tow vehilcle

[LSV04]

Hey
Finally narrowed it down
2011 Small Silverado basically just a steering wheel. 21900
or
Nissan Frontier 2010 leftover 22000
Loaded truck

Chevy or Nissan?

Do you think the Silverado 6 cyl is horrible on gas ?

Any help appreciated, I'm buying Saturday.
Thanks.

[DOCDRS]

are you pwi? vehilcle?????

[kaneboats]

I know historically the Frontier was a little tough on gas. Not sure what motor is in there now though. What are you towing again?

[you da man]

What are you towing again?

And I hope it isn't very far and I hope you do not live in an area with hills. I call BS on the Chevy with 9,100lb towing capacity and hope that tranny survives. I guess I would choose the Nissan. Fullsize Chevy with V6...kinda lame especially when towing. Is this going to be a daily driver as well? What kind of cab for the Nissan? Regular, extended, or crew?

[Ian Brantford]

A test drive while towing your boat (including at least one decent uphill) would be best.

Can either vehicle take regular gas while not towing?

All else being equal, I'd take the Nissan over the GM. You can expect them to have a similar useful lifetime, but with the Nissan needing less service until it's 6-8 years old. Here, I am of course extrapolating from the previous decade's truck/SUV products.

I recommend searching on user forums for these trucks to see what real-world mileage people are getting with them. It may be harder with the GM, since there are so many configurations.

[DOCDRS]

What are you towing again?

that was a joke right? cause otherwise I'd say an 04 LSV.......but the real test is towing it up a hill after the truck has 150k on it.....if we could only see into the future......buy the one ya like more, or the one that looks better with your boat behind it... but 8900 lb towing with a 4.3 litre......who are they kidding mind you the frontier has a 4.0 litre engine with a 6500 lb towing cap........a little more realistic.....but still underpowered if your doing alot of towing....but just my opinion.....

[sandm]

I would walk away from both if you are towing an lsv unless you live 5 minutes from the ramp and it's a flat drive. neither one are going to really tow that boat well...

I would have to ask how long you plan on keeping the rig as well. resale is going to be MUCH MUCH better on the nissan than a full-size chevy with a v6. that chevy would sit for a year on a lot here.

[MartinCaron]

GO 8 or GO home

[Ian Brantford]

Any help appreciated, I'm buying Saturday.

It's Sunday now. So, what did you buy?

[sandm]

5 lbs of boost? Barely runnin. My last evo was runnin 32lbs and meth injected. Nothin like a turbo spinnin that kind of pressure. Do know what u mean on real world mpg's.. I was averaging 25 from a 2 liter.

I, as well would be curious on the purchase. That nissan would make a nice daily driver