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Yeah it's surprising how rare they are, I'd say less than 1 in 10. I was strongly considering going to a 2500HD just because it's so much easier to find the crew cab + regular box.

LWB - crew cab with a 6.5. Same configuration as my 2014 was and all I'll ever buy from here on out!

Made a huge mistake buying my '17 Sierra Double Cab. Needed the 6.5 bed and figured I'd compromise on cab size to save a few bucks. After close to a year of remorse my dealer gave me a great opportunity to go back in time and buy what I should have from the start!

Can you post a video? DI engines are a bit noisier at idle, but shouldn't be anywhere close to embarrassing! It could be an exhaust leak.

I'm sure you're right, but in regard to the GDI carbon issue specifically both Ford and Toyota are now employing dual injection on their newest engines so that's something GM is behind them on. I'd bet we'll be seeing the D4-S dual injection design from the Tacoma V6 carried over to the refresh of the Tundra V8 in the next year or two.

Yeah, agree that the price is high. I was going to screw around with vinyl wrapping the wood grain but I had a moment of budgetary weakness and put the order in last week. Finish obviously looks great, and getting the removable cup holder back is a real bonus. I missed that from my '14. Hoping I can sell the stock wood grain trim kit and recoup a bit of the cost...

Installed a driver's assist handle and the synthesis trim kit (23147678) on my 2017. PSA!!!: The trim kit has restored my removable cup holder and triple USB ports!

Just learned that the 2017 F-150 has a new 3.5L Ecoboost that's also added port injection on top of the direct injection. Time to place bets on how long it's going to take GM to make the same change...

I've been doing a lot of reading about this lately too, it's an interesting problem. I appreciate what Toyota has done with the new 3.5L V6 in the Tacomas, they have both port and direct injection. Port injectors operate under low load conditions and should eliminate the carbon buildup issues on the valves. Wonder what GM's long term fix is going to be... inb4 catch can recommendations...

Awesome! Glad to hear they're at least acknowledging it.

Off topic, but are you suggesting that the naturally aspirated, port injected veteran 'Coyote' 5.0L V8 is suffering from the same issues as the turbocharged directed injected Ecoboosts? If I had a choice I'd swap out my 5.3 Ecotec for the reliability and reputation of the Coyote in a second (even if for no other reason than alleviating the carbon buildup issues plaguing direct injected motors).

Sounds like the G218 ground. Search should turn up tons of results. Here's a video of the fix:

So did my 2014, and as far as I can tell so do all 2016s. The problem affects all 2017 trucks.

No nav, but you're hitting on exactly what the issue is. The screen brightness does adapt to ambient lighting in the sense that the screen dims when the headlights come on (easier to see if the cabin is dim at night). The issue is that even when the computer has all of the displays dimmed in low-light conditions, it will still jack screen brightness back up to maximum when you throw it in reverse. Once you drop out of reverse, screen brightness returns to normal. Screen brightness is flipped to its maximum under all conditions - day or night, manually dimmed or un-dimmed, headlights on or off.

I've done it now too. Cut up a plastic scraper and stacked enough pieces to get a good fit and wrapped some electrical tape around the stack before stuffing it between the plastic mount and firewall. Makes a huge difference when I'm travelling slowly around parking garages etc and am trying to to apply light throttle.