GMC Canyon/Chevy Colorado
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500 Watt CAFz'r
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hey all. just currious what peoples opinions or experience with these trucks are. i'm looking at getting a crew cab canyon and just wanted to hear some stuff from you guys. so let'er rip and well stuff like that. like reliabilty, gas milgeage stuff like that. thanks guys.
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Well, it's a Chevy, and I'm a Chevy man, so I think they're yummy...
There's a house that I drive by when I leave everyday, it has a nice shiny new Colorado sittin' out front, bright yellow, very sexy lookin' truck.
Although I have yet to see one up close, I've heard lots about this new 5 cyl. Vortec they have. The engine is being used in lots of applications, Hummer is even making an "H3" using this engine. I'm sure it'll be pretty rock-solid, my '95 4.3 Vortec V6 has 380,000km's and still runs tickety-boo, doesn't burn a drop of oil or anything...
BUT, it is a new model (the whole truck, not just the engine) with no proven reliability backing it. So it could go either way, rock-solid like I expect, or who knows? There's a problem with '03 Luminas (I thin kit was the '03's... a late-model anyway...) throwing an internal engine bearing... Usually breaking and needing motor replacement before ya even hit 75,000km's... nasty. Dunno if they even recalled them or not...
There's a house that I drive by when I leave everyday, it has a nice shiny new Colorado sittin' out front, bright yellow, very sexy lookin' truck.
Although I have yet to see one up close, I've heard lots about this new 5 cyl. Vortec they have. The engine is being used in lots of applications, Hummer is even making an "H3" using this engine. I'm sure it'll be pretty rock-solid, my '95 4.3 Vortec V6 has 380,000km's and still runs tickety-boo, doesn't burn a drop of oil or anything...
BUT, it is a new model (the whole truck, not just the engine) with no proven reliability backing it. So it could go either way, rock-solid like I expect, or who knows? There's a problem with '03 Luminas (I thin kit was the '03's... a late-model anyway...) throwing an internal engine bearing... Usually breaking and needing motor replacement before ya even hit 75,000km's... nasty. Dunno if they even recalled them or not...
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go for a white one thier easyier to clean.
my lumina is so easy to make clean (it's white) and it does not leave any streake's if you do a bad job. i have ridden in one a couple time's. very nice interior. i can't quite remeber, but i think the front seating area had lot's of leg room. it's been a couple month's since i have been in one.
[ April 10, 2005, 07:19 AM: Message edited by: lumina guy ]
my lumina is so easy to make clean (it's white) and it does not leave any streake's if you do a bad job. i have ridden in one a couple time's. very nice interior. i can't quite remeber, but i think the front seating area had lot's of leg room. it's been a couple month's since i have been in one.
[ April 10, 2005, 07:19 AM: Message edited by: lumina guy ]
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Originally posted by lumina guy:
go for a white one thier easyier to clean.
my lumina is so easy to make clean (it's white) and it does not leave any streake's if you do a bad job. i have ridden in one a couple time's. very nice interior. i can't quite remeber, but i think the front seating area had lot's of leg room. it's been a couple month's since i have been in one.
go for a white one thier easyier to clean.
my lumina is so easy to make clean (it's white) and it does not leave any streake's if you do a bad job. i have ridden in one a couple time's. very nice interior. i can't quite remeber, but i think the front seating area had lot's of leg room. it's been a couple month's since i have been in one.
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Personally I would be looking for a leftover 04 Dakota club cab but the Canyon is an attractive truck.
It's a GM though - and my past with GM makes me shudder at the thought of owning one
If you are dedicated to your paint and have no life then black is hot - otherwise I suggest a metallic grey or just about any other color. Plus it rains so much here that black is tough to keep really clean.
It's a GM though - and my past with GM makes me shudder at the thought of owning one
If you are dedicated to your paint and have no life then black is hot - otherwise I suggest a metallic grey or just about any other color. Plus it rains so much here that black is tough to keep really clean.
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500 Watt CAFz'r
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yeah i have been debating the really dark grey. i think i am going to go for the canyon. my sunfire isnt happy. and dakotas are nice but too hard on gas and i am scared of them after the last 04 i worked on. if i didnt change my phone number when i moved it probably would still be haunting me. plus i found out my dad gets a deadly discount on gm products as an exec at his company so i might be able to get a wicked deal on a canyon. so i guess i'll find out next time i am up in the loops.
