New Chevy Colorado mega-thread

Minus trailer cost, storage (or ability to store), and mpg hit. I guess it depends on what you consider a lot. When I think of full size, I think of overall length and power - not width. If you want a truck that's easier to park and easier on the wallet at the pumps, I don't know why width would have to be sacrificed.

On the other hand, people that regularly haul that kind of stuff probably do it for a living - and buying a mid size truck for that kind of duty doesn't necessarily make sense.

 

I don't do building construction for a living, but I buy foreclosure homes and live in them for several years while I fix them up. So I'm hauling things like sheetrock, insulation, OSB/Plywood on a regular basis, but not a daily one. Since I'm not doing it for a living, it's hard to justify a full size for my DD, especially since I like the MPG's you get from a mid-size.
The compromise is that I'll frequently take the Dodge to the lumberyard and use the Tacoma for pretty much everything else. It's not an insurmountable obstacle for me; I'm just saying that it would be nice to have a fuel-efficient mid-sized truck that also had enough room between the wells to haul 4x8 sheets.
Just wishin' is all.

Edit: I guess while I'm at it I want a turbodiesel/manual option, better leaf springs and 28mpg

 

This will probably be one of the top focus trucks at this year's SEMA. Bold imagination. http://www.torquenews.com/1083/2015-toyota-tundra-4runner-and-tacoma-road-trucks-focus-sema

 

Ridgeline is for you then if all you want is the width to lay down the sheet (length is another matter)

 

I do like Honda's, just not that Honda.

 

I had to resubscribe

 

So it begins...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-b3gn1Fuc8

 

Colorado drivers are more likely to have tarantulas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJBRpylC9-Q

 

Today's generation is to ADD for commercials that run over 90 seconds long. Another epic fail brought to you buy the colossal failure that is GM.

BTW even I couldn't get though 30 seconds of that first commercial. It tries so hard to be funny and falls epically flat. I really hope some 10 y/o youtuber made that and not a highly paid GM marketing team.

 

Both of those commercials gave me diabetes.

 

^What disease does this commercial give you then?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tS34mbJTww

 

Wow, that's that's Zach Galifianakis in a few years.... scary.

 

Many STD's

 

15 seconds of cancer vs over 90 seconds worth. That's what. Toyota win.

 

^That's true. Toyota gives protracted cancer to its home market only:

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/26810-things-make-you-say-wtf-2575.html#post9384975

 

First lifted one i think...http://www.355nation.net/forum/lifting-2015/127434-bds-suspension-2015-colorado-sema-show-build.html

I gotta say I'm not a fan of how this think looks, the front looks awkward to me when its lifted.

Here is the bds link http://bds-suspension.com/blog/?p=8164, apparently these Colorado use a new bolt pattern that no one has wheels for without being custom made. Its a 6x120 and other downfall is how well will 3:42 gears push bigger tires like 35's?

 

All drop-bracket lifts look somewhat awkward I think. Due to the rather severe rake on the stock truck, I think a 3" coilover lift in the front would look OK.

Bad choice with the change in lug pattern though. It's shared with the Caddy SRX. A small number of wheels are available:

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Whee...SRX+3.0L+AWD&autoYear=2010&autoModClar=Luxury

 

December 2014 issue of Car & Driver pumps Colorado:

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2015-chevrolet-colorado-first-drive-review

 

Link 2 posts down is working.


http.//www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2015-chevrolet-colorado-first-drive-review

 

That link is opens like 10 different pages, do you have another link to the article.