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"The off-road/all-weather-focused All-Terrain model, which features Rancho shocks, hill descent control and an automatic locking rear differential, will join the lineup later in the year."

 

Later in the year?

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It is an old article with a new date on it. Harsh comment. Ouch!

 

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By nukedetroit

on 06/12/13

7:40 AM PST

These supposedly "new" trucks have been met with a collective yawn by other publications, and - most importantly - potential customers. As this was a manufacturer event, I can only assume that GM's press drones were looking over your shoulder as you wrote this discordantly fawning piece of... journalism.

 

It is a new article released 6/12/13.

 

The older different article is here http://www.edmunds.com/gmc/sierra-1500/2014/

 

Yes, harsh comment.

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2014 GMC Sierra 1500 - Drive Time Review with Steve Hammes

 

 

 

Didnt want to start another review thread so I will just add to this one...

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interesting comments about the ride quality being worse than 2013. I had a hard time believing that. So to the new 2014 owners ( that had previous 2007-2013) what is your take ? is ride better or worse?

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The ride did not look that harsh to me. I was wondering if the wheels/tires would make a difference that could be perceived as a harsh ride - bigger wheels usually means less rubber means the tire absorbs less of the road bumps.

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5:40 "The rear seat vents blow hot air, a major complaint of his rear passengers"

 

Looks like he encountered the same thing I did. GM has to fix this flaw.

you have to get past this...please...it is best for your long term health to do so...the major flaw is the lack of cooling/heating air vents for the rear of the cab...My dealer said they and others at the GM mtgs/rep contacts had been asking for such.

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5:40 "The rear seat vents blow hot air, a major complaint of his rear passengers"

 

Looks like he encountered the same thing I did. GM has to fix this flaw.

you have to get past this...please...it is best for your long term health to do so...the major flaw is the lack of cooling/heating air vents for the rear of the cab...My dealer said they and others at the GM mtgs/rep contacts had been asking for such.

 

Hot front seats should not vent on rear passengers. That's just dumb. Especially on a crew cab or extended cab where rear passengers are the norm.

 

 

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it was a decent review but you can tell that the journalist is a strict car guy. We need real truck men to review these machines.

 

And am I the only one who finds it ironic that the front bumper only has a few inches of ground clearance on a 4x4? If you did anything remotely offroad it would tear off in a jiff. My truck is pretty low too, maybe even lower, but it's not for "off roading".

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The front air dam does seem to be awfully low, low enough that some city curbs are going to be a problem too. I'm not used to having to worry about curbs in a pickup truck. You can of course remove the air dam but there are a lot of bolts that need to be removed and there's going to a cost in fuel efficiency and perhaps cooling.

 

The Z71 package is going to make for a rougher ride - I wonder if that was what the reviewer experienced? If I could get skid plate protection separate from the Z71 package, I would forgo that package altogether.

Drove a SLT short bed with the 20" wheels and the Z71 package yesterday. I thought it rode pretty good. I purposely crossed railroad tracks, any rough spots I saw. Did seem a little solid on one small pothole. Thats the short sidewall tires I would think. Over all I was impressed. If it would have been the right color it would probably be headed for my garage. While I'm here anyone have the Bose speakers?

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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The front air dam does seem to be awfully low, low enough that some city curbs are going to be a problem too. I'm not used to having to worry about curbs in a pickup truck. You can of course remove the air dam but there are a lot of bolts that need to be removed and there's going to a cost in fuel efficiency and perhaps cooling.

 

The Z71 package is going to make for a rougher ride - I wonder if that was what the reviewer experienced? If I could get skid plate protection separate from the Z71 package, I would forgo that package altogether.

 

 

Tons of people removed the air dam from their 900-series trucks, myself included and never have had cooling issues or serious drops in fuel efficiency.

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Drove a SLT short bed with the 20" wheels and the Z71 package yesterday. I thought it rode pretty good. I purposely crossed railroad tracks, any rough spots I saw. Did seem a little solid on one small pothole. Thats the short sidewall tires I would think. Over all I was impressed. If it would have been the right color it would probably be headed for my garage. While I'm here anyone have the Bose speakers?

IMHO, the "Bose" package does nothing for trucks with the 40/20/40 seats. There's not much base response and I couldn't tell a huge difference between the standard audio system. If you have the full console the package includes a subwoofer and I have much better bass response. It's not going to blow you away but it's passable and the new cab sealing makes for a better experience than past Bose systems.

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