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Originally Posted by thingstodo
It was a comment he made while we were discussing hybrids and electric vehicle options at lunch. The Mitsubishi Outlander fuel economy on gasoline is not that great. He asked why I would bother with all that when I could get a truck like his and do better.
He is not exactly an ecomodder. His mods tend toward lift kits, light bars, and other things that mess up the aero .... I'll ask what his range is on a fuel fill. I might be able to get that much information out of him.
I'm not really looking for a new truck, with the depreciation, taking it only to the dealership for service since no one else can service it, etc. But if my Hyundai lasts for a couple of years, a used model may be interesting ...
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Ah. He's like the diesel guys who say they get 25mpg *all day long, doesn't matter how I drive!* A symptom of poor record-keeping. Next time you see him, ask him why he doesn't get unlimited miles out of a tank, since you get infinite mpg on an instantaneous readout just by going downhill with engine braking.
Also, the guy doesn't even have a 2019...GM's CEO announced Friday that they would start shipping later this month. The EPA hasn't released figures for the Silverado yet, but they have for its twin, the GMC Sierra:
24 mpg in its most efficient trim, 2WD with the 5.3. I would be very,
very surprised if the 4-cylinder Silverado hits 30 mpg. I'm betting 27 mpg highway.
Edit: I found a post on GMAuthority from last month about preliminary MPG numbers released by Chevrolet in June.
5.3L: 17/23/19
6.2L: 16/20/17
Combined figures are identical to the outgoing truck, and the 6.2L actually lost 1 mpg on the highway. Don't hold your breath for anything revolutionary here.
Update: Turns out they do have some 2019 Silverado trims up, but you can only get there via Google.
