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Chevrolet K1500 1998 4x4 Regular Cab 6.5 ft. box Silverado Fleetside Reviews Impression
Chevrolet K1500 1998 4x4 Regular Cab 6.5 ft. box Silverado Fleetside Reviews Impression
1998 Chevrolet K1500 Silverado Fleetside 4x4 Regular Cab 6.5 ft. box Silverado Fleetside
- Original MSRP:
- $19,455
- Vehicle Class:
- Fuel Type:
- Regular unleaded
- MPG:
- 15 city / 20 hwy
- Warranties
- Basic:
- 3 Years / 36,000 Miles
- Drivetrain:
- 3 Years / 36,000 Miles
- Roadside:
- 3 Years / 36,000 Miles
- Rust:
- 6 Years / 100,000 Miles
1998 Chevrolet K1500 Silverado Fleetside Reviews
- Body Style: Standard Cab
- Vehicle Size: Full Size
- MSRP: $19455.00
- Mileage: 15
- Fuel Type: Regular unleaded
- Fuel Capacity: 25.00
- Horsepower:
- Seating Capacity:3
- Build Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Overview:
The full-size pickup market has something for everybody: The Dodge Ram has the macho, big-rig look, a monster 8.0-liter V10 and an earth-moving Cummins turbodiesel. The Ford F-Series has aerodynamic styling, modern, overhead-cam engines and a big diesel. The Chevrolet and GMC pickups offer traditional styling and traditional, powerful V8 engines. This is enough variety to bridge the gap from Montana to Hollywood.The Chevy C/K and GMC Sierra trucks are mechanically identical. They differ only in badging, trim and minor details. Both offer every imaginable combination of cab size, bed length, powerplant or drivetrain your heart desires.
Selecting one, therefore, often requires spending some time poring over product brochures and talking to the local Chevy or GMC dealer. We drove a Chevrolet C1500 Silverado, but nearly everything here also applies to the equivalent GMC model.
With a major redesign coming next year, little is new for 1998. An anti-theft system, called PassLock, is now available. Three new colors are offered. And GM has refined the already proven mechanicals: automatic transmissions have some durability enhancements, half-shafts on 4WD models have improved serviceability, tires on the 1500 models have been selected for improved fuel economy.
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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