7/4/2014 - Small update. Wow, I can't believe I have been driving this truck for a whole year now! I have racked up over 8500 miles on it. That's a lot of miles when you consider it is not my daily driver.
I bought a house in Payson and have used the old Chevy quite a lot running back and forth between Mesa and Payson. Payson is about 70 miles / 4000 ft higher elevation than Mesa and the Chevy's cruise control works waaaaay better on the hills than my 2001 F150. The F150 goes way too fast on the down hills. The Chevy transmission holds you back on the down hills.
I even used it to haul stuff on occasion.