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| My 2000 Silverado has just a tick under 150k on it for miles so it's just getting broken in. Tires, brakes, shocks and your other general maintenance. I did whack a couple of deer and rammed a Ford Excursion from behind. I backed up and drove off, the Excursion was totalled as was the Nissan Maxima that I shoved the Excursion into...but that's another story.
This truck as also doubled as a farm truck for a good chunk of time. Yanking around full loads of corn silage which are not light by any stretch. A ton of fertilizer or barn lime, no problems. It's a truck that has been used for a little bit more than a car.
I've gotten around 16 pulling my 17 foot Lund and can push it over 20 if I've got light stuff in the box that eliminates the drag from the box. My brother has a 2001 Dodge and he can't get over the mileage I get. He is able to out pull me but for towing a boat it's not that noticeable. Hook onto a hay wagon and you notice it a bit more. What I give up in terms of a little power I more than make up for against him in mileage and overall comfort of ride.
I too am looking and it will be a ridiculously hard sell to go away from a GM product. Have had nothing but luck with them and after seeing how that Ford Excursion crumpled up and how that Maxima was shortened by about 5 feet, and I drove away needing only a new grille, hood, right fender, and bumper....no bent frame, no bent core or radiator mounts....I've got faith in the snout of those things in case I decide to run head on into a silo. | |
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