tomfree
New Member
Hello all...another new member check in here. A little about me, why I'm here, and of course the Tahoe.
Me:
40-something IT manager. I live in Rockville MD (just outside of DC). Born and raised in Thomasville, NC, lived in Raleigh NC after college until 2004. The wife and I moved to MD for her career in '04.
Why I'm here:
I've been doing autocross and drivers schools since the late 90s, and I started doing some wheel-to-wheel racing with the 24 hrs of LeMons and ChumpCar in 2008. I'm building a '93 BMW 325i as a "Spec 3" race car to run with NASA Mid Atlantic.
I've always driven my track cars to events, or had a friend with a tow vehicle and trailer to drag the race cars to the track. The Spec 3 car is forcing my hand - I need my own tow vehicle and trailer. I've been saving for a while, shopping for a few months to find the best truck in my price range.
The Tahoe:
It's an '03 LT with 99K miles. I'm the 4th owner. It's mechanically sound with a bunch of little cosmetic flaws - perfect for me as it knocked the price down about $1500 over similar trucks.
I'll add a big trans cooler shortly, a trailer brake controller, and likely a load-leveling/anti-sway hitch. I don't anticipate pulling over 6K# with the truck, but I want to make the vehicle reliable and very easy to drive with the trailer behind it.
A few pics that I stole from the autotrader ad before they took it down.
Me:
40-something IT manager. I live in Rockville MD (just outside of DC). Born and raised in Thomasville, NC, lived in Raleigh NC after college until 2004. The wife and I moved to MD for her career in '04.
Why I'm here:
I've been doing autocross and drivers schools since the late 90s, and I started doing some wheel-to-wheel racing with the 24 hrs of LeMons and ChumpCar in 2008. I'm building a '93 BMW 325i as a "Spec 3" race car to run with NASA Mid Atlantic.
I've always driven my track cars to events, or had a friend with a tow vehicle and trailer to drag the race cars to the track. The Spec 3 car is forcing my hand - I need my own tow vehicle and trailer. I've been saving for a while, shopping for a few months to find the best truck in my price range.
The Tahoe:
It's an '03 LT with 99K miles. I'm the 4th owner. It's mechanically sound with a bunch of little cosmetic flaws - perfect for me as it knocked the price down about $1500 over similar trucks.
I'll add a big trans cooler shortly, a trailer brake controller, and likely a load-leveling/anti-sway hitch. I don't anticipate pulling over 6K# with the truck, but I want to make the vehicle reliable and very easy to drive with the trailer behind it.
A few pics that I stole from the autotrader ad before they took it down.
