Recent content by jvp

The mic button is working though. It ducks the music playing and the Siri *BING* plays with the little squiggly ball in the bottom of the screen telling you that Siri is listening. But whatever I'm saying doesn't get sent from the actual mic --> phone.

You do you. You won't catch me dead in anything other than a black interior. It's the only correct color.

I just revieved my new '26 5BW from Dustin at Sewell. So far: 169 miles on the odo and counting down till the big 500. This isn't the first GM vehicle I've had with the catastrophic Google Auto interface, so I'm accustomed to its myriad of problems, idiosyncracies, and general pains in the...

When the sun is out (hopefully?) tomorrow. Today's just been an overcast bleah of a day. The color looks pretty good in the shade but it POPS in the sun. The interior is black, suede, semi-analine seats.

A little something something arrived this morning. An early Christmas present to myself.

Mine's sitting at Sewell's other lot waiting for the truck to come pick it up and haul it to me in Northern VA. Soooooo close!

I had the Z06 for almost a year and a half; I went into it knowing that I wasn't very fond of OHC high-revving motors and that I'd have to grow into it. I was also not too certain I'd care for the DCT. As it turns out, I was right: I never did manage to grow into that motor, it just wasn't for...

My truck has a forced-induction V8! ;-) I know what you meant. And other than the Escalade V, which is just comedy on wheels, I don't expect GM to be using a supercharge small block in anything in the future. It seems their thought process for truck engines is either: long-range economy...

It's OK. You're driving a Ford and I'm required to hate it. No offense meant to the driver. :p

The diesel is exactly what makes it not cumbersome around town. Sure it's large, but that +900ft-lbs gets the big 8K pound truck moving. Quick. Wet roads and 4-wheel drifts are fun in it.

Poseur truck spotted! GMC AT4X 2500HD, fresh from some Spring overlanding.

Excellent. Event code 5000: Sewell has my car as of yesterday. Now to get it paid for (remotely) and have it shipped 1400 miles.

I wonder if this is a copper thing. I believe the former CCB pads for the 5BW still had copper in them, but California has made that illegal. The CCB pads for the C8 Z06, ZR1, and ERay all have copper-less pads and they're not as performant as the ones with copper (go fig!). This may be GM...

grumble grumble Engineering Hold. grumble

Mine is supposed to be built this week; the AI advisor is still saying that the TPW is this week and I'm hoping that doesn't slip. Then it's the hopefully-not-that-long-a-wait till it gets to Dustin at Sewell in Dallas. Maybe I'll have an early Christmas present.