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Opinion: Neat technical details, neat truck, but I don't know if I could get over virtual headlight controls.

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (17 children)

I can't imagine paying $58,000 for a 4-cylinder truck. I can't imagine paying $58,000 for a truck at all unless it was a work truck for business.

[–] shitescalates@midwest.social 14 points 1 year ago (14 children)

You say "four cylinder" like its some kind of gutless junk. This turbo 4 puts past V8s to shame, and gets better fuel economy doing it. Sure new car prices have risen a lot, but I'd rather have this than an outdated V8.

[–] MonkeyBusiness@lemmy.one -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've got a car inept GF, and she once went way to long without an oil change. Her Chevy doesn't have a turbo, but I was warned that newer Chevy engines with turbos are way more sensitive about oil changes.

What are the odds that the turbo and or engine blow, if some drives this 2k past and oil change?

Genuinely curious here, not trying to be that guy.

[–] rikonium@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No way 2k will kill it instantly, I think a good metric might be seeing how well the 2.7T is doing in the full-sizers but I'm not familiar how it's doing over there.

[–] shitescalates@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

It's a weird criteria for judging an engine really. Its true that turbocharged engines are more demanding on oil, but that's factored into the design and oil requirements. 2k miles past an oil change is not going to blow up an engine, and every GM car has an oil life reminder, so I'm not sure that's a problem.

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