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14th August 2022, 10:28 PM
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Colorado yay or nay
Evening Gents
My eldest is looking for a dual cab and this just falls into his budget. What are your thoughts on the 2.8 Colorado.
I think it's priced accordingly, ones around 200-250k are nudging $30k
https://www.hellomotors.com.au/our-v...-rgmy14-309908
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14th August 2022 10:28 PM
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15th August 2022, 06:16 AM
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We have a fleet of Colorado dual cab 4wd utes on site. They are abysmal on tracks with anything rutted, severely limited suspension, poor underbody clearance. They are all auto's on site. They are zippy with 2 up in them, put 4 and a bit underpowered. No big issues with servicing or parts unreliability I believe. Not that much interior space, certainly 3 men in the back seats is very squeezy.
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15th August 2022, 08:00 AM
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Mr.Muscles of 4wd TV has got one hasn't he? He seems to do alright in his.
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15th August 2022, 09:28 AM
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The first thing is to found out if it is the engine that uses a lot of oil.
My advice is: not to follow my advice.
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15th August 2022, 11:36 AM
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Our diesel mechanic at work had one. I quizzed him on it. He never had it off road so cant answer that.
2.8 is a budget common rail duramax which apparently chews more oil than diesel, in his words. But otherwise a good car. He towed a largish camper van around no dramas.
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15th August 2022, 12:04 PM
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Cheers guys.
He may tag along on the odd trip, but nothing too hard. It's more of a weekender as he's got a van for work.
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15th August 2022, 01:34 PM
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Can the oil burning cause expensive problems with the DPF?
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15th August 2022, 06:35 PM
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Father in law had one, and towed a 3.5t 26" Whitley cruiser to the Whitsundays once a year for 4 years, and drove it around street times. Had no issues with it whatsoever. Handed it down to an employee and moved onto a ranger and says he regrets it, the golden was much nicer to drive. I drove it a few times and had no issues at all. Pretty fuel efficient too, got it down as low as 7.9L/100 on a drive from Sydney to Deniliquin.
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22nd August 2022, 09:56 PM
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Well he picked up the Colorado on the weekend. Before he left some money on it I rang the mob that did the last service and they have done all the services minor and major, with the last one only about 6 weeks ago where they changed the timing belt too.
So abit of musical cars, he's old car VF Commodore registered in my old man is now my wives and in her name, her Kia went to a local dealer through a car sales instant offer.
Youngest turns 18 on Saturday. Old man want to register the car 2002 Subaru in his name to help him out.
The front if my place is turning in a car yard...
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28th August 2022, 05:50 AM
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200 to 250k nudging $30k seems expensive to me. That's like toyota prices. $15k-$20k would be more reasonable in my opinion unless done up with lots of fruit.
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