Domestic trucks, fuel economy, room and capability?
Jeep guy through and through, I've got two modified TJ's, and I'm looking really hard and a more family friendly vehicle.
Wife and I are at the baby's around the corner stage of our lives and I want to be prepared. I've been lurking and posting on all the various forums for years and I just can't pick a direction to go in. I'd love to stretch one of the Tj's and have my perfect dream rig but it is definitly not in the card for the near future. So why I'm posting here is that I'd like some input on domestic crew cab pickups. I'm a little weary about colorado's and canyon's as I've never known a single owner of one personally. I'm not a fan of the dakota's (mostly astethics with the newer). And if I'm to go fullsize I want economy and towability. Diesel. Which diesels are decently buildable for economy and longevity? On the GM light trucks, what are there known issues? weak points?
The end all goal is a truck that can go anywhere with in reason from one coast to the other and do so comfortably for 2-4 people. the lack of space in the Jeeps is definitly one of the biggest factors that restrict our roaming. I'd love to build something that'll allow more trips to the places we want to go (baja, oregon, colorado, etc..)
Alright well it's 322 am and I'm at work, so excuse my long windedness and maybe lack of coherency.
Jeep guy through and through, I've got two modified TJ's, and I'm looking really hard and a more family friendly vehicle.
Wife and I are at the baby's around the corner stage of our lives and I want to be prepared. I've been lurking and posting on all the various forums for years and I just can't pick a direction to go in. I'd love to stretch one of the Tj's and have my perfect dream rig but it is definitly not in the card for the near future. So why I'm posting here is that I'd like some input on domestic crew cab pickups. I'm a little weary about colorado's and canyon's as I've never known a single owner of one personally. I'm not a fan of the dakota's (mostly astethics with the newer). And if I'm to go fullsize I want economy and towability. Diesel. Which diesels are decently buildable for economy and longevity? On the GM light trucks, what are there known issues? weak points?
The end all goal is a truck that can go anywhere with in reason from one coast to the other and do so comfortably for 2-4 people. the lack of space in the Jeeps is definitly one of the biggest factors that restrict our roaming. I'd love to build something that'll allow more trips to the places we want to go (baja, oregon, colorado, etc..)
Alright well it's 322 am and I'm at work, so excuse my long windedness and maybe lack of coherency.