my 1994 silverado

[tybcr783]

Ok, so hear me out. I got this new maverick "compact truck" daily driver and find this pic from another maverick owner that also owns a 97 silverado. I kept saying this new truck I have is very roomy inside for a compact truck, but after seeing this pic on the interwebs, now I'm thinking oh my how full size trucks have grown. A co worker of mine has a brand new GMC 1/2 ton and it dwarfs my new truck, but it also dwarfs my old Silverado too when I drive that to work. I guess todays compact is yesterday's full size lol

Nice Maverick. Yeah it is crazy how much innovation has come to new cars, for example, my mom has a 2017 Chevy Tahoe that has the same towing capacity as my 8 lug C2500 which I thought was crazy. I believe it comes with a 5.3 paired to a 6L80-E which gets about 21 mpg on average. It's a great car and has taken my family all over the country, but recently the transmission went out about a week ago with 155,000 miles on it, and it was a pretty penny to replace too.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Nice Maverick. Yeah it is crazy how much innovation has come to new cars, for example, my mom has a 2017 Chevy Tahoe that has the same towing capacity as my 8 lug C2500 which I thought was crazy. I believe it comes with a 5.3 paired to a 6L80-E which gets about 21 mpg on average. It's a great car and has taken my family all over the country, but recently the transmission went out about a week ago with 155,000 miles on it, and it was a pretty penny to replace too.

Yup all that innovation DOES come with a big price tag! One of my friends has a '19 Suburban; it's great to ride in but he's had the transmission replaced at about that mileage. He'd just had it back a few weeks when he got hit in June, then he didn't get it back for around a month. He tows with it, and I can tell the 5.3 is strained when he's pulling his trailer.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

A couple years ago we parked the Burb next to a new Ranger at Sam's Club; it was virtually the same size....
This also works in reverse. Our " older" members will remember the huge, bigger-than-Rawhide, 70s fullsize cars, and then in the later 70s cars started to downsize. The '77 Impala/Caprice being the same size as the Malibu that year(the midsize GM cars got shrunk the next year), for example....

 

[Moparmat2000]

Gas crunch caused the downsizing. Chrysler was the worst with the mid 1970s luxobarges. The tech too. My new maverick has 250hp out of a 2.0L turbo 4 banger, and a tow pak that can tug 4,000 lbs. Bed can take up to 1,500 lbs. Long highway trips I have recorded 36 mpg. Locally a combined city highway of 25 mpg. Its comfortable, and quiet inside. I use about 14 gallons of gas every 2 weeks with my commute, and running around when off shift. Much better than 32 gallons every 2 weeks with my sikverado. After a long day of dealing with clowns at work, the quiet interior makes for a pleasant drive home. The price wasnt that bad for an AWD XLT with tow pak. $28k out the door with tax. Then again my silverado was $18,500 out the door almost 30 years ago lol

 

[Moparmat2000]

Nice Maverick. Yeah it is crazy how much innovation has come to new cars, for example, my mom has a 2017 Chevy Tahoe that has the same towing capacity as my 8 lug C2500 which I thought was crazy. I believe it comes with a 5.3 paired to a 6L80-E which gets about 21 mpg on average. It's a great car and has taken my family all over the country, but recently the transmission went out about a week ago with 155,000 miles on it, and it was a pretty penny to replace too.

The pic was just one i found off the net. Heres a pic of mine with some bolt ons and different wheels.

 

[tybcr783]

Gas crunch caused the downsizing. Chrysler was the worst with the mid 1970s luxobarges. The tech too. My new maverick has 250hp out of a 2.0L turbo 4 banger, and a tow pak that can tug 4,000 lbs. Bed can take up to 1,500 lbs. Long highway trips I have recorded 36 mpg. Locally a combined city highway of 25 mpg. Its comfortable, and quiet inside. I use about 14 gallons of gas every 2 weeks with my commute, and running around when off shift. Much better than 32 gallons every 2 weeks with my sikverado. After a long day of dealing with clowns at work, the quiet interior makes for a pleasant drive home. The price wasnt that bad for an AWD XLT with tow pak. $28k out the door with tax. Then again my silverado was $18,500 out the door almost 30 years ago lol

WOW genuinely surprises me that a truck would ever get anything better 30mpg, the price is also great in relation to today's economy

 

[Moparmat2000]

WOW genuinely surprises me that a truck would ever get anything better 30mpg, the price is also great in relation to today's economy

That's why I jumped on it. It was the right vehicle for my needs as a daily driver at the right time, plus its damn quick for what it is. My aging daily driver chevy HHR 5 speed wagon I bought new 16 years ago was getting a bit rough. I still have it as a spare vehicle though.

 

[Moparmat2000]

Un Effing real. We have not had this car even 1 year yet, and a hit and run driver blows through a red light and catches my wifes right front with his rear bumper. Now I got to go deal with the insurance company again on my first day off wednesday. What a way to start my weekend. Allstate has accident forgiveness, however when Grace swiped the keys and took & wrecked it twice that kinda killed that deal. My insurance already went up $100 a month from that B.S. My wife cant drive the car like this. Its gotta get fixed. So much for that $27 replacement headlight bulb I just put in 2 weeks ago. It's gone. Well it's looking like a bumper cover, headlight, and a fender. The sheetmetal mount holding the fender onto the upper inner fender is pulled out. Hood is undamaged. Ditto for the passenger door. It doesnt open. I honestly have no luck at all.

 

[pdude]

Wow. Real clean. Much better than my 94 silverado 5.0L that's been thru many dust storms and farm lands.

 

[Moparmat2000]

Again I cant seem to get ahead for $hit. This is gonna cost me another $500 deductible to fix. I was selling my scrap trailer to a guy i work with for $500 to be able to finish up the sun porch and buy tile to do the one bathroom to actually finish it. Well I guess that's gonna go to another car repair job. For now I need to get pix of everything for Allstate. I should be a pro at this by now, after that I will unbolt and remove the fender.