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Wiggums

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  1. You know, I'd buy it if it didn't line up with the third brake light. If it was taller and allowed me to add in auxiliary lights, I'd consider it.
  2. There's a subwoofer under the center console? I have the Bose system in my RST.
  3. For the same reason I am not putting a camper shell on my truck.. it covers up the lighting in the back and I'd have to use the inferior one on the sport bar or shell instead of the good third brake light on the truck. I am going to put a tonneau instead, that way, the lighting is still in place and original.
  4. Mexico is a part of North America. Heck, you could get a 2019 Sierra SLE 4x4 RCSB like this one. I took a picture of that when I was in Tijuana a month ago. The 2019 Ranger has a dashboard and front end that are different than my 2013, but the doors are the same. Your post makes sense though, I agree here.
  5. I had a 2013 Ranger (four door, 2x4) and I don't know why Ford is been calling it "all new." It's not impressive and I don't know why the Americans are selling it again, it didn't sell well the last time and I don't think it'll sell well again.
  6. Actually, finance guys (or the dealership) get commission out of GMAC loans. He was the one who told me to make a few payments then switch over. I didn't make any instead.
  7. You're not the only one who said it gradually went away. I'm hoping for the same. I agree, the Rancho stocks suck but deflating my tires got my rear end to behave a little better.
  8. I believe it, I am not sure how far down Chevrolet has gotten. My Ford had no electronic gremlins, but it seems the new V8 loves to drink oil. I should have kept my 2016, the older engine was great, I had zero problems on it, but the gas mileage sucked after I put the shell on it. I could barely get 18 while I am getting 24 right now.
  9. Not all were affected, just a few. But all were recalled just to be safe. The problems I'm getting out of my Chevy won't initiate a massive recall though. I would prefer a 1% chance of airbags not inflating over dealing with pesky electronic gremlins that seem to affect a lot of Silverado owners.
  10. Damn, I got a lot of bugs in my new truck, but none required a trip to the dealer 20 miles away so I'd have to say no.. I can live with it, but, damn, that's annoying. Fisheye issues, Android Auto rebooting and being intermittent, air conditioner saying "off" on screen even at full blast, clunky transmission that jerks the truck when I shift it to D, and more. Then there's the issue I had with the back end fishtailing so bad I nearly ran over a pedestrian on a road that was covered in dried dirt but that wasn't a mechanical issue, that's just the way Chevrolet designed it. I fixed that by changing tire pressure but I'm still disappointed overall.
  11. I wish GM would start selling its own camper shells. It'd be perfect, GM would know to wire the brake light to the shell instead of the one above the cab. It would fit perfectly and use the same material and workmanship as the rest. Or make it an option.. no wasted third brake light and the worthless lights for the bed from the cabin. Hell, if it was a $2,500 option, I just might go for it. My F-150 had a shell on it and it had its own brake light which was nowhere as good as the one on the cab, made worthless by the shell.
  12. Same here, very unsettling. Was told to wait for 15 seconds which helped a bit, but I don't like it because it also does that after the auto-stop is activated for a long time.
  13. I mentioned I had a 2012 and a 2016. Both had no glitches. My Silverado has a lot of little issues, but none requires a visit. I knew about the issues with 2015 so I waited a year. Should have done the same with the Silverado.
  14. I also forgot to mention this.. when I plug in my Android Auto, it's fine but seems to reboot two or three times. Then when I reverse, activating the rear camera, then shift it back. The Android Auto needs to reboot 2 or 3 times again then sometimes I have to give it the destination again.
  15. I guess I'm lucky to come from an F-150 to the 2019 Silverado because the 2019 Silverado's interior seems to be better built and a little nicer than my 2016 Ford F-150.
  16. A lot of pesky little issues.. none requiring a trip to the dealership. Climate control showing "off" when I actually have the fans running. I'd turn it off then back on, but the "off" would still blink without showing the fan speed. A fix would be to turn it off then back on, it may or may not do it again. Fish-eye while reversing, but a simple fix was to wait for about five seconds then shift in reverse. And the loud unsettling thunk whenever I shift to Drive after starting it up.. like above, a simple five seconds, maybe ten seconds then it'll be smoother. I am still not used to this, none of my Ford F-150's had that, both were flawless. I know it varies among owners with some F-150's drinking oil. I had the older Coyote 5.0 and it was rock solid. The engine in the Chevrolet seems to be solid too.
  17. I was going to make 3 or 4 payments then pay off my loan but the finance guy pissed me off by trying to strong arm me into buying worthless shit so I paid it off before the first payment. My credit's 840 and I was able to get 3.99% from GM or 2.49% from my credit union. That was two months ago. I think it's illegal for dealerships to impose prepayment penalty in several states. I'm almost sure California is one of them.
  18. The German TÜV does that at 60 km/h, 90 km/h, and 120 km/h, I wish somebody would do that here!!! I don't smash my gas, I don't floor it while going uphill.
  19. That's your decision. For me, I get an extra $30 on a trip to Vegas from here doing it that way. In addition to that, I have 99% brake life and I have 1,200 miles on my car right now, thanks to hypermiling techniques. It goes a lot longer than just gasoline. Others pointed out the DIC is a lot more accurate on the 2019's and after. You brought up the Camaro - completely irrelevant, it wasn't about Camaro, it was about SIlverado. I bet the Camaro owners were talking about the older version of the DIC which wasn't accurate. I have changed my driving habits. A couple months ago, gas was $4.29 a gallon. Some areas were $4.39 or even $4.49. Not everybody lives in Texas, ya know?
  20. I have to point out EPA also uses 100% gasoline, without ethanol. 10% ethanol takes away about 10% based on my experience. I can buy ethanol-free gas in Mexico which is right across the border from here.
  21. Just got back and I'm happy to confirm my DIC was spot on. 24.7 and I measured it too. Very very very happy with the mileage I'm getting right now. Excellent resale, gas mileage, spacious interior, cannot complain here!
  22. I couldn't be any happier with the fuel economy of my Silverado! I know it will also hold its value very well so I'm going to sleep better at nights.
  23. I have 3.23 on mine and I believe the 2019 V8 is more efficient with the DFM. I don't use the cruise control, I maintain a steady foot on the gas pedal so that the DFM doesn't keep turning on and off. I never use the cruise control, I just wish there was a 30-mph leeway with the cruise control, ranging from 50 to 80 mph, depending on terrain. I hate braking while going downhill and I hate flooring the gas while going uphill. I'm OK with 50 mph to 80 mph, it doesn't have to be exactly 65 mph. EPA highway gas mileage on mine is 20, I believe, it's a 4x4. I think EPA's testing method includes a full throttle a few times even at highway speeds to stimulate merging into traffic. I don't do that. Some cars are immune to my hypermiling techniques. I could barely hit the 26 mpg my Benz C300's EPA numbers showed, even going 60 mph for a couple hours. It sucked! My Isuzu Trooper said 19, I was lucky to get 13 mpg! No DIC in the Trooper, all hand-checked. My 2012 Ford F-150 responded very well to my hypermiling techniques, usually got 3 to 4 mpg better at 21 mpg, but the 2016 F-150 was pretty much in line with EPA numbers, I was lucky to get 18 mpg in a mix while EPA numbers showed 15/19. Both were Supercrew 4x4 XLT's with 5.0 V8. EPA no longer does the flawed technique which resulted in Prius getting way overly optimistic numbers. I don't know what part was changed though. I have my car in metric so it measures how many litres for every 100 kilometers. When I'm coasting, I do see zero which would be accurate. Zero litres consumed per 100 kilometres. I don't know why it would not show above 99 mpg which is obviously not accurate.
  24. Only 0.25 mpg? Way better than my Ford's trip computer. My 2012 Ford did 850 miles once on a single tank, all highway, and the trip computer reported 27.5 mpg after all kinds of hypermiling techniques. I got excited until I got to the pumps.. it was off by 3 mpg so I actually got 24.5. Still better than EPA's 19 mpg highway. So the 28.8 mpg I got with the Silverado.. it could either be 28.5 or 30.1 mpg (I haven't driven much). That's still damn good! Today, I'll be filling it up with the same gas tank and at the same pump today, will find out how much I'm off. The past three times, I didn't use the same pump.
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