Driving impressions:

[BgBlkAvalanche]

OK, I have had the privelage to drive some of the new 2003 trucks and compare them to my 2002 Avalanche. Here are my likes & dislikes of the "new" ones:

 

2500HD & 1500HD QS4:

1) both have cloth bucket seats & power, but no lumbar or power recline

2) Stereo's with Bose speakers: Nice radio controls, not the sound quality I expected from Bose though

3) The "reminder" chime is LOUD, blaring out the speakers

4) window switchs are utterly dumb: reverse of what you think, and near impossible to avoid the express down feature

5) I like the new console, but the rubber tray mat ends up on the passenger seat every time the lid is opened

6) At night, the high beam indicator in the IP is blinding bright

7) The rubber floor mats are nice

8) All the buttons on the IP and steering stalks have removed the wording, and now have signs: they make no sense!

ie: traction control is a cross section of a tire with TC lettering. How many people know what the cross section of a tire looks like?! 4WD is now 2 & 4 with arrows up & down?

Since both are LS models, the dash has a button with a little light shining down, but it is the cargo lamp, not fog lamps like I assumed.

9) The 1500 has a button for ride control, a tire going over a bump kinda looking sign. Nobody I ask can figure this one out.

10) I like the new steering wheel design

11) The QS4 is cool, but very vague in the manual of the difference between 4WS & tow mode. Had to figure it out on my own,

12) There is a plastice panel /cover next to the gas pedal on the hump/carpet. I catch the side edge of my shoe on it all the time.

 

H2 Hummer:

1) Only one problem: I want one.... in Black!

 

More later as I get more miles on each one

 

 

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