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Heated seats and heated steering wheel are must haves for me anymore and I actually like Bluetooth so I can play my music from my phone and answer it without having to pick it up and lose my focus on driving. lol

Just finished my trip from TX to Idaho, with my truck, nary an issue.

Have owned a number of GM trucks, mostly Chevys over the last 25 years. All have had the 5.3 liter motor. No mechanical problems to speak of besides normal wear. All of them have gotten about 20 mpg on the highway with the exception of the current Trail Boss model that averages more like 18.5.

I have an ‘18 Chevy with the 5.7. No problems at all for 20,000 miles so far.

I have a 2018 Dodge 2500 with the Cummins. I bought it last February. I kept my 2004 Dodge to drive to work, it has 191,000 miles on it. I’ve had the front end rebuilt ( 1600.00 bucks) and a water pump I put on myself. Other than tires, batteries, fluid changes, that’s all I’ve spent on it. There is a guy at work that also has a 2004. He has 300,000 miles on his, front end and water pump is all he has done to it. I think my 2004 has a lot of life left in it.

My 2018 has 4000 miles on it so far. It will probably take me out.

I would consider a Dodge.

Three new GM half ton 4x4s going back to an '06 GMC, Gonna find out how they do past 60K miles, because I'm sticking with the '14 Silverado at 66K and not getting a new one this time. Never kept any of the other trucks past that mileage point. All 5.3L engines that got decent gas mileage, but this one is the best of the bunch, still does 22 MPG highway with a fair amount of weight in the bed (tools, chains, etc). I can't go anywhere without my "stuff".

GM sent me a notice for a third party extended warranty, since my GM one expires soon. Gonna get the details this week, when I take it in for service. Depends on what the cost is and what's covered?

GM pickups have been good to me over the years. No reason to change, just yet. RAMs seen to be much better than they once were, according to those I know that now drive them.