So I've had this about a month. As a quick recap I got it with ~400 miles on it, I put just under 100 on it before I hooked a trailer to it for 3,000 miles... and now have just about 4k overall.
I like it, I like it a lot.
It has some stuff that I don't love- and things I do of course. Maybe I'm having too high of "expectations/hopes" for a truck that's middle of the trim-line- but i'm not even sure the higher end trucks- denali (at4? kinda a side step, maybe up in some departments) would have these options. but just silly shit that im unsure most domestic truck manufacturers are doing- but shit i know my 8 year old entry level bmw does.
I'll start with the "don't love list"
1st on that list- auto up rear windows, it's fucking HILARIOUS to me that these trucks don't have that, i dont think denali's do either, and the fords ive been in, rams ive rented, don't have it. my bmw does- how hard is it to program that or just make it fucking happen- don't tell me it's a lawyer/safety issue cuz you're full of shit. this leads me to another thing for this- there is what i like to call an OH FUCK ALL THE WINDOWS DOWN button on the dash, i can only assume this is for the worlds worst farts, or if you crash into a pond and have to escape out the windows as your truck plummets below the surface. you can see the button under the passenger side climate control knob. it's like they had space for 2 more buttons, couldn't think of what to put there, and were like ahhhhhh fuck it, get that fucking thing in there where all the windows go down (but not back up). THATS IT. THAT'S ALL THE BUTTON DOES AND IT'S LARGER THAN ALL THE OTHER BUTTONS
2. my wheels are polished, not chrome. nitpicky as fuck, and i should have thought of this when buying, but the SLT's have all this fucking chrome on them, and then they slap polished wheels on. my bumpers & trim shine like nobody's business, but the wheels will never show a reflection because they are polished and not chrome. why not just have it match- they make 22's in chrome, but you gotta be fucking nuts to drop 3k msrp on the UPGRADE to 22's on these trucks
... it's all probably because gm never figured out chrome wheels (late 90s gm chrome wheels, im lookin at you, you flakey pieces of shit)
3. the follow warning is dumb. why is this here, it's like you wanted to do adaptive cruise and then were like ahhhhh fuck it. NO trim lines of half ton GM pickup trucks have adaptive cruise in 2019. and while i thought the equipment/hardware may be there already
Stink Star Productions corrected my wrong thoughts there REAL quick.
4. another nitpicky thing. the grill/front bumper of this truck takes me longer to clean than the rest of the truck combined. sweet fuck, there are so many jagged edges, nooks, crannys and bullshit, it's fucking insane. that being said, cleaning it recently- i saw the sierra front bumper has the silverado front bumper "air curtain" flowage shit, just nowhere as noticeably visually. near the foglights
so on silverado- it's like this.
the gmc's hid it more in the foglights- but here, you can see one "keeping the truck clean" absolute fucking nightmare of a piece of truck.
here's why it's there:
Otherwise known as front aero curtains, front air curtains are an
aerodynamics technology that reduces a vehicle’s drag and increases overall aerodynamic efficiency. Designed to guide oncoming atmosphere through unique tunnels in and around the vehicle, air curtains work to not only improve fuel economy, but also to reduce noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) inside the cabin.
Read more:
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/08...ra-features-front-air-curtains/#ixzz60dzwXbW7
5. i wish there was an easier way to access "turn the screen the fuck off" button. again, nitpicky, but i like at night having inside the cabin pretty fucking dark to see. on my bmw, hit the option button, and it's the first selection- to turn the screen off. in the gmc you have to 3-4 clicks through settings, a display menu, then somewhere else.
6. my exhaust tips are already discolored. likely from rocket-ship level EGT's towing an enclosed trailer at 85 mph through mountains, but fuckballs, the bottom of them is already discolored- not soot- actually discolored the metal.
7. i wish the backseat folded up closer to the rear of the cab. ford has this so fucking legit on their half ton (and larger) trucks. it just works, that rear seat fold so up and the fuck out of the way, the gmc's stays canted outwards. like just have it tuck, figure it out! at least gm got the memo to make the leg room/seating room as large as if not larger than the ferds... but shit.
fords- you could do a cartwheel back here with the seat folded.
gm- i can't even find a good pic, ill take one later
aight. ill post shit i love next.