Nice car, highly under respected.I get that, but literally every person I know with cylinder deactivation have had this cylinder 6 lifter failure by 60k miles. That's 4 people in my small circle. One decided to tune it out and disable the mechanical side of the cylinder deactivation after it was repaired and has tuned his truck to 430whp since then. The problem has not reoccurred removing the system and he's now over 100k miles. I believe in GM LS reliability because of their simplicity and have had a few. Giving up reliability for efficiency seems to be a weak trade off when GM is so bad at this. They don't exactly have a choice these days though. I was a huge GM guy for many years though. My last was a 2004 GTO. The fuel economy sucked, but it was a wonderful car. It was my daily until 113k miles. I loved every mile with it.
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Modern must mean something less than 5 years old. Sure sounds like a lack of staying power and literal junk on 4 wheels. Take it personally though. They've got you on new truck purchases, hook, line, and sinker. Junk just to match emissions instead of actually making efficient vehicles.
I didn't know 2017 was out of date. The disposable nature of the modern market I'm sure. EVs don't last 5 years though.
For reference my 35+ mpg GTI that makes 300+whp is a 2018. No weird cylinder deactivation or 10 speeds to get there either. I don't even have the 7 speed. I don't have a problem with inefficient trucks though, it just wasn't the right vehicle for my use anymore. Making them less reliable for better efficiency is a horrible joke though. If I needed a truck these days I'd take a bit of a pause buying one with these weird emissions systems. I'd probably land on a 3.5 turbo Ford though if it had to be new. It seems like they've managed to flush this out though somewhat. The Chevrolet is probably more efficient while being less reliable. It sure wouldn't be a Chevrolet for me for that reason. If I actually needed a truck for towing even I wouldn't select an EV. These modern trucks just suck though.
Pontiac needs to come back out.