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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 01:16 PM
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Cool, fred. mines the pretty much no frills LT trim. At 754 miles now, I've wasted a Mercedes and a range Rover so far.............
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 08:49 AM
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I'm hearing about a girl in my 'hood with a 6.2. Gotta find out more about this.............
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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Congrats, sweet truck! I bought mine on Thursday, picking it up tomorrow after the dealer is done setting it up for me. Can't wait. 11 miles, last one was me
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 09:54 AM
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Nice, rj- post up pics ASAP. Say, I'm getting crummy gas mileage lately, could the cold B a factor making it rung all rich. We had a real cold snap as of late but it's letting up now(frozen pipes and all, in the house)..........

P.S. This is wha I wanna do to my mirrors, and center peice on the bumper. Well I need paintable covers for the mirrors or can I get away with filler primer? I don't wanna half- *** this...........


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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 07:56 AM
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I have to wait to take some pics, I'm out of town on business and the wife didn't bring the camera when we went to pick up the truck. I'll get some pics when I get back next week.
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Old Feb 19, 2011 | 11:59 AM
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Pics, man! Pics....................
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Old Feb 19, 2011 | 12:49 PM
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I will be heading home at the end of the weekend, pics should be up on Monday

I'm loving the truck, but averaging 11-12mpg right now. Are you stock? NHT or no? Just curious what you're getting for mileage. I'm driving mostly highway (90%) so I was hoping for about 14, maybe 15; I did level it with 33s, so I was expecting to lose some efficiency, but I didn't expect to drop to 12-12.5 on the friggin highhway. I can deal with it (or get a tune) but I would prefer not to.
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 2001 Sierra
Pics, man! Pics....................
Here ya go! Truck was dirty, but not too bad.











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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 09:02 AM
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Nice. I've had a best of 15.8, I think your tires are killing ya. Seems that my DIC reading has gone down since the cold snap. But observed mileage has not changed, I love this thing to death, glad I got the 6.2, for $500 more I could've had the red LTZ with a 5.3 right next to it............

PS- yes, it's says NHT on the SPID. What does that mean, anyways..........

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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 2001 Sierra
Nice. I've had a best of 15.8, I think your tires are killing ya. Seems that my DIC reading has gone down since the cold snap. But observed mileage has not changed, I love this thing to death, glad I got the 6.2, for $500 more I could've had the red LTZ with a 5.3 right next to it............

PS- yes, it's says NHT on the SPID. What does that mean, anyways..........
My best has been 15.8 as well, but it hasn't been typical. I agree on the tires killing the mileage, as well as the extra wind resistance from the 3-inch-higher front (2" leveling kit + 2" taller tires = 3" higher truck).

Oh, and NHT is the Max Trailering Package with the 6.2, 3.73 rear, 4-wheel disc brakes, and heavy-duty cooling upgrades, as well as the heavy-duty rearend and trailering/handling suspension.
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