Newer D/A owners, please chime in.
In my quest of purchasing a new TV/DD, I decided to swing by my local GMC dealer this weekend to check out their offerings. The only Duramax they had was a 3500 Denali. Took it for a ride and wa...
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B.O. Plenty wrote:
i have a 2015 Chev. Things I wouldn't get again. Navigation is almost worthless waste of money. Very little on screen info, not usually the shortest route. Expensive to update.My $100.00 Tom-Tom is 10 times better. Cooled front seats don't do much, The camera that's supposed to help keep you in your lane..not much good on a dually that's very wide to start with..Def is not an issue to refill, don't like the tank hanging down. Seats are okay but not even close to the seats in my previous Ram Laramie. Dash layout and controls are much more difficult to use than the Ram. Engine is very quiet. Power steering is a little stiff at low speeds. Transmission is well, just fabulous. Very smooth, well timed shifts, quiet. Overall I like it.
B.O.
Nav units are hit and miss. there are some things I like better on the Garmin some things I like better on the GM Nav. Twice we've hit major traffic road closures due to accidents in places we weren't familiar with. In both cases a quick button push for onstar and the onstar advisor in the first case downloaded a mpa routed us around it, knowing we were pulling a 35ft trailer. In the second case, interstate had been closed for over two hours, virtually no way around it. backup close to 45 miles dead stop. Onstar advisor said they just had info that the road was now open and said, call back in 30 minutes for update on traffic. So we stayed at the truck stop had another coffee, gave a call and they said, backup was down to about 10 miles and going down fast. Hit the road, and yup, Onstar was correct.
GM nav seems to be better on outlining turns better than my Garmin RV760 in some cases. For example if there are multiple turn possibilities in a short distance or time it will say "take the second right" then take this right turn while the garmin waits till almost the turn and say TURN.
But my garmin seems to give better lane views.
Cooled seats in ours are nice, but we don't live where it gets real hot. However, I'd say the 2015 heated seats aren't as nice as our 2004 heated seats. longer to warm up and not full side bolster heating.
our son had a dodge 2500 work truck, now a f250 work truck and his personal truck is our old 2004.5 duramax. His comments, each one has controls in different spots, going between takes getting used to.
His work trucks are pretty basic state gov't purchased trucks, so comparing seats, comfort etc. really isn't any apple and apples comparison. amazing how many things gov't fleet purchases can specify you wont' find on a dealers lot. like no carpet, only rubber floor mats, which in all actuality isn't that bad. There are times I wish I could get that.
