6 month review

[nards444]

Thought I would revisit this after a almost a year of ownership and in particularly hit towing.

 

Not much to add from the orginal post about the truck in general. One thing that kind of peaves me is the info system, i have the large screen. The system its self is laid out right but execution on it is not great. on between things on the dash is clumsy, changing radio station twice from the steering wheel is dumb. The main screen gets locked into finding a cell phone and no good way out of it, It looks nice and all, but execution I give it a C as far as user ability.

 

Good thing I did add MBRP exhaust and it sounds great, also added front window tint. So far still getting 15.6mpg, which i expected, not complaining, but not great like GM says.

 

 

Now into the towing. Before I owned a 29ft boat weighed 9500 with trailer. truck handled it well, in comparison to the ecoboost I owned I would probably give it a B rating. I expected to not have the get up like the eco did being an NA engine, but what erks me is the tow haul mode. IM guessing GM has this system set up for lighter loads around the 5-6k range. Because at heavy loads it acts poorly. Downshifts when it shouldnt, gets stuck in gear when there is no need to be stuck into a high RPM, and just wont switch gears at time. I took to the dealer and the system is fine. Leads me to beleive its engineered wrond for the max town package and bigger loads.

 

Now I have a 26ft boat probably closer to 7500lbs, truck obviously works better due to lighter weight, tow haul mode seems to act a little better, still not great. I get a little more sway this time as the new boat is shorter but has a lot more body to it, also could be a different trailer.

 

Overall the truck interior is still great and holding up, my only beef is the headliner sun glass holder is probably only good for holding a jewlers loop. That and the dome like unless Im missing something cant be turned on at the dash area any more, you have trely on the lights up front on the head liner.

 

Exterior wise, looks great, I havent found anything bad worth mentioning and still love the looks.

 

 

Overall some nit picky things, but if I had to rate the truck Id give it a solid B+ or 7.5 out of ten. For the average grocery getter or guy that hauls 4-5klbs I would reccomend this truck. But if your going to push this truck at the towing I would reccomend looking elsewhere.