Chevy Colorado

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Anyone have any experience with them?
I just picked up a 06' Single cab 2wd for 5K, it had just under 90K miles on it.
Picked it up as a little moto truck, anything I should look out for?
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akmx17 wrote:
Anyone have any experience with them? I just picked up a 06' Single cab 2wd for 5K, it had just under 90K miles on it. Picked...
Anyone have any experience with them?
I just picked up a 06' Single cab 2wd for 5K, it had just under 90K miles on it.
Picked it up as a little moto truck, anything I should look out for?
That's cheap. That's about what they sell for at the auction if not more. You got a steal if it's a good truck. I would buy that same truck at the auction for probably 6500 then plus reconditioning costs and then slap it on the lot for $12,000-$13,000.
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akmx17 9/21/2011 3:27pm
9/21/2011 3:27pm Edited Date/Time 9/21/2011 3:28pm
akmx17 wrote:
Anyone have any experience with them? I just picked up a 06' Single cab 2wd for 5K, it had just under 90K miles on it. Picked...
Anyone have any experience with them?
I just picked up a 06' Single cab 2wd for 5K, it had just under 90K miles on it.
Picked it up as a little moto truck, anything I should look out for?
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That's cheap. That's about what they sell for at the auction if not more. You got a steal if it's a good truck. I would buy...
That's cheap. That's about what they sell for at the auction if not more. You got a steal if it's a good truck. I would buy that same truck at the auction for probably 6500 then plus reconditioning costs and then slap it on the lot for $12,000-$13,000.
It use to be a Comcast truck I believe by the key chain I got with it.
Cloth interior, Hand Roll windows, no power locking but a kick ass AC.
I believe its the 2.8 (P4 Model)
Automatic.
All white, tires are decent, some scratches but its just a moto truck after all.
No major dents, just a tiny one above the front driver side tire that you can only see at the right angle.
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Sonny 9/21/2011 5:36pm
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This will sound fucked up but, I bought an 06 4x4 Colorado from a widow. It had 12K on it in 2010 and I paid only $10,500. The poor old hag had been holding on to this since 2007 when her old man died. I had her daughter convince her to sell it. Worked and I got a good deal and a great truck.

Lesson: The next time you go to a wake say to the family. "Sorry for your loss.......how much do you want for the pick-up"

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Sandberm 9/21/2011 6:22pm
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Edmunds Forum where people complain about their Colorados

Reading through the posts at the Edmund site it sounds like the biggest snafu with earlier Colorados is electrical issues. Read through those posts and you can foresee the possible problems your truck may have, or might have already had.

I have an 10 Colorado and I love it.
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I had an Isuzu I-290, same thing as a Colorado, good truck ,we just outgrew it.
TripleFive 9/22/2011 7:50am
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Sandberm wrote:
[url=http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/WebX?ed_displayMakeModelRelatedDiscussions@@.ef14c39!make=Chevrolet&model=Colorado]Edmunds Forum where people complain about their Colorados[/url] Reading through the posts at the Edmund site it sounds like the biggest snafu with earlier Colorados is...
Edmunds Forum where people complain about their Colorados

Reading through the posts at the Edmund site it sounds like the biggest snafu with earlier Colorados is electrical issues. Read through those posts and you can foresee the possible problems your truck may have, or might have already had.

I have an 10 Colorado and I love it.
Electrical issues are the typical problem today in many vehicles. Every sensor seems to have a sensor which occasional isn't sensing very well.
GoldenState54 9/22/2011 8:36am
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I just got a moto beater from my brother, it's a 93 Ford Ranger single cab 2wd with 238K. $2250 OTD. I even got him to throw in the lumber rack!
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kcadrenalin 9/22/2011 8:47am
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GoldenState54 wrote:
I just got a moto beater from my brother, it's a 93 Ford Ranger single cab 2wd with 238K. $2250 OTD. I even got him to...
I just got a moto beater from my brother, it's a 93 Ford Ranger single cab 2wd with 238K. $2250 OTD. I even got him to throw in the lumber rack!
You must really like your brother. That's a $500 - $1000 truck around here.
GoldenState54 9/22/2011 11:51am
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You must really like your brother. That's a $500 - $1000 truck around here.
The blue book is $1900 around here. You could say I'm getting hosed for $350 dollars in finance charges. Smile He should work for Bank of America.
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Cygnus 9/22/2011 2:29pm
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GoldenState54 wrote:
I just got a moto beater from my brother, it's a 93 Ford Ranger single cab 2wd with 238K. $2250 OTD. I even got him to...
I just got a moto beater from my brother, it's a 93 Ford Ranger single cab 2wd with 238K. $2250 OTD. I even got him to throw in the lumber rack!
kcadrenalin wrote:
You must really like your brother. That's a $500 - $1000 truck around here.
That's what I was thinking. I have a 94 4x4 with 177,000 and would be lucky to get 2000.00.
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wildbill 9/22/2011 11:50pm
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I paid $600 for my 01 ranger from a moto bro in 03, and that sucker still runs @ 28 mpg.
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Sonny wrote:
This will sound fucked up but, I bought an 06 4x4 Colorado from a widow. It had 12K on it in 2010 and I paid only...
This will sound fucked up but, I bought an 06 4x4 Colorado from a widow. It had 12K on it in 2010 and I paid only $10,500. The poor old hag had been holding on to this since 2007 when her old man died. I had her daughter convince her to sell it. Worked and I got a good deal and a great truck.

Lesson: The next time you go to a wake say to the family. "Sorry for your loss.......how much do you want for the pick-up"
Thats how my grandpa makes a living. ha Thats were I get all of my trucks, I bought a Dakota for $4200 with 32k miles from some old fart my grandpa raked over the coals. ha ha
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Biscuit 9/23/2011 1:02pm
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akmx17 wrote:
Anyone have any experience with them? I just picked up a 06' Single cab 2wd for 5K, it had just under 90K miles on it. Picked...
Anyone have any experience with them?
I just picked up a 06' Single cab 2wd for 5K, it had just under 90K miles on it.
Picked it up as a little moto truck, anything I should look out for?
Great trucks, but some had valve seat trouble. Call you dealer and check on Document ID: 2209354 .

Not sure if the link below will work for you (may have to copy and paste) but it should give you an idea of what is going on.

http://gsi.xw.gm.com/newsi/showDoc.do?docSyskey=2209354&from=bcpi

Other than this and the brake lamp switch recall, we have little to no trouble out of the Colorados.

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