Topic: I've done it now!

[eigenvector]

Same, XLT SuperCab.

Not the CrewCab, I don't need 4 full doors, but the SuperCab.  My first stop will be to get some good winter tires for it - studded on some cheap rims.

The owner's manual is HUGE.

[jgger]

Same thing I have minus the 4wd. I love the Sirius in mine (it's a 2013). If you don't bite at the subscription offer they give you after the trial period is over you can get a pretty good deal. They want you to be on their system, I think I pay like $35 for 6 months with out the sports.

[calj737]

Just be careful if you put a tool box or camper on it. The fasteners NEED to be aluminum friendly, you don't want to have rot from dis-similar metals.

Won't happen with painted aluminum contacting steel.

[jgger]

I heard that it was where the bolts/screws go through the bed, not the painted surface. They had some discussion over on F150 online.com, but I don't remember what the final verdict was.

[TwoTired]

https://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/chevrolets-aluminum-#$%*-talking-truck-ads-will-bite-th-1781316646

Sorry, another worthless ad blocking banner site.  F'em.  Their priorities are clear.  Income over inform.   Superfluous eye massage selling unsupported opinion, I suspect.

Makes little difference to me, I'm a mopar fan.

Brand loyalty has absolutely NO rewards to the consumer.  Just helps fill a seller's wallet.
You just elect yourself into a "tribe" or "clan" for self satisfaction?  What actual value is that?

Read the fine print - the manufacturer always has the right to change the product (not necessarily the product label) in any way they see fit.  Trusting the brand is trusting in nothing tangible.

Since the 50's a Pontiac fan.  Guess the reward in that?  Even the seller had no loyalty to its own product.
Ready to by a new Plymouth?

Didn't have an issue viewing the article with a smartphone.

Does your smart phones have an ad blocking app?   No?

So, you paid them to provide their opinion to you.  You had no other choice, whether you agree with the opinion or not.  Even better, you became their unpaid agent to propagate and expand their revenue income without so much as a thank you.

That's what "social" means to big business these days.  Paying to share opinions.  What a great business model, as everyone can "manufacture" an endless supply in a matter of seconds.  And, someone else can make money off of each one, regardless of their actual worth.

Do you take issue to ad revenue in general?  Cause i got bad news for you.

Pretty much true.  And, you yield a portion of your lifetime for their ad revenue benefit.  Sound like slavery?  CEO Homer says while drooling, "mmmm slavery".
Further, you pay for both good and bad news, these days.  It's a leech style revenue stream which all "smartphones" have built in.
And the masses happily pay for a completely nonessential "service" bundled along with their "perceived needs" as hidden charges.

Yet another example of the majority not always being "correct", only popular, and people jumping on that bandwagon.  It's capitalism exploiting the masses in harmonious cooperation.

Careful what you ask for...   

[BomberMann650]

Guess I'm young enough to simply accept and complacently ignore much of the internets advert methods.  Collegiate studies in web revenue generation served to reinforce that indifference.  Of course that was a brief freshman course. Offered during the time musicians and industry mooks were trying to figure out how to get paid.  Back when internet sharing was an emerging trend.  Has it gotten a bit out of hand?  Yep.  It can be a nuisance.  Despite the best web interest analyzing algorithms, still get forced to see adverts for things I'm not remotely interested in.  But it's all part and parcel of an evolving techno-augmented landscape.

The editorial journalism presented, at the very least, a basic examination of Chevy's ad campaign.  Would chevy's claim withstand independent scientific inquiry?  Maybe, maybe not.  Certainly won't be encouraging Eigen to drop a landscaping block into his new truck bed from standing height.  Aluminum or not.