. I know you said that you don't have the knowledge to build your own right now. I didn't either when I started. I now have that knowledge, but believe me, I have paid dearly for it. I can't begin to tell you how many hours of work (300, 400, 500, more?) I have into this truck. I think last time I checked I have dumped upwards of $50 or $60k in mods alone into this thing, not including the actual purchase price of the truck. On the other hand, it has been a great learning experience, and I do not regret it one bit, although I do wish that I could have some of that money back.

#2 - Make sure that you will be happy with a cheaper truck before you do this. While the money side of it may be nice, you still want to enjoy what you have. If you are used to having a fully loaded brand new truck, part of me thinks that you will be slightly disappointed driving something that's a few years old and with less options and less "glam", unless you don't really care about that stuff to begin with. If you didn't care though, you wouldn't have bought the Denali. Power is nice and a lot of fun, but that's not all it's about unless this is a weekend warrior type deal. Take my truck for example....it's got the full interior, it's comfortable, I like driving it, I've road-tripped in it several times in the past year alone (San Diego, San Francisco, LA, Sacramento, Albuquerque, Durango, Wyoming), but even I'm at a point where I just want something new with all the latest and greatest in it. Make sure you consider this as well. It would really suck for you to get rid of the Denali and get into something older, and in 6 months or whatever wish that you had your Denali back.

#3 - The advantage here is that if you were to start where you are and build something like I've got, I can almost guarantee that it would cost you double what I'm asking for my truck, assuming you did your own work. Make that triple if you have a shop do all the work. It would take you a LONG time (maybe a year if you're quick, probably longer). You need to take into account not just the time it takes to decide what you want and put it together, but also the time it takes to learn and the mistakes you will make along the way. There are also downsides though. First, you don't know how it's put together. I'm sure you're capable of figuring it out along the way, but there is a learning curve here as well. Second, although I know that I've put quality parts in it, YOU don't know what's in it, except what I tell you. I personally feel very comfortable with what I've done, but they may not be the same choices that you would have made had you done it yourself. Also, with something like this, it's not like a factory truck where you can expect to simply change the oil every 3000 miles and have it go for 100k miles or more. It does require a certain amount of upkeep, and like anything, when you push the envelope there is always the potential for something to fail.

Anyway, make sure you think this all the way through before you decide one way or another. Obviously I would love to sell you my truck, but you need to make sure that you're happy with your decision at the end of the day.