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Originally Posted by mtlakejim

Never mind best mpg or drag racing. Only the tow capacity mattered on those videos!!

Now if they want to show a video of the trucks pulling a tractor pull sled that at least makes some sense!

These trucks are DESIGNED to do one thing TOW. They are not daily drivers (unless you work in construction). They aren’t meant to take the wife to the beauty parlor. And there not intended to be urban friendly

If your worried about fuel mileage and you just bought a 5th wheel you have bigger issues to address than what gear ratio will get the best mpg.....

Not disputing these trucks are built to tow or that you get crappy MPG when towing. but 7.5 vs 8 MPG is a substantial difference when you are talking about 10000 miles. (83 gallons at 3.00 per gallon is 250 dollars. No it won't break the bank but it should be considered. Most people do not tow trailers that will strain even the GM product so the tow ratings are mostly a non starter. If you tow 30K trailers GM is not your solution. IF you have a 16000 lb trailer in tow... you won't notice much performance difference between the big three, 30 fewer seconds up the big hills is BS to stroke your ego. If you want that tiny edge... have at it, I'd prefer to save money for entertainment, not burning it through the tail pipe. You totally changed the context I was referring to. Some of us will only have the TV so yeah it will have to make trips into town including hair appointments for the wife.

Other than that, cost to maintain each and up front cost to buy are the only two other considerations other than aesthetics (you will spend time in the drivers seat so you should happy and comfortable there) that are important.