Chevy Colorado

I'd guess seeing it is so small it was probably made for a girl. Or a gay guy.

I haven't heard of any knocks on them Larry. A friend of mine has one a year or two old, it has been problem free.

Roy

I am thinking about it because the crew cab as enough room for me the wife and dog. It is short enough to fit in my current garage, as where the x-cab silvy won't. Plus that I-5 is rated at 242hp and 242 torque (at least to the specs for 08) which will easily tow a small toy trailer, etc...

Crew Cab Colorado is a good choice. Decent gas mileage with better utility than a SUV.

Well if thats the qualifications then you must own one Roy.

I also saw an episode of Trucks where they put a 4" lift on the same model Colorado and man it looked sweet. As I recall, but the Silvy and Colo have a 6 on 5.5 lug pattern which means my MT wheels and tires come off hte Silvy and go on the Colo!

No, actually my last 3 trucks have been diesels.

I'm not sure that's true---or in fact I'm almost sure it's not. The wheels off of a Toyota Tacoma fit on my 2004 Colorado and the wheels off of a full-size GMC do not.

That's not speculation--big dummy here bought a set of GMC wheels from a yard sale assuming they would fit---bad assumption.

Wanna buy a set of GMC alloy wheels?

My 2004 4X4 with an I5 and a manual transmission has 21K miles--it's been in the shop for alignment problems, a brake light recall, a failed sensor and a leaking front axle seal.

It has never failed to start.

In a 50 MPH collision with a pretty big deer the hood curled under to the point it couldn't be opened, and all that was left of the grille was one headlight hanging by the wire. The radiator ruptured and it had to be towed to the body shop---but all things considered I think that was actually a pretty admirable performance given how hard the impact was.

It's not back from the shop yet, and I doubt I'll keep it after such a trauma--no matter how good the body shop I doubt it will ever be the same.

With the 100K warranty and with a heavy enough discount I would consider buying another one.

I have nothing but good things to say about the 3.5 liter I5 engine.

What's the GVWR and/or GCWR on that truck? One reason I stepped up to a Chevy K2500HD is because my lightweight camper, on my 1500 Ram is pushing the envelope of the GVWR. The Ram (with a few suspension mods) and the camper perform very well in hardcore 4x4 driving, but on the highway I'm very aware of the extra weight, therefore I adjust my driving to match. That's not to say I'm not aware that the Chevy at 8,000 lbs (with a 9,200 lbs GVWR) isn't heavy, just that it handles the same load much better than my Ram at 6,400 lbs (with a 6,600 lbs GVWR) does.

I'm not looking at a "full size" trailer Ed, but something more along the line of this

That's a pretty nice trailer! I can't speak to your original question, but it looks like the Colorado shouldn't have much of a problem with it.

Then aga>>

You are tooo funny Ed...

Had an '04 Canyon regular cab 2WD I-4 Auto for 2 1/2 years and 75,000KM. Traded it on an '06 ext cab Z71 4WD I-5 manual, 1 year and only 25,000KM's ago.

Towed ~ 2,500 lbs for 1,500KM in hilly terrain with no effort with the I-4. Latest models have upped towing capacity, but the power was never an issue. And, of course, the I-5 is stronger.

Have had absolutely no problems other than the missing sealant / water in the cab issue with the '04 that was common.

Mileage is only marginally better than full size, so that's not a reason to buy one.

Really happy and will get another when this lease is up.

Now that is exactly like I was hoping someone would post. Thank you so much for your honest opinion and thoughts.

Lots of opinions on various aspects of the truck here as well

Browse the board and you will get a better sampling of opinions. The technical questions area is a good sampling of the types of problems people do have, when they have them.

Hey Roy, Shoot me an email

On the way.

Well, I used your addy, the cox addy and it bounced

Ah, use this one here, at least for now man, Cox dies when I moved to Tucson. Sorry

Okay, on the way again.