Originally posted by Swazo:
Originally posted by Big Daddy Kane:
Originally posted by Pete D:
Where is the diesel option?



No crap! Put a small displacement turbo diesel in the 1/2 ton truck so it can actually pull in the mid 20s...

But knowing them, they'll probly give you a "high performance diesel" option and toss the newest 6.6L Duramax in there... they just won't mention that it gets 13MPG.

With all the hype about gas prices and how diesels are more efficient, everyone will jump on that hi po diesel 1/2 ton... then realize they were stupid since they're getting the same mileage as a gas powered truck.



No offense, but you aren't making any sense with the Duramax comment at all.
They're able to get upwards of low to mid 20 MPG with the 6.6L when driven correctly (Drive like you have an egg between the gas pedal and your foot, and keep it under 75 MPH) and that's in a vehicle with a huge GVW. They had to design a frame beefy enough to be able to put the duramax into (Chevy/GMC HD series). So IF they were able to put the duramax into the new 1/2-ton trucks, they'd be getting a lot better economy because of the power to weight ratio alone.

A 1/2-ton diesel would have been something I would have given my left nut for though....





I just read this review that was copy/pasted to numerous websites that claimed 13MPG...

This wasn't one, but claims 13.3MPG with a heavy foot

Apparantly the "13MPG" is while towing a full load... the article that I read (can't find now) didn't mention the "towing" part.

These guys got 17.1 with a combo of city/highway driving, and a high of 18.1.

And yes, a 1/2 diesel would be kick ass... lemme tell you how powerful (read: fast) these 06 2500HDs with the 6-speed Allison are... wait, probly shouldn't so I don't incriminate myself

These guys pulled a corrected time of 12.36 @ 109.67MPH with just tweaking the ECU!

Now I have real-world experience for the 8.1L gas V8 in a 2004 Suburban... We had an average of 8.9MPG according to the information display in the instrument cluster.

Goin' Round Traffic Circles @ 50Km/h!!! \m/ -- 1998 E0 SVT #2119 of 6535 \m/ -- 2003 Sentra SE-R Spec V