2021 Silverado 1500

[Headhog]

Just pulled the trigger on a new Silverado 1500 with 3.0 l 6 cylinder Duramax diesel. This thing is crazy. A full size pickup with all the hauling power of my 5.7 l Ram 1500, but it gets 8-10 mpg better mileage. I think I'm in love with a truck.

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Paul

[JEBar]

congrats .... nice looking rig .... I'm really interested in the 1500 diesel, please keep posting your use impressions ....

[RanchRoper]

Congrats!

[beaverislander]

Nice ride.

[Hatchdog]

Nice looking rig, I really like the color. Looks like it has the black out grill and emblems, a nice feature in my opinion. Congrats.

[Shakey Jake]

Congrats!
Jake

[BigAl52]

Congrats I like the looks of those 1500’s and GM finally figured out how to make round wheel wells.

[Headhog]

Just some early impressions of the truck as I now have a little over 400 miles on it. The first thing is the fuel economy. I'm only going by the computer calculations since I have not fueled up since the dealer filled it up. The computer is showing an average of 28.5 mpg for 385 mile average, from the fill up.

If you are looking for a noisy sounding diesel, forget it. The engine is very quiet and no diesel smell from the exhaust. (This makes my wife happy as she always hated the smell of my 2001 Ford F250 Powerstroke.) The cabin interior is also very quiet for a truck. I believe it is quieter than my RAM 1500. Overall ride is very comfortable and it handles both backroads and highway well.

The ten speed transmission shifts very smoothly. You almost have to watch the tachometer drop to know it's shifting. As for power, acceleration is great. I don't know how it compares to a gas V8, but it will get you out into traffic very quickly. I haven't had a chance to tow anything yet so I can't tell how well it handles that kind of load.

As time goes on, I'll report back more.

Paul

[markiver54]

Very nice Headhog. Congratulations!

[JEBar]

As for power, acceleration is great. I don't know how it compares to a gas V8, but it will get you out into traffic very quickly. I haven't had a chance to tow anything yet so I can't tell how well it handles that kind of load.

Paul

good to hear the positive comments, specially about the acceleration .... really looking forward to your towing assessments