After four years rowing an MT Outback in LA traffic, I thought I’d enjoy the manual more when we moved to Colorado. But alas, even using a manual in suburban Denver (until recently, quite a sleepy place) really dragged on me for five more years. I’m finally in an automatic (‘16 Colorado 2.8d Z71) and am so much…

Thank you @JustinTWestbrook for challenging the brazen, impatient ignorance of the industry. Let them develop private campuses where their own employees serve as pedestrian guinea pigs for the products they’re building. It’s not worth sacrificing public safety just to accelerate their rush to profitability. It’s ironic…

Datin metal fab makes a nice pair of bolt-on steel skids for the rear shock mounts. That funnel shaped rear diff skid looks great - I hope it’ll fit on a regular Z71 2.8d.

It’s the distorted perspective from a wide angle lens. That said, the slab side, slab front look with lower air dam does seem to magnify the size of these vehicles. I’ve seen Tacomas which are longer and taller than my Colorado, but they appear slimmer because Toyota’s style is sleek and taut (at least in the midsize…

The air dam is probably just like the Colorado - held on by some bolts which aren’t visible from the exterior. Easy enough to remove, to improve approach angle (while probably losing an mpg or two). No big deal - but yes a reminder of how marginal some of these gains are when you’re not driving/using exactly like the…

Put a mild hybrid system on my Chevy Colorado 2.8 diesel and I’d probably see 25mpg in mixed driving (up from 21-22 today). And if it happens to improve the 28-34mpg highway, all the better. But really, aren’t we waiting for electric to improve the world of rock crawling? Well, improve rock crawling functionality…