Seems a bit dangerous with that much weight in the back no? I doubt it’s legal but maybe I’m mistaken.

Even a Ford Ranger has a payload of almost 2k lbs. With the deck and two sleds I can’t see getting over 1,500 lbs so I don’t think that’s a big deal. Also, you just drive the sled up the ramps onto the deck, not a big deal. I think it saves a lot of space for people who don’t have room at their house for a trailer.

If you’re bored at school and want to own a Corvette?? Sounds like a simple job to me.

You didn’t read the article did you?

On the XS page it’s almost breakeven in the number of images where the notch is “hidden” vs the number of images where you can blatantly see it. I wouldn’t call that almost everywhere. Not to mention every tech site ever made had at least one article discussing the notch.

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Same here. Test drove one and I hated it.

So this escalated from domestic disturbance to stealing a vehicle? This isn’t the movies where you’re being chased by the police, jump into a vehicle, pull some wires under the dash and connect two together to drive away.

Wouldn’t it go against the fleeing suspects insurance so no deductible? Also, you can force the insurance company to pay for lost value of the vehicle due to now having an accident. Not saying he shouldn’t go after someone, just saying it’s not as much as you might think.

My wife’s diesel golf sportwagen gets over 40 MPG travelling at 80 :)

I drove down to the Keys once (all flat, straight, no stopping at 55 MPH) and was pushing 27-29 MPG, but that only happened once lol.

The problem with the Ridgeline for me is that it can only tow 5k lbs :(

I do use my truck to commute every day in the city but on the weekends I haul around various things like my quad or (in the future) a small travel trailer. My thought was that I can use the economy of the 2.7L for the daily commute and that should more than make up for the loss while it’s doing a bit of towing on the…

I’m assuming you would have a lot of variance based on if you have passengers or not no? My wife drives a VW Golf Sportwagen Diesel and consistently gets better than it’s rated.

Silverado 2WD CC short bed with highway tires OEM size, no lift. 6 speed transmission

If I remember correctly Ram used to make a 1500 HFE trim (High Fuel Economy) that they used to gain the highest highway fuel economy. It had a tonneau cover and wheel-to-wheel sidesteps to help reduce drag and gained them one extra MPG highway.

Interesting. I am actually looking at getting the 2.7L for better fuel economy than my Silverado (5.3L). That makes my decision on the 2.7L easier knowing that the 3.5L will not do well.

Very valid point, my bad.

I do have the 6 speed, 4x2 CC short bed with OEM size road tires, no lift. I drive in Miami traffic and average 12-13. At highway speeds (usually between 70-85) I am getting around 16.

Valid point.