Should I upgrade to a refreshed Silverado?

[redwngr]

1 hour ago, Firehawk99 said:

The HUD was on a ltz I test drove before buying my TB. I could still see it but it seemed washed out. I wasn't in it long enough to play with the height adjustment. It is a great feature and I loved it on the 1998 Grand prix GTP I had back in the day. The only thing is when it was there I never looked at the guages. My thought was with these new screens... I would rather focus on them, than the HUD.

Fair enough.

 

Otoh, with todays vehicles the ecm is already watching anything the vehicle has a sensor on, and is already prepared to derate if necessary and to notify the operator when appropriate. 

 

Way different than it was prior to computers and electronic everything. 

[ratman6161]

I guess I may be the only one.  But I hate the new interior...at least from the pictures and videos I've seen.  Why?

 

1.  I think the "mine is bigger" contest between manufacturers as far as screen size goes has gotten way out of hand.  I worked in IT for 25 years before I retired, so I'm someone who likes technology.  As far as the monitor that sits on my desk, the bigger the better and the more the better...but not in my vehicles.  They are just too distracting.  Besides, touch screens just don't work well with gloves on and one of the main reasons I own a truck is feeding my snowmobile habit.  That means being out in the Minnesota winter a lot.  I want my physical buttons and knobs.

 

2.  The knobs to the left of the steering wheel have been relocated to be lower down and parallel to the floor rather than vertical.  This is how it was in my 2019 GMC Canyon.  It may be because I'm short and have the steering wheel pulled down low, but for me the steering wheel blocked my view of the knobs in the Canyon.  I had to use them by feel while driving.  This meant I was frequently putting it in 4WD when I was actually trying to turn the lights on. ;(

 

3.  I actually like the shifter on the steering column.  Not for the shifter itself but because that gives me lots of space for my stuff in the console area (I have the bucket seats in my Sierra SLT).  On the refresh, the shifter takes up some of that space and the cup holders are rotated to be parallel to the drive shaft, further limiting space.

 

Other things: 

 

1. On the discussion above about HUD's, I have one in my 2014 Corvette and for me, sunglasses really do make it next to useless.  Once again, I'm short (ish) so It may be that I have a bad angle on it.  But no amount of adjusting makes it work for me when wearing sunglasses (90% of the time when driving).

2.  Sunroof?  Most of the cars we have had in recent years had them and we almost never used them.  We only had them because they were part of some option package we had to take to get some other feature we wanted.

3. Very happy with the truck I have so no reason to look for something else.

 

Just my opinions

 

PS:  There is way to much of the cool stuff they advertise that you can only get in a Denali/High Country!

Edited March 3, 2022 by ratman6161

[TNTSierra]

So I built a white ZR2 with every option along with tonneau cover, multi-pro tailgate, under seat storage, and running boards.  The total was $72,710!!!  I added the GM performance exhaust for $1399 but it didn’t add to the total cost. My question is, and I asked my dealership, does the exhaust already come standard on the ZR2???  I’m thinking possibly since it added it but not to total cost.  Would be really interested in knowing. 
 

here is a pic. Bad@$$ looking truck. 
 

 

[KARNUT]

I’m surprised at that price. My brother buys loaded 3/4 ton 4WD Ford diesels for work. There running just north of that price. The problem of course there’s non around. He’s probably going to order. 

[Chevyguy273]

I am asking myself the same. I absolutely love the glacier blue ZR2. I stopped by my go to Chevy dealership yesterday and built one with the salesman and he had my 2020 LTZ crew cab appraised at $55,000 which is $7,500 more than what I paid for it. And he told me delivery will probably be July-September. Now my wife is going to think I’ve completely lost my mind when I tell her how sexy the new blue truck will look in the driveway. 

[Dunn]

On 2/25/2022 at 1:58 PM, Jricharc said:

Are you guys trading your old trucks in? If so are they offering good money for them?

on my 5th since 2019.....you pay more for new but get more for the old so its a wash, if you know how to find deals......basically i rented the trucks for 5 months and walked away with cpl of grand, on to the next

 

after 4 GMs i went Ram on this one....but never know, though am sure resale on Ram isnt as good

 

 

Edited March 9, 2022 by Dunn

[f8l vnm]

I put a good amount down so i have good equity but yes as soon as they come in im getting AT4.  gonna say this again liker a broken record " Man i wish they would have given the 6.2 a power bump.  I mean the C7 was making 460 and that was last generation . 

[Firehawk99]

1 hour ago, f8l vnm said:

I put a good amount down so i have good equity but yes as soon as they come in im getting AT4.  gonna say this again liker a broken record " Man i wish they would have given the 6.2 a power bump.  I mean the C7 was making 460 and that was last generation . 

I think it's safe to say the current 6.2 is most likely underrated! There were significant improvements made from the previous generation and somehow the HP and TQ ratings stayed the same

[Wiggums]

My 2019 RST has buttons to unlock the rear doors on the outside, the 2020 has only the front two doors, not the rear two doors. And the chip shortage forced them to take out temperature readouts in the air conditioner in some models. I don't want to find out what I'll be missing for 2022. I ordered a new 2022 F-150 (because I want the 7.2kW charger, Chevy doesn't have that) and I have explicit instructions NOT to replace anything, I don't want credit for missing components.