[badbowtievho]

Me personally i love the looks of the truck but i dont need the looks to haul ass. Eventhough i love the way it makes the truck look. If i could get just the Meat and Potatoes please...(427 cubic inches, little 427 badges, rubber floor, nice wheels, manual windows and locks) for under 30k i would buy it. Then put all the aftermarket high speed-low drag bling on it later, on my time, when i can afford it. In the mean time i could pull the 427 badges and stomp every truck on the street in a WT looking truck. Plus i think it would be almost like the copo camaro with pure fire breathing big block in a v6 plain jane shell. GM needs to understand they need to build a somewhat aftermarket friendly platform and let the owner be the artist. Make GM approved sport truck parts to be sold over the counter like lowering kits, performance parts, tail lights, hoods, bumpers, body kits, and exhausts, that dont void the factory warranty as long as they are installed properly, mainly the lowering kit. Scion does this and it works! Doing this brings money to the dealership as well as the technicians performing the work and GM. If you want all that stuff, when you buy the truck have the dealer install it and roll the extra cost into the price of the vehicle.

Selling the body parts at dealerships would also give GM an idea of how much of a demand is out there for a sport truck by the number of body kits they sell. There are a lot of people out there that simply cant afford a 40k truck and barely much less afford a WT. But every chance they get they add something to their truck if its, 20's, exhaust, programer, cold air intake, hood, sterio, tail lights it gets put on as soon as it gets delivered by the mail man. That is what having a sport truck is about. Its about doing it yourself little by little. Having the self satisfaction that you built it. It makes you proud to drive your truck, and makes driving everyday more fun, it instills pride in the vehicle owner knowing that your truck turns heads everywhere you go...and you built it. Its exactly what you want, personality that matches yours! Sport trucks are not about buying anything generic or having to buy something you dont want in order to get something you do want. I had to buy an extended cab with onstar, and xm just to get a 6.0 HO in a half ton. I am so performance minded that it was worth the extra money and extra crap i didnt want to get the cubic inches i wanted. All i wanted was manual windows, locks and 6.0 in a single cab short bed 1500. What is so hard about that? The parts bolt right up why not make it the way i want it? When i go to a resturaunt and order meat and potatoes i get exactly that, Meat... and potatoes! thats what i pay 10 bucks for...Meat and potatoes. The waitress doesnt inform me that the only way to get meat and potatoes is in an upgraded meal that costs 5 dollars extra and comes with spinach and peas. All i want is a meat and potatoes truck, all buisness no B/S extra dead weight.