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if you replyed to my post about liking you 4.8, i picked the 5.3. I drove the 4.8 with a 3.43 axle and it was great.....it was suppose to be a 5.3, the sales person grabbed the wrong keys, when we made the deal he couldnt find the truck i tried out.....it was a 4.8 so made the deal on a 5.3 then tried it out and loved it, the 4.8 had lots of power too, but the 5.3 is rated 27mpg CND on the sticker and the 4.8 26......so i went with the bigger more efficient engine..(we will see) but anywho this is what it will look like in a couple months if everything works out

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if you replyed to my post about liking you 4.8, i picked the 5.3. I drove the 4.8 with a 3.43 axle and it was great.....it was suppose to be a 5.3, the sales person grabbed the wrong keys, when we made the deal he couldnt find the truck i tried out.....it was a 4.8 so made the deal on a 5.3 then tried it out and loved it, the 4.8 had lots of power too, but the 5.3 is rated 27mpg CND on the sticker and the 4.8 26......so i went with the bigger more efficient engine..(we will see) but anywho this is what it will look like in a couple months if everything works out

 

 

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if you replyed to my post about liking you 4.8, i picked the 5.3. I drove the 4.8 with a 3.43 axle and it was great.....it was suppose to be a 5.3, the sales person grabbed the wrong keys, when we made the deal he couldnt find the truck i tried out.....it was a 4.8 so made the deal on a 5.3 then tried it out and loved it, the 4.8 had lots of power too, but the 5.3 is rated 27mpg CND on the sticker and the 4.8 26......so i went with the bigger more efficient engine..(we will see) but anywho this is what it will look like in a couple months if everything works out

 

 

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if you replyed to my post about liking you 4.8, i picked the 5.3. I drove the 4.8 with a 3.43 axle and it was great.....it was suppose to be a 5.3, the sales person grabbed the wrong keys, when we made the deal he couldnt find the truck i tried out.....it was a 4.8 so made the deal on a 5.3 then tried it out and loved it, the 4.8 had lots of power too, but the 5.3 is rated 27mpg CND on the sticker and the 4.8 26......so i went with the bigger more efficient engine..(we will see) but anywho this is what it will look like in a couple months if everything works out

 

Ryan,

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if you replyed to my post about liking you 4.8, i picked the 5.3. I drove the 4.8 with a 3.43 axle and it was great.....it was suppose to be a 5.3, the sales person grabbed the wrong keys, when we made the deal he couldnt find the truck i tried out.....it was a 4.8 so made the deal on a 5.3 then tried it out and loved it, the 4.8 had lots of power too, but the 5.3 is rated 27mpg CND on the sticker and the 4.8 26......so i went with the bigger more efficient engine..(we will see) but anywho this is what it will look like in a couple months if everything works out

 

Glad you're happy! But you might need to elaborate a bit. I've never seen a 5.3L listed at 27MPG. I've only seen about 20/15. You'll have to burn through a couple of tanks and let us know how your mileage numbers come out! :thumbs:

 

*sorry about the empty prev post. Hit the 'Enter' button one-too-many times! :banghead:

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if you replyed to my post about liking you 4.8, i picked the 5.3. I drove the 4.8 with a 3.43 axle and it was great.....it was suppose to be a 5.3, the sales person grabbed the wrong keys, when we made the deal he couldnt find the truck i tried out.....it was a 4.8 so made the deal on a 5.3 then tried it out and loved it, the 4.8 had lots of power too, but the 5.3 is rated 27mpg CND on the sticker and the 4.8 26......so i went with the bigger more efficient engine..(we will see) but anywho this is what it will look like in a couple months if everything works out

 

Glad you're happy! But you might need to elaborate a bit. I've never seen a 5.3L listed at 27MPG. I've only seen about 20/15. You'll have to burn through a couple of tanks and let us know how your mileage numbers come out! :thumbs:

 

*sorry about the empty prev post. Hit the 'Enter' button one-too-many times! :banghead:

 

 

 

That is the EPA's MPG for a 5.3L in Canada.

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Glad you're happy! But you might need to elaborate a bit. I've never seen a 5.3L listed at 27MPG. I've only seen about 20/15. You'll have to burn through a couple of tanks and let us know how your mileage numbers come out! :banghead:

 

Im gonna bet that he bought a 2wd. And as previously stated, that would be in miles per Canadian gallon. My ext cab 2wd with 3:42's is government rated at 29 miles per Canadian gallon for highway.

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Glad you're happy! But you might need to elaborate a bit. I've never seen a 5.3L listed at 27MPG. I've only seen about 20/15. You'll have to burn through a couple of tanks and let us know how your mileage numbers come out! :banghead:

 

Im gonna bet that he bought a 2wd. And as previously stated, that would be in miles per Canadian gallon. My ext cab 2wd with 3:42's is government rated at 29 miles per Canadian gallon for highway.

 

 

Whoops....failed to notice the "CND". My bad.

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My 99 Silverado only get's 14-18 MPG. I'd be pretty impressed if he get's that...and I'm IN Canada.

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its a Z71 4x4, with flexfuel and shuts off 4 cylenders, even thoe there is only 2 E85 pumps in canada. My 98 gets 18mpg highway now, so even thoe the sticker says 27mpg, even if it gets 22-25 at best its still better than my 98 and is ten years newer. I know some people dont like the way it will look.......i like it, gives it a change compared to all the other ones same color, my 98 is pewter and i removed the side stripping and decals and it stands out, ill probably leave the gmc or the sierra on the tailgate thoe. My dads ridgeline stated 27mpg and it gets 20 at 110, im hoping it will get at least 22.

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its a Z71 4x4, with flexfuel and shuts off 4 cylenders, even thoe there is only 2 E85 pumps in canada. My 98 gets 18mpg highway now, so even thoe the sticker says 27mpg, even if it gets 22-25 at best its still better than my 98 and is ten years newer. I know some people dont like the way it will look.......i like it, gives it a change compared to all the other ones same color, my 98 is pewter and i removed the side stripping and decals and it stands out, ill probably leave the gmc or the sierra on the tailgate thoe. My dads ridgeline stated 27mpg and it gets 20 at 110, im hoping it will get at least 22.

 

so I don't get it - they use KM not miles in Canada, but they still rate them in mpg? So why would mpg (miles per gallon) be different in Canada? Unless the Canadian equivalent of the EPA rates vehicles traveling at 55mph in the draft of a semi tractor trailer with a 40mph tailwind and going down a 3% grade..... Then maybe... Of course - that is an unlikely scenario out in the real world, eh guys?

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yah its stupid for sure, we dont use miles but there is a canadian gallon.......and we put the two together........ i could use liters/100km i guess. So im financing on satuday and the truck has a 3.73 gear ratio my 5.7 has the same and has gutless bottom end. I drove it and it had lots of bottom end power I thought but with the 265 tires I think I should get the 4.10 option, I have 245 tires on my truck now. Im really second guessing myself I guess I can always drive it again.

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