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I had a 15 with 5.3 AFM. I liked it a lot at the time. I liked my 19 5.3 8 speed even more. Especially after the transmission clunk TSB was figured out. I really, really like my 21 5.3 10 speed. Butter smooth, definitely feels more powerful. My only gripe is the sliding rear window has a tiny drip that neither of the other two trucks has. Point is, until you drive something better, you’ll probably love any of them. They really are all great trucks. I would push for the 10 speed though. It feels ultra refined. 

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Silverado 1500 crew cab with a standard bed and 4x4.

 

Crew cab with a standard bed is a BIG truck.  Most are doublecab/standard or crew cab short.  I had my mind set on the same until I parked it in my driveway and it was up against the door and barely cleared the sidewalk.  If you're hauling drywall and such, might be worth it but I ended up with a short bed.

 

Just my 2 pennies

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You mentioned:
Silverado 1500 crew cab with a standard bed and 4x4.
 
Crew cab with a standard bed is a BIG truck.  Most are doublecab/standard or crew cab short.  I had my mind set on the same until I parked it in my driveway and it was up against the door and barely cleared the sidewalk.  If you're hauling drywall and such, might be worth it but I ended up with a short bed.
 
Just my 2 pennies


It’s not that big only about 10” longer

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Thats a great looking truck. I hate it when there's more cab than bed...looks like a tahoe that the roof fell off of lol. 

Mine is a double cab standard bed but its a dying breed. I bet my next truck looks like yours 

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10 hours ago, RyanbabZ71 said:

 


It’s not that big only about 10” longer

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I didn’t know you had a standard bed on your truck? Looks nice. I love mine also. That extra room is nice when hauling stuff to the lake.  And the running boards going to wheel well now makes it easy to clean back window and tonneau cover. 

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14 hours ago, RyanbabZ71 said:

 


It’s not that big only about 10” longer


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That's what sh..........

 

OK.. I will refrain

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