[lil bubba]

Originally Posted by mnormand

I've been pouring over the data/reviews/etc in effort to locate the points I need to focus on when testing.

Something that keeps floating to the top with the new GM 2014's is the 6 gear auto tranny. Lots of comments about hunting gears/upshift/downshift/sloppy/slow shifts, etc. All this without even towing or loaded. To compound that when the new 8cyl decides to de-activate to 4cyl at the same time, it can get disconcerting. That could get old quick driving thru Mississippi and Alabama hills, where I plan to continue hunting for some years. I make a trip most weekends from Oct to Dec.
Go thru all that gyration every hill/valley? hmmm not sure about that. My present 4runner never does that, just stays in OD the whole time and holds steady.

That's the kind of stuff that has kept me in Toyotas for 3 vehicles in a row now, with many more for my kids and wife over the years.

Just moving slow soaking up all the comments, and plan to start driving some trucks this week. Nothing set in stone by any means. I could almost be persuaded into just buying a used 4x4 Tacoma, big grips, and leave at the camp, but that's another story and not needed on this thread, LOL.

when i first got my truck the 6 gears were different than what your used too but didn't take long to get used to. mostly the easier downshifting when accellerating from going slow...i go up to the hills of winnfield and on steep hills it will downshift when using cruise control . as for 8 to 4 cyl. i don't even notice it .