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Driving Impressions
You're going to be in for a disappointment if you expect a truck to ride like a car. Then again, you'll be in for a bigger disappointment if you try to tow a 7000-pound trailer or haul hay bales with a car. Our Chevy Silverado was no luxury sedan, but its ride quality was perfectly acceptable. We drove it around Southern California where concrete freeways with regular pavement mismatches are particularly onerous. At certain speeds the truck got out of synch with this type of pavement making it feel like we were in a jiggle machine. Slowing down or speeding up usually cured the problem. It's a problem that all pickups have when empty. Throw some weight in back and the ride smoothes right out.Few places are better than the front seat of a big pickup for long interstate treks. The big Chevy is roomy, comfortable and powerful, offering plenty of room to stretch out. You sit high over the traffic and watch the world go by through those big windows. It's not a bad way to travel. Handling is a term with different meanings for sports cars, compact sedans and trucks. Good steering feel and rock-solid directional stability are what you want in a truck, and the Chevy Silverado exhibits these in spades. Point it where you want and it stays headed there. A long wheelbase means nimbleness and maneuverability in a crowded parking lot are not strong suits for a pickup truck. But out on the highway the big Chevy rides straight and true.
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