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In other news that may or may not be off topic, the GM strike is finally over. Hopefully tomorrow something happens and I get a projected build week or whatever it is that happens next.

I know of people with gas ZR2s, and diesels. No complaints, very pleased 2-3 years in. I looked long and hard at the forums for each of the makes under consideration. All have reliability questions IF you don't filter what you see. Enthusiast forums are typically centered around modifications...

Bison production in 2019 was explicitly limited to 2K. The 2019 allocation was exhausted around February, and anything on dealer lots after that were purchased speculatively by the dealers and remained unsold. GM has been doing that for a while to keep the special models special. They do the...

I was noodling around in my head last night, and had a brainwave: How many of these are going to be out there? There were about 130K Colorados produced in 2019. About 10% were ZR2s for 13K. That seems a little high compared to what I've seen in the wild, but they're still pretty new, so maybe...

I hope so too. I got the offer in writing and signed before I ever went in. Then, when I got there, my sales guy wasn't scheduled to come in until later in the day (my bad, I didn't coordinate at all with him), and I ended up sitting down with the owner of the franchise one on one. He similarly...

Don't have it yet. I go to the dealership to sign the paperwork and get it ordered in about ten minutes. It usually takes 8 weeks (though I seem to recall being told that's an "over promise" number), and I think the GM strike is still on, so that'll add some time. I'm not in a rush (at 25 pages...

Diesel ZR2 Bison.

Just nailed down the deal (if not the exact dollar), and will be making the deposit when I get back in town some time this coming week. About $1300 below invoice! I requested the ability to "clean up the afterbirth", aka remove the protective plastic from the body and seats and such, and...

I found some time today to makes some phone calls. The fly-and-buy dealers I've seen referred to are Laura Chevrolet, Classic Chevrolet, and Kellogg Chevrolet. Laura won't special order for out of state buyers; maybe the deals on what's in stock are good, and they'll happily pick someone up from...

I'm self employed, and you could almost say "between companies" to boot (selling one, starting the next). My wife works at a startup that's too small for such perks... I'm on my own... Dennis Dillon sounds great save for not selling Chevy... If the Gladiator were the goal, I'd be calling when I...

Dennis Dillon apparently does GMC, but not Chevy... FCA group, Mazda, Nissan, GMC (only), Kia (only), and Isuzu. Odd mix. I'll give Dave Smith a call when I find some air to breathe...

I just made my first call to try to see about pricing. My schedule is, has been, and will continue to be crazy for the foreseeable future, so even my local dealers are having to work by phone. Since I'm in the Denver area, I'm not likely to get much in the way of discounts locally (though I'll...

I was going to point you to coloradofans.org, but I see you've already found it.

This is accurate. Same here (Jefferson County). It's been a while since I had a diesel, but IIRC, it's opacity and super easy to pass. I was only counting current models. There are definitely more older Tacomas because they practically were the market for years. If I'm only looking at brand...

Among the three contenders, the Gladiator had the best seats, IIRC. That could be colored by the fact that I drive my wife's JKUR often enough that it was familiar. The Tacoma seats were the worst by a long shot, and I'm short at 5'6" and not at all overweight. I might have made an interesting...

Doubling back to that diamond... Part of what gives an individual truck character is modifications. What sort of modifications most directly bestow character... I don't guess it must be the sort of character we would necessarily aim for, but just binary, true/false character... VW New Beetle...

Bummer. I was expecting to be pulling the trigger this coming week, but it's looking like I need to wait at least until the middle of the month at the earliest. Death in the family, and a financial puzzle piece has been pushed back two weeks. The funeral is supposed to be in 2-3 weeks (seems...

I used to work in biodiesel feedstocks. I have a buddy at NREL in Golden who I believe is working with ethanol feedstocks by way of microbiology who says biodiesel research is practically dead. It's not his department, so to speak, but that doesn't bode incredibly well. I figure I can make my...

I'm seeing 2020 on the Chevy site for the Colorado for the first time this morning. There's nothing new at the top of the line, but it's finally there. I was honestly hoping for some new color options. I did see that GMC will be getting a ZR2-based trim level soon, so there's that, but it...

I read everything I could find, and recently saw a new MotorTrend article about the Colorado, Tacoma, and Gladiator in my news feed... They republished this article. Disappointing. I've been keeping my eyes peeled for newer mid-size trucks. I've seen maybe a half dozen Gladiators, quite a few...