^I know, right?
My current work truck is a 2016 5.3 Chevy with a tow pkg, idk what gears are in it. Prolly 3.42s, runs super low rpms at highway speeds if cruising.
I'm constantly impressed how freekin well it tows. And it's not even close to top of the 1/2 ton heap for power, gearing, transmissions.
Would be an easier place to get along on this forum if some of the try hards could remember back when the best pickup truck out there would get walked like a dog, even by the "underpowered" new baby diesels. I'm just old enough that I grew up with the anemic pos 70s-80s model vehicles where the starter motor had more hp than the engine!
I thought I died and went to heaven first time I drove a tbi 350 and 454. Now the big 1/2 ton engines are like having 2 of those under the hood and the chassis, suspension, brakes, everything is better.
