geordi wrote:
I like the overall look of the Colorado, but I like all my toys within the body rather than a bed with a topper. Also every pickup driver I encounter seems to have had a lobotomy during the purchase process, they all drive like MORONS. Chevy also has more than a few computer issues that I don't like, not the least of which: If you have an accident, they VOLUNTEER to hand over the computer data to your insurance carrier, which logs at least the previous few seconds to unknown minutes of vehicle metrics, and their Onstar system has just about continuous access to that data too - so it could be getting logged all the time.
I did some playing around with the configurator for the Colorado a day or two ago, and was not really happy with the type of vehicle it was forcing me to take.
What I want is a 2-door, extended (not crew) cab model with the long bed, 4WD, diesel. Apparently, the only way to get one in that configuration is by ordering the ZR2 package, which
starts at $45,895. That's getting into year-old lease-return WK2 territory, and really high-trim WK2s at that. Adding the skid plate package (which also forces you to take AEV-made rims and other items) adds nearly $6K to the price - and requires getting the truck in bright red, a colour I do not want.
Gripe of the day: I
hate trim packages. It's a truck, FFS. Let me go a la carte on it so that I can build it to do what
I need it to do.
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There's no way in HELL that I'd ever willingly accept that plug-this-in-for-maybe-$30/year-in-savings monitoring devices that the carriers are now advertising heavily... I'm certainly not buying a vehicle that has it hard-coded into the body. That rules out any GM product for me.
Re: the discount devices: absolutely
not; we're in total agreement on that, and handing over pre-accident data that the vehicle logged is just as bad. We have a friend of the family who got into a 6-month fight with their insurance company that turned into a lawsuit because of it - the insurance company refused to accept their version of events (dead vehicle in their lane on a curve at night, no hazard lights on) because the on-board logs said they were 3mph over the speed limit. AFAIK, that fight is still ongoing.
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I don't know much about the newest Grand Cherokees though, but there is plenty of time to learn about them.
Ditto. Drove one this weekend (an '18) and liked it. Didn't do much more than run it a couple of miles up the freeway and back to the dealership, but it drove well and even with the transmission in normal mode had good power. Have heard that they can have injector issues if they're used only for short trips where they never get fully warmed-up, but am still looking into it. Not a huge fan of the air suspension (works well when it works; likely an expensive nightmare to fix if it doesn't), but may warm up to it. Still have a lot of reading up to do on them, though.
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