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Originally Posted by darcane
You've got your little smilie up there... but I see this sort of thing a lot about GM trucks. I just don't understand why.
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Simple reason, GM was ahead of everyone else and owned the rights to a then and now revolutionary battery. They turned around and sold the rights to their breakthrough battery for peanuts to Cobasys a Chevron holding company. I can't think of any logical reason they wouldn't want to profit from the patent?
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Originally Posted by darcane
I needed a full size truck that can seat my whole family and tow a decent sized trailer. That meant a V8 and an extended cab, full size truck. Go over to fueleconomy.gov - advanced search and limit your search to 2001 2wd gas pickups with 6-8 cylinders and an auto. What's the first you see with a V8? GM...
You can do this with most years and see GM or Ford as the first on the list. A major reason I picked a Chevy because it was the most efficient truck in the class I was looking for.
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I agree with what you posted, GMs big boys always have done better than ford or dodge. I just wish more people would buy manual transmissions so I could end up with one some day.
I myself have always driven GM suburbans loaded up for doing craft shows and I have always done well comparitively speaking on FE. Why did I have a suburban? Because it gets better FE than a van but still works as a van.
I can't figure out why no one believes a old Suburban can get 20mpg? let alone 24mpg when I finally pulled my head out of my ...
Cheers
Ryan