[m21sniper]

I've seen silverados with a quarter million miles on 'em still running strong. I have never seen a 'bad' Silverado, or any inherently 'bad' American pick-up. The closest i can think of is some of the early nineties Ford F-150s that had the known bad rear end issues.

I dare say you got an atypical example. Can happen with any car(have a friend that just returned a new lexus cause of all kinds of problems)

The only pickup i've ever owned personally was a toyota. I had that until the motor blew up when it had 150k miles on it. It was an ok truck while it lasted, but it was a total dog. No power at all, and it was even a 5speed. It was also a total rust bucket.