Dude, we have nearly the same truck. I also have the All Star edition but mine is crew cab. Mine stickered at 44,750 and I got it for 36,000 out the door (no tax paid, military exemption in my state)
I also got a spray in bed liner thrown in. I also made the dealer come out of pocket about a grand from invoice price in…

2012 is the old body style with the old engine. You are comparing Ford's redesign to Chevy's old truck.

Truth. I'm actually coming up on 20 mpg with mine.
I also towed 8000 lbs worth of enclosed trailer from CO to CA and the truck had ample power to get the job done. IIRC I wasn't doing to bad on fuel either, something like 12 mpg towing. My memory is fuzzy on that though.

2014 Silverado 5.3 4x4 Crew cab here.

MPG display is sitting at 19.9 mpg right now for the last 650 some odd miles.

Pushrod N/A V8 FTW.

Just sayin'.

I have the same truck, can confirm. Actually, my truck is the crew cab 4x4 model (don't know if yours is crew) and mine has the 3.73 rear.
This very second, my truck is sitting at 19.9 MPG on the mpg display for the last 650 miles of driving. About the same ratio of city/hwy as you. I won't be surprised if it…

I don't think it's a very good explanation. You provided no hard data and were not very technical. The gears in a planetary automatic are always "engaged". Bands and clutches accomplish the task of switching ratios by merely stopping or releasing portions of the planetary gear set. So I'm not sure what you mean by…

It's impossible? Explain.

Please be extremely technical.

It's too bad that young people today believe this stuff. The C4 Corvette was nothing short of a tour de force of track dominance in the 80s and 90s. There was nothing that could touch it. It so thoroughly outclassed the competition it won basically any series it was raced in. The SCCA had to create a new race series…

Gearbox: 4/10

Obviously Fake.

So you've never driven or ridden in a car with a turbocharged SBC

There better be 5 humans and a full trunk of items in your car at all times. Otherwise you are a poseur.

I'll be sure to call up lowes the next time I see an LS long block on craigslist or an insanely cheap fiberglass hood, or a dana 44 rear. Maybe Lowes can haul all of my mountain bikes and camping shit to and from Moab while they are at it.

How many passengers does that minivan accommodate? How often are all of those seats full? Something tells me that the majority of the time it's just you in there. The rest is an unbelievably inconsiderate waste.

If we're honest, anything that is capable of carrying more than one passenger is the ultimate poseur car given that 90% of the people driving things capable of more than that are just driving them around with nothing in them. Do you have a sedan? Why in Gaia's name are you hauling around 4 empty seats and a trunk?
I'd…

Good God. That was quite possibly the dumbest music video I've ever seen. I especially like the bongo drums and maracas that are somehow supposed to represent Spanish music.
Bongo Drums and Maracas are a Caribbean thing. This was probably very entertaining for the kind of people that are perplexed as to why I know…

I bet it just has a stuck float. A few whacks with a screwdriver handle should get the thing running.

Mechanically things aren't so great, as the seller says the truck shuts off soon after starting. Wait, a GM product with potential ignition problems? GTFO! The ad says that the battery's now dead too, so, should you did want to bring this bit of motorsport history home, you'd better bring a flatty or some friends to…

Smokey Yunick was raised on a farm in Neshaminy, Pennsylvania where he had to drop out of school at the age of 16 following the passing of his father. He joined the Army Air Corp in WWII, where he led a B17 crew - Smokey and His Firemen - and eventually flew in both the European and Pacific theaters.

My comment was not about how the sound was the same, but rather how ridiculous it is that you place a higher value on sound than insane power (and reliability).