Dman has four wheel drive again.

[Dman]

 Finally broke down and got a new Chev. Adding the bells and whistles this week.

[Ray]

I like it 

[addicted]

same here. nice rig

[PolarBear]

Mighty white!  Congrats! 

[Ray]

Was that an upgrade from the Cooper Mini?

[mossback91]

what bells and whistles you adding?

[Ridgerunner]

There goes the hunting fund, down the drain at the gas pump.

[bowhuntin]

What is the gas mileage on those new chevy's don't they shut down some cylinders like the dodge to save you on gas? Nice looking rig.

[Dman]

What is the gas mileage on those new chevy's don't they shut down some cylinders like the dodge to save you on gas? Nice looking rig.

 Yes they do, it's very cool. You shut down four of eight on the highway and it gives you 20 plus mpg. I'm getting side-bars and bedliner put on next week, then some door edge trim.

[Webfoot]

Nice truck.
I can smell the newness from here.

John

[Head-shot]

Nice looking truck.

[Muleyslyr]

Nice rig....can you fish out of it?    What did you do sell your boat and buy that?  I would love to get 20+MPG.

[Dman]

Nice rig....can you fish out of it?    What did you do sell your boat and buy that?  I would love to get 20+MPG.

 Didn't sell the boat, going to spruce the boat up too this year and hang on to it. When I found I would lose my ass trying to sell it, I decided to keep it likely for a few years. Had it out the first time last week, skunkville on the Cutts.

[boneaddict]

First thing you need to do is take it out in the sage and put a little buffing to it.  Nice lookin' truck.

[Dman]

First thing you need to do is take it out in the sage and put a little buffing to it.  Nice lookin' truck.

 Thanks, if we had some Sage over here I would 
 Might have to settle for some Alder saplings, or Fir branch marks.

[boneaddict]

Blackberries might work.

[robb92]

Very nice, I love my chevy, just hauled 2800 pounds of granite from Richmond to my house and averaged 25 mpg in it.

[bobcat]

Very nice, I love my chevy, just hauled 2800 pounds of granite from Richmond to my house and averaged 25 mpg in it.

Guys, you better put on your hip boots...it's getting deep in here.     No way did your Chevy get 25 mpg, especially hauling that much weight. You better use a calculator next time when you figure it, instead of doing it in your head!     Or were you driving ALL downhill with a tailwind?

I'm lucky to get 17 with mine, empty. It is an '02, but still, there's no Chevy truck made that will get 25.

[jackelope]

i got 22mpg with a 12 year old 3/4 ton 4x4 with oversized tires, bob...careful now!!

d-nice rig, not sure how i missed this entire thread. i hope the gas mileage thing works better on your chevy than it does on dodges. i have commited to driving my '02 till the wheels fall off, but it is now officially paid for, the title showed up in the mail.

[bobcat]

Mine's a half ton Silverado, '02, 5.3, extended cab, stock tires, and the best it has ever done is 18.3 mpg. That was driving back from Montana, keeping the speed down to no more than 65, using cruise control most of the time, etc. I'm not sure how you'd get 22 with a 3/4 ton truck. Unless when you filled it up the pump clicked off and you were short of a full tank by a gallon or two. Did you consistently get 22 or was that a one time thing?

[jackelope]

it was a  diesel  , and yes, consistently. sadly that truck was stolen and totalled. i drive the exact same truck as you do currently, right down to the year. the only thing different is the color.

the duramax deisels are breaking 20mpg in their sleep. maybe thats what he is driving.
 

[bobcat]

Oh a diesel.  Sure. That's different. I can believe it now.

[Bscman]

'97 2wd shortbox GMC here....with a vortec 5L. I average 20-22mpg on the freeway, and that's with an auto and 3.73 gears.....

...but it does have intake, exhaust, and some computer updates. 

[robb92]

I fat fingered when I typed out my ealrier post. When I hauled the granite it was up near 20 mpg. Should have read my post before I posted it. I average between 19 and 25 on the highway everyday when I drive to work since it is all highway miles. A lot of it depends on traffic and the outside air temp. When traffic is heavy and i am always stopping and going it will be lower, plus when its cold out it will also drop. The day I got the granite it was up in the 70 and a lot of the road was downhill which helped.

[bobcat]

robb92, and it's a diesel? 

[Alchase]

Nice rig Dman, like Bone said needs some off road pinstriping to make it look like a truck, LOL