OP, how's the quality on the thing? Fit & finish, electronics? Edmund's consumer reviews were griping on electronic gizmos not working. I owned Chevy's from '99 thru 2011 and didn't have issues, I wonder if the bankruptcy & reorg messed them up?
btw, we saw one in the parking lot of the local home supply store over the weekend. It looked nice, but the cab seems to have shrunk? Interior looked smaller than our 2012 Ram Quad Cab? :confused3:
The quality and fit and finish is the best GM has ever done on a vehicle, much less a truck, that I've ever seen. I guess that's why they're charging out the nose for them. I'll tell it like this, my friends who are diehard Ford and Ram fans/owners couldn't even find anything bad to say about my truck after sitting/riding in it. Trust me, they would have picked it to death if they could, but even they couldn't find anything to hate about it other then it was a Chevy. If it impressed them it will impress anyone. Don't let the pics and reviews on line makeup your mind. I made that mistake and it took me sitting in the truck, seeing it in person and driving it to realize I had been a fool not to do it sooner. I'll never trust another vehicle review again until I see it and drive it in person.
The electronics are outstanding. Now, I'll admit I'm not one for gadgets and stuff, but there's some really neat stuff going on in these trucks. Useful stuff, not stuff you'll get tired of after a few months. I don't have heated seats, lane departure control, active seat, or anything like that. Didn't want it. With that said, this truck has tons of awesome features. The Mylink took my salesman 20 mins to explain and I'm still learning about it to be honest. Even the screen in the middle of the dash takes awhile to figure out. It's all user friendly, I just mean there's so much it can do that it takes awhile to realize it. I have not experienced any lag or anything with Mylink, but maybe I don't use it as much as most people will. The voice recognition is better then my Iphone 5S and you can have a strong southern accent like me, talk fast, and it will understand you completely. The only time it didn't understand me is when I gave an incorrect command. If there is one issue I have with the truck it's that the backup camera is not as clear as I'd like it to be. It uses the 8" Mylink screen, it's plenty big, it's just the graphics should be a bit clearer. My Tacoma had a smaller camera in the rearview mirror but it was a lot clearer. It does have the lines in it and they turn when you turn, so that's nice to have. All GM trucks come standard with backup cameras now so I have a feeling they had to go with the lowest bidder to offer that and the clarity suffered because of this. Another thing is I'm not a fan of touch screen radios. It's not really a fault of the truck as it seems that's the direction the whole auto industry is heading, but if I had the option to choose between a touch screen and a regular radio I would choose the regular radio. I'm one of these people that looks for potential issues down the road, and I can see it's going to be a pain to install an aftermarket radio if I ever need one. Not to mention it'll be expensive most likely. Hopefully it'll last a long time though but you know how electronics are. Oh, forgot to mention, there's an app for your phone where you can start the truck, lock or unlock the doors, see info about your truck (avg mpg during the life of your truck, tire pressure, miles to empty, how much gas you have left in the tank, etc). Pretty cool and it's fun to see people faces when you start your truck with your cell phone.lol
Did you see a double cab or a crew cab? The reason I ask is the double cab supposedly increased in size by only 0.3 inches but the crew cab is 2 inches larger. I don't know if the 2014's are wider but they feel like it. You are no longer looking up to RAM and Ford trucks when you pull up beside them, you're about even with them now. If I had to guess, these trucks are not far off the size of what the HD's from 2002-2007 were. I say that because the brakes on these new trucks are the exact same diameter and thickness of the old HD's before they upgraded them in 2011 I believe.
