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glock17c

Posted 5/29/2015 1:52 PM (#770529 - in reply to #769978)
Subject: Re: chevrolet silverado

Posts: 37

have you noticed the price tag on the ecoboost? you can buy a ram or chevy diesel for the same or less money than a ecoboost. My father in law has a ecoboost and yes it has plenty of power for what it is but he has had a lot of issues and doesn't get close to the advertised fuel economy. I have a 3/4 ton ram and its really nice towing my boat. is it overkill? yes but who cares, I would rather be over powered than under powered. pulling the same rig on the same interstates I can set the cruise on my cummins at 75 mph and it never down shifts or even strains. When I tow the same rig with my wifes Yukon xl with the 5.3 I hit the same hills and it drops 2 gears and the rpms jump to the rev limiter and it still cant maintain speed. I prefer to not put a motor under that kind of strain and abuse. I would rather use 25% of my power and not over work the truck. Ask any truck driver if he would rather have just enough power or to much power.

once again, I feel the best answer is take your boat to the dealer and hook to it. why spend 30-50k on a truck and wonder if its what you really want. then you are either stuck with it or going to take a huge loss trading it in a year later.