cautious optimist

I'm at 105,000 miles on my baby Duramax. No issues yet. I hit 31 mpg's traveling through hilly terrain to a project in Colorado. I will buy another 3.0. I'm not concerned.

I'm glad you have 14,000 trouble free miles. Frankly though, that's a really low bar. A bare minimum of 80,000 trouble free miles as the norm (rare exceptions always exist) across the whole model year should be a starting point. Good maintenance habits should push these past the 100,000 mile mark with only the most minor of issues. Let's hope GM truly leveled up the quality game with these new engines and exploding engines under 50,000 miles are gone.

My phone (OnePlus) requires a proprietary charger to get the full 80w fast charging benefits. The only option to get these fast charging benefits is a 12v plug. Any other charger and my phone defaults to 25w charging. I also have a tire inflator with a back up 12v plug. USB would never keep that thing going in a pinch. Putting just one in the trucks wouldn't hurt. Good laptops still include at least 1 USB-a port.

This is a really late reply but I just found this thread. They won't sell the hinges. I've gone 7 rounds with them. Their solution is to buy a new cover. I'm about to buy a new cover and it won't be a Bakflip. It also won't be from realtruck.com.

Pictures?

I would not recommend bakflip. My hinges broke and they don't sell replacements. If seems a hard fiberglass cover would be waterproof? Not as convenient though.

I followed up on this thrust bearing issue and it appears this is a 2025-26 issue for the Duramax.

I thought that about "vintage" edition Broncos. Put some $40 steel rims on a Bronco call it a vintage edition and you can charge 28 times the actual cost.

What issues are the 3.0 diesel facing? When I bought mine all my research showed the diesel was the engine most likely to be worry-free, if you use the right oil and only use top tier gas.

Bringing this thread back on topic. I just noticed the incredible lack of bright chrome across the entire new lineup. Even the Denali has tinted the brightwork in the grille and has none elsewhere. None of them have chrome bumpers. As far as I can tell there aren't even chrome mirror caps. I'm curious if this also happens out back? Are there no chrome rear bumpers either? This is quite the departure for GMC.

I actually prefer the GMC interior. Gives off mid-century modern vibes.

I never understood the hate for the column shifter. The console shifter just gets in the way, takes up prime cargo space and in my wife's Jeep, the dog constantly bumps the console shifter into neutral! Best choice ever to just make it a column shifter across the lineup and be done with it. (Bonus: Makes swapping from a 5 seater to a six seater far easier)

You nailed it with 6 trims.

Yes! Start/stop is great in theory, but horrible in actual use. Please eliminate that useless feature.

Well I think GM nailed the exterior styling on both the GMC and the Chevy. I actually like the mid-century modern influenced interior of the GMC. Dropping the SLT is a bummer as I thought that was the sweet spot. Hopefully this expands the options available on the Elevation trim. Won't miss the SLE which was just Worktruck+ to me.