Like A Rock – Maintained.

The young man setting up my service appointment at Hendrick Chevrolet, was curious about my hearing his Connecticut accent. And I explained, I’d spent a lot of time in New England and especially Connecticut – Submarine School, Electric Boat, Digital Equipment Corporation, et al. And he was surprised I’d bought my truck there, new, in the room adjacent to his, in May of 2005, for $13,600.

Had a “Check Engine Light” come on last Saturday. The code was for the Catalytic Converter. My truck is old and exempt from NC Emissions Inspections. As long as all the OEM parts are “visually” there, I pass my required Annual Inspection for N.C. Registration Renewal. Which seems to me, sort of a “Potemkin Village” solution.

So I had them order the aftermarket part (General Motors no longer makes them) and sacrificed 5 hours of waiting and a year of CD interest to fix it properly. The NAPA Part Warranty roughly aligns with my life expectancy.