He starts right off saying he thought “ suckers no water will hurt me”. I bet he was trying to go beast mode through some deep ass flooded streets and sprayed a wall of water in front of his truck. Enough of that hitting the intake long enough will absolutely ingest water.
Speaking from personal experience. BMW’s are awesome for two maybe three years then dump them and run. If there ever was an argument to lease vs. buy I would say BMW is it. That is a sweet machine I just would not want to own it one day past the warranty.
An awesome feature I discovered on accident is the security. If your trailer is hooked up and you park and lock your truck the trailer lights will flicker about every 10 seconds. The truck continually sends a signal to ensure the trailer is there. If someone disconnects the electrical hook Up the trucks alarm goes off.
My 8 speed in my 2018 Sierra was total garbage. After numerous attempts by dealer to resolve all the issues even they gave up and started with the “can’t replicate it” and “that is normal” BS. I finally threw in the towel and got a 2020 with the 10 speed. Best move I ever made, it is a dream! Smooth quick shifts no clunking, jerking, slipping torque converter. Getting rid of the 8 speed transmission is long over due by GM if you ask me.
Had a 2014 Silverado LTZ that was a great truck with absolutely zero issues. Traded for a 2018 Sierra SLT Z-71 that was a complete POS vibration issues and the dreaded 8 speed issues. So I rolled the dice and jumped on this 2020 AT-4 with the 6.2 and the 10 speed so far I am loving it. Keeping my fingers crossed that it holds up. I sure love the way it looks.
Honestly other than the transmission issues we love it. We have two daughters that play college lacrosse. The Pilot is what we use to travel around to all their games and tournaments. We had the dealer install the tow package when we purchased it, amazingly it pulls my 4000+ boat around town better than you would expect. Wife will likely get another in a few years when their new 10 speed makes it into them. Heard much better things about that transmission so far.
You might have jumped out of the frying pan into the fire. The Pilots 9 speed ZF transmission is notoriously worse than GM’s transmission. My wife has a 2017 Pilot Elite we purchased new. 15,000 miles later and she has already had the transmission replaced. Service manager said they have replaced several. Don’t google Honda Pilot 9 speed transmission if you have high blood pressure.