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Gryphon762mm Enthusiast

Gryphon762mm

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What cheeses me is how other budget vehicles in GM's line have better connectivity and features than their premium vehicles like the Sierra.

 

When I had my Denali at the dealership for some warranty work I got a Cruze rental. The damn thing showed cover art via Bluetooth from my phone as well as genre on the screen. All I get in the Denali is a big ugly Bluetooth logo on the right.

 

Is it a big deal in the grand scheme of things? No, but it does make you wonder what else you're missing out on.

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AgDoctor Senior Enthusiast

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My 2014 Toyota Tundra SR5 work truck has a pretty sweet infotainment system and it shows cover art and has some cool features, such as being able to change color themes.

 

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El_Diablo_John Enthusiast

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My 15 shows cover art. These new systems will see updates year over year just like our phones do. As time goes on these systems will continue to improve.

 

The nice thing is since these are just software updates, they can be applied from the top all the way down to the cheapest vehicles without much of a hit on the overall budget of a vehicle.

cornfed81 Enthusiast

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I tell you what I miss. My interior floor lights. I mean it's absolutely absurd that you pay 50k and can't even get floor interior lights or under the hood light either. Drop something on the floor at night and you need a friggin flashlight to find it.

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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I tell you what I miss. My interior floor lights. I mean it's absolutely absurd that you pay 50k and can't even get floor interior lights or under the hood light either. Drop something on the floor at night and you need a friggin flashlight to find it.

$25 and about 15 mins and you can add LEDs yourself

 

Half the fun of automobile ownership is the modifications

 

 

Ryan

cornfed81 Enthusiast

cornfed81

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$25 and about 15 mins and you can add LEDs yourself

 

Half the fun of automobile ownership is the modifications

 

 

Ryan

Yeah I know I could and probably will eventually, BUT I shouldnt have to since they should already be included on my 50k truck. Its the little things that add up like the op was saying that have us scratching our heads sometimes like "what were they thinking"

f8l vnm Senior Enthusiast

f8l vnm

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My 2014 Toyota Tundra SR5 work truck has a pretty sweet infotainment system and it shows cover art and has some cool features, such as being able to change color themes.

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Only problem with that was the taco is terribly fugly , in fact the ugliest truck on market. Tundra and Titan close behind.

Lol @ the 270 anemic v6. To yo duh is the king of same car refresh.

Dependable truck yes , but ugly inside and out. Just awful. Then again all jap trucks are ugly.

AgDoctor Senior Enthusiast

AgDoctor

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Only problem with that was the taco is terribly fugly , in fact the ugliest truck on market. Tundra and Titan close behind.

Lol @ the 270 anemic v6. To yo duh is the king of same car refresh.

Dependable truck yes , but ugly inside and out. Just awful. Then again all jap trucks are ugly.

I don't like the Nissan, but I do like the Toyota Tundra's looks. The one I have is a company truck, so I'm not saying I would buy one, but I definitely think they look better than 2016 model Chevy's. As for the engine, the 5.7 with the 4.30 won't win any fuel economy awards, but any new GM short of a 6.2, can't touch the power and smoothness of the power train. The 5.3 makes alot of noise but does very little and goes slowly.

GsBowtie Enthusiast

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It's all about gearing. If the 5.3 in my silverado had 4.30 gears behind it, and not as much torque management it would run with the tundra 5.7. Imo, the 5.3 does everything i need it to. Even with the 3.42 gears, it has plenty of juice. Just my opinion

Snoringbear Enthusiast

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I have a 2015 LTZ fully loaded; I was complaining to my wife a few months back that I wished it had the tilt mirrors feature when in reverse same as my 2008 had. So, we were driving along abs she started fiddling around in setting and shortly said "found it"! She was so proud of herself - and I felt so dumb. Not the first time though :)

tnchevy Senior Enthusiast

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I am still complaining about no light under the hood! My 1992 model had a wired flashlight that would reach anywhere around the engine bay and then you just rolled it back up. My 2002 had a light mounted under the hood that came on when the hood was up. My Jeep GC has a rechargeable flash light built into the back hatch but my 2014 silvy has nothing of the sort.

davidio840 Enthusiast

davidio840

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I am still complaining about no light under the hood! My 1992 model had a wired flashlight that would reach anywhere around the engine bay and then you just rolled it back up. My 2002 had a light mounted under the hood that came on when the hood was up. My Jeep GC has a rechargeable flash light built into the back hatch but my 2014 silvy has nothing of the sort.

 

Damn I didn't notice this.. I haven't opened my hood at night though either.. There really isn't a light under there? What the.. and why not?

newdude Senior Enthusiast

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Yep was sad to see the themes go as I don't like any of them other than Velocity. The Contemporary (default theme) is crap, and the other two are worthless.

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