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I must commend GM for making a Colorado ZR2 and ZR2 Bison available in extended cab regular bed length. Through all of my new truck snooping, every single manufacturer, except GM, seems to be making their top-line off-road packages available only on crew cab short beds. Mid size and half-ton. I...

Make matters worse, modern day CEO's are even more useless than those decades ago. The world is weird these days, a company that makes jet engines has stock that is only $12/share. And they make jet engines! And Amazon, a peddler of cheap Chinese stuff, is worth $3100 a share! Nonetheless, if...

I work in the semiconductor manufacturing business, and my wife in the aerospace business. Don't want to derail too much here, but I don't agree that service jobs are worth the same as skilled jobs. We are currently trying to get TSMC to open a Fab in Phoenix, AZ, a great state to do...

That pollution never went away. It just went to other countries, along with our jobs. I'm not so sure that is progress.

OK, will do!

Wow, a bristling response! I don't "understand"? I "think"? I am making "assumptions"?? I am "sorely mistaken"?? We've been towing a 4K boat for years with my gas-guzzling Titan. The Titan will do 17MPG unladen on a road trip (it has a heavy LEER cap, KO2's not good for MPGs) and with the boat...

Most nearly all gas-powered trucks share one thing in common: their MPGs when loaded and/or towing actually do all begin to be about the same. Modern gas trucks have fairly wide differences in unladen MPGs, but the moment you put a load on them, they all begin to be about the same. If I compare...

Many mid size trucks don't receive as much development as the more lucrative full size trucks. The Ranger was nearly a decade old before being sold here. The Tacoma really hasn't been "new" since the early 2000's, despite getting a Camry motor, and even then it shows that Toyota may be resting...

I like Starbucks VIA when I'm camping. Same thing, just a half-step up!

This is a point I always try to make. "Greenies" are constantly in the "latest and greatest" rig. Not only are they smug about their "greenness" they also can't be seen in something "old". If people REALLY wanted to REDUCE the impact on the environment, they would drive the bare minimum vehicle...

I have been a mostly Japanese car owner my entire life, had a few GMs that were a-ok for the most part. I have NEVER had a serious issue with a Japanese vehicle in 29 years of driving (I understand some people have). One day I decided to buy a 2016 GTI, brand new, because I thought a German car...

The Taco likely suffers from some "new car" issues liking self-driving tech that would bring it's rating down compared to an old-schooler like a Frontier. Nothing unreliable about either truck, I am sure. Another good thing about Nissan is Ghosn is gone. He really cheapened Nissans beginning...

I wouldn't worry too much about the next Frontier being a "first year" truck. The 3.8 V6 will have been in production for 2 model years, and the 9AT I believe has 3 years behind it. The rest of the truck is a revised 2005+ Frontier, known to be parts bin sharing with the Titan, parts developed...

Man I would love a van! My wife would give me serious stink eye over it, though! Another option is to get a Nissan NV2500/NV3500 tall/long van with the V8, and convert it over to 4WD myself. The NV is based off of a Titan and the Titan 4WD stuff bolts right up. Then I'd build my own interior for...

I definitely understand the whole wheelbase thing, and it makes me scratch my head at Wrangler 4 doors and Gladiators, or being forced to get a 4 door truck just to get the best off-road kit (Toyota just released a Tacoma lift kit that specifically excludes the long bed 4x4! Toyota Tacoma TRD...

Wow, nice project. I myself, love 2 door vehicles. My co-worker just bought a 2020 Rubicon 2 door, and I love it. I also am liking the new Bronco 2 door. I have always wondered how to fit these with a sleeping arrangement. Looking forward to seeing how this goes!

The requirement for "new" will make finding a Full Size truck more challenging, but I'd strongly consider a FS truck. 12-13 years ago I went to go buy a Tacoma and ended up bringing home a 2007 Nissan Titan instead. They were the same price, the Titan gets 2mpg less, can tow 9200 pounds. In...

Just came back from some fairly difficult off-roading in my 4x4 truck. Recently had a Eaton TrueTrac helical LSD installed in the rear, and it was a real eye-opener. We did much of the trails in 2WD. My wife kept wondering why I wasn't using 4WD, I told her that I'd use it if we needed it. A few...

LOLOLOLOL at all of the PHEV, EV talk here! As some have noted, the limitations of energy storage and energy consumption for non-aerodynamic, heavy vehicles. Another thing to watch VERY carefully about PHEV/EV is the cost of charging and registering said vehicles. Just because electricity is...

AZ off-roading trip: