GM's Campaign Against Aluminum

Cummins12V98 wrote:
In fact my 11 RAM Dually had a very high trade in value. Paid $51,560 and was given 38K with 65K on the clock. So owning my truck for 3.5 years and drove it for 65K and it only cost me 13K+ ain't too shabby.

You put a big smile on my face after I read your post. I sold my 10 year old F250 6.0 PSD with 110K+ miles for $13k less than original purchase price even after tax and license fees (it was not financed). I understand you got a larger percentage back of your purchase than I did (I'm not knocking your resale), but my cost of ownership made this worthwhile purchase for me.

Sorry for the derailment and back to the topic of Alcoa based trucks: Isn't GM insulting their own customers by trying to highlight the inferiority of aluminum over steel cages in their commercial? I've seen plenty of aluminum structures that would prevent the bear from getting to them yet weigh much less than their steel counterpart - Isn't that the real point?