I also think the 10 spd would be an improvement. It shifts great when you drive it like you stole it but I want it to shift more smoothly at a normal pace.
The fluid change TSB helped but wife's Tahoe is still much smoother in all manner of driving.
Otherwise good truck and the turbo engine has been stone axe reliable going on 3 years now.
I have a squeak in that region which seems to be the driverside vertical door trim piece against the aft driverside window glass rubber gasket. Trim piece feels loose when the door is open, I havent decided if its worth trying to tighten.
I'm at 19ish lifetime doing mostly city. real city, 45 min to drive 18 mi city. I've had mine 14 months now / 9k mi , 2019LT 4x4 (non-Z71 with the adv tow ratio rear end), and it's been a solid vehicle but the 8spd does bang a gear at low speed every now and then. No complaints for a truck but my wife's K2xx tahoe is better for family vehicle duties in every way with only 1 or 2 mpg worse.
Following! With the IOS Nav upgrade the picture shows on the nav map screen too which is kind of lame when the image choices are worse than the old XP windows default icons...
I realize I'm wasting my breath but for the silent thread watchers these charts show why my 2 7T truck tractors up Steven's pass.
The 4.3 V6 is the bottom curve but it's the same for most NA powerplants that make max torque up at high rpms. The 2.7T is at max torque at 1500 rpm. As I am not accelerating or dragging a 6k pound trailer my truck never shifts as the grade increases it just adds fuels to produce more torque at the same rpm.
Turbo engines can be setup for torque or top end hit. As MDSilverado has said multiple times GM went for torque. The engine runs out of breath well before the rev limiter but it doesnt matter because it doesnt need to turn 4k to make enough torque to maintain 70mph up a grade and that's why its awesome. I think the differences are magnified at partial throttle settings where we all operate 99% of the time.
The concept is probably foreign if you haven't driven a small diesel or other forced induction engine tuned for torque which is why there are so many doubters and haters. But Im tired of people coming to our thread asking for explanations and then telling us we dont know what we're talking about.
Drive the truck and decide for yourself. I think most will love it.
This is my 3rd turbo vehicle and I'll never go back.
I didn't say anything about towing, that is your thing. I want my truck to do my thing which is 70mph+ up WA state passes with my family in the cab and my bike in the bed and getting good city mpg for commuting to work. And my truck does my thing great.
The turbo offers more usable torque at low revs. Most apparent when climbing a mtn pass. NA engines struggle or have to turn high revs whereas the turbo just tractors up in top gear.
Yeah I have a short steep hill on my daily commute where this happens if I'm going slow and keep the throttle position steady.
Sometimes I ride the vibes. Otherwise a little more entry speed or more throttle alleviates it.