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I looked into both of these issues for obvious reasons. The curtain airbags going off in less than rollover situations off road scenarios appears to have been a sensor threshold issue. Essentially, it's a predictive system versus a responsive one. With the regular air bags, deployment occurs...

Fit and finish aside, it's hard to fault Chevy trucks for reliability. There are a lot of REALLY high mile Suburbans and the like running around out there. Their passenger cars are garbage, but they can make a truck. I fully expect things like... I don't know... Heated steering wheels to give up...

Good point. Hadn't considered leaving some gears out of a shift strategy. I've read that it's fairly smooth shifting, and assumed the valving was likely such it was just soft band engagement with the hope that people don't notice all the transmission activity. I'm pretty sure it's a conventional...

With turbo pressures Ford must be using to get those figures out of such small displacement engines, I have to question long term reliability. That's my primary point on that front. And the 10-speed may be overkill for the platform, I assume you're referring to its use in larger trucks), it's...

I posted this here because I tend to appreciate the more considered opinions here than other similarly themed forums. Some interesting posts. I haven't figured out the character of the Colorado forum yet, and that's where I initially read about the AEV conversion finish issue. I heard back on...

The last truck I saw was the Colorado. There was one dealer in the Denver area with both a diesel and a Bison (none had a diesel Bison). I looked the Bison over very closely. I had very high hopes, and the Colorado was a solid #1 choice going into the visit to the dealership. Generally speaking...

In software engineering, there's a thing called "Rubber Ducky Debugging". Look it up for an explanation; that's essentially what this is. I've given this a lot of thought, and this is in large part an organization of my thoughts. Anyone finding themselves in a similar situation and disposition...

I suggested Discos very early on. He's new to wrenching, so the extra fettling was undesireable. I've always had them on my radar personally, but there was always a better truck available at the time within my budget. Also, not sure about the 6'5" inside camping aspect... Regardless, we're in...

I don't know that a pickup truck ever sounded quite attractive enough either way. If it were me though, it would be. I've done it both ways, and being able to just crawl into the back and crash after a long day without having to get out in the rain and such is extremely attractive. Keeps...

Affirmative on the classification/engine and affirmative on the barn doors. I suggested we make that a target attribute, albeit low priority in light of budget, etc. I may have more details to share after the deal goes down. It's not that I'm really afraid of the deal getting sniped or anything...

I'm with you 110%. I'm really bad about over engineering things. We discussed the pros, cons, and other at length. Essentially, it was decided that, for the budget we're playing with, it'll get the job done nicely. If and/or when it doesn't, it'll be addressed at that time. Part of the timing of...

Yup. Practically speaking though, it should be able to handle light off roading and a comfortable camping interior. It'd be nice to get the heavy duty, but we talked about it last night, and he said he might keep an eye out for a good clean heavy duty and buy a second if he ends up really...

It seems to have become that to a degree, but it's really about vehicles for really tall people. Even then, I don't think Expeditions fit the bill.

For all the heavy duty desires, a good clean operating truck is the primary concern. We found a 1500 in really good shape last weekend. Very very clean. The only oil on the bottom of the engine was from a recent oil change, there was some (cola-colored) brake fluid that had sloshed out after the...

Colorado is a secret collectors' state for sure... California gets all the glory, but has inflated prices to go with it. To be fair, more people longer with more money increases both quantity and variety, but Colorado is very nice to cars over time and it shows.

Modern chrome tanned leather is total garbage. Cloth is the better option these days when it's even available... It's unfortunate. I think I still have door pin reaming stuff, so that can be rectified if necessary, but I'll keep an eye out for it all the same. I did see one for sure with bad pins.

1997-on 2500 Suburban in the price range is pretty much what we're after from the sound of it. I ran the pass through pickup truck/topper scenario, and he didn't seem super keen on it. Sounds like he'd rather hold out for the Burb. That means 454 or 8.1L (mixing units because GM did for...

How did you seal the cab to the bed while permitting flex?

Oh! One idea I had this morning was to try to figure out if a flip-forward seat could be rigged up like in your typical coupe. The old civilian K5 Blazers had one on the passenger side, and it seems like it might not be too uncomfortable to sleep with one's head toward the tailgate, and hang...