I’m sorry...the new Tahoe is nice, but this is a real Truck!

[intheburbs]

Girlie Box?....no ~ I'd say more of a wolf in sheep's clothing

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You got that backwards. A sheep in wolf's clothing.

Still a half-ton, and that bumper just ate up 25% of your rated payload. And that six-lug front axle ain't happy about it. And don't even get me started about the 5.3 and AFM.

 

[Bill D]

Girlie Box?....no ~ I'd say more of a wolf in sheep's clothing

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well I won’t argue with you on this one but although this truck is quite bad looking it misses the point.

From a purely philosophical stand point I’m comparing the GMT 900’s “Truckness” compared to the ideal concept of “Truck” the same as the concept of “Tree” as in you know it when you see it.

The more you doll it up and modify its shape from the basic concept of “truck” or “truckness” the less it is one. Like comparing a shrub to a maple or oak tree

 

[Bill D]

the 2021 is going to be a 1 year run when they have ****** sales unless they cancel the front end and use the silverado front end instead the tail lights need to be redone as well

the rear is garbage as well with those ugly red reflectors

I was in Detroit last week and driving down Woodward ave and witnessed a full camo 2021 or 2022 suburban broke down in a Michigan left turn around. It had the GM police trucks With their flashing light blocking it On both sides while waiting for a tow truck.

I thought about Turing around to get a good set of pictures but decided to have some manners. The breakdown was Not a good sign!

 

[GreyStone]

You got that backwards. A sheep in wolf's clothing.

Still a half-ton, and that bumper just ate up 25% of your rated payload. And that six-lug front axle ain't happy about it. And don't even get me started about the 5.3 and AFM.

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[Dantheman1540]

Real trucks have steal bumpers not plastic, Plastic is for girlie boxes

 

[George B]

I guess I like my "Girlie Box" anyway.....

 

[OR VietVet]

I was in Detroit last week and driving down Woodward ave and witnessed a full camo 2021 or 2022 suburban broke down in a Michigan left turn around. It had the GM police trucks With their flashing light blocking it On both sides while waiting for a tow truck.

I thought about Turing around to get a good set of pictures but decided to have some manners. The breakdown was Not a good sign!

Better to have that happen now than when sales start racking up. Maybe some all new powertrain they are working on.

 

[intheburbs]

I was in Detroit last week and driving down Woodward ave and witnessed a full camo 2021 or 2022 suburban broke down in a Michigan left turn around. It had the GM police trucks With their flashing light blocking it On both sides while waiting for a tow truck.

I thought about Turing around to get a good set of pictures but decided to have some manners. The breakdown was Not a good sign!

So a test mule breaks down (caused by who-knows-what) and you use that to paint an entire platform with a broad brush?

Not a good sign of what? That a vehicle platform isn't 100% reliable? Nothing is 100% reliable. I live in Detroit metro. I see test mules all the time and everywhere. And yes, sometimes on a flatbed. Isn't that the point of test mules?

 

[Bill D]

I dont disagree, worked for General motors and have built and driven many mules and prototypes. I seriously doubt that vehicle was a "Mule" it looked like at least a gamma or non salable build. At that stage I would expect those kind of troubles to be detected at Milford not Woodward

 

[Bill D]

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[Bill D]

Real trucks have steal bumpers not plastic, Plastic is for girlie boxes

They all have steel as the base material! My wife had a 2003 GMT 800 Avalanche it had a steel bumper it WAS a girlie vehicle! And BTW it RUSTED too.