My newest family member. The 2000 Ranger with 100,000 miles on it has been replaced with this 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4X4.
We'll be ready to head for those casinos this winter. There are some nice features, not to mention only 16,500 miles.
It has the 5.3 liter with 310 hp and a 3.45 axle. rated 14 city/19 highway, the exact same rating that the old Ranger had.
It drives easier and rides nicer than the old truck.
Love driving it. Really looking forward to the All Truck Nationals at Carlisle.
Congratulations on the new arrival, Fred. From what I see on the news, the dealers are almost ready to give away their full sized trucks. Beautiful ride!
This is a nice truck with all the right options (but not too much, it's still a truck). On the way to the dealer I was driving my wife's Saturn and Fred was driving the Ranger, and the Saturn was too much for the Ranger to handle. On the way from the dealer, the Saturn couldn't hang with the big Chevy, even on the freeway. A noticable improvement in ride, performance, and size, without giving up any mileage is awesome. Not to mention the LOW miles.
Thanks to BasementPaul we went right to the Used Car Manager, the good news was I got this truck for wholesale,
the bad news was I only received wholesale money for the Ranger. In the final analysis, this was a serious bargin
(even GM Certified warranty) without all the usual badgering "do the deal" salesfolks.
A power programmer (or maybe have Hutter tune the computer), a K&N, and a cat back exhaust would put this truck well into the 15's, and increase fuel mileage too.
Gas mileage rating has this truck 15 City, 19 Highway. On Monday 8/11/08, I have 1,186 miles on this truck since I started keeping track and have averaged 18.17. 734 miles was to and from Carlisle with the driving around there and some at home after I arrived. Going to Carlisle and driving around there (300 miles highway, 58 miles Carlisle) without too much outside influence, the Silverado averaged 19.47/gal. Going home (w/BasementPaul's S10 & GMJohn's Turbo Regal as part of a three car caravan traveling a little faster and a little playing) and some around town driving netteg 18.5. For the entire trip the Silverado returned exactly 19 mpg. Never got these numbers with the 2000 Ranger 4x4. We'll see what happens this winter, so far so good.
There's someone out here (far west side) who eked close to 30mpg from his GenIII truck with some tuning tweaks. Nothing emissions legal, unfortunately (lean mixtures make the converter "go to sleep") but 30mpg!
Noisy Cricket wrote:There's someone out here (far west side) who eked close to 30mpg from his GenIII truck with some tuning tweaks. Nothing emissions legal, unfortunately (lean mixtures make the converter "go to sleep") but 30mpg!
What do you know about what was done? My SS has the same engine and could benefit from it also? Maybe a separate thread is in order.
I can't wait until we start doing GenIII swaps into older iron. It looks like it shouldn't be very difficult at all, and the economy and power benefits are outasight. Not as much cruise-in cred compared to the older stuff, unfortunately.
