Don't care if my butt is numb after 15 minutes of driving, Taco fan boys are quite a group.

Resale value is the least of my concerns, I have had Hondas and Nissans that were all well built and gave me no problems for well over 150K miles.

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Posted by AUTimbo

Member since Sep 2011

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Posted on 9/28/15 at 4:00 pm to highpockets

I have had a new Colorado for over 3 months now.

JMHO having owned both the Tacoma and the Colorado, both V-6,4-wheel drive versions.

If you want crappy gas mileage, a terrific engine with a chassis that is made for four wheeling go with the Taco.
Of course expect to change the water pump at 120K miles (no biggie), un-fixable driveline vibrations if you put ANYTHING larger than the stock tires on. Potential driveline shudder at low rpm that is roughly the same as driving a manual with a clutch thats gone. Oh and mileage that sucks for a V-6 vehicle, even brand new. I won't even get into the whole frame-rust issues that have been an ongoing issure for many. But resale is the best of any vehicle out there,FWIW.

With the Colorado you get a world -class interior, terrific ride (not quite as good as a full-size, but close). A gutsy engine,transmission that just needs the newest factory reflash to update the better transmission shift points. Better ride, more towing capacity and as you said before, the ability to actually park in a spot w/o packing it in like a sardine into a can.
As for mpg I get roughly 17-18 city and 24-26 highway. Thats driving 75-79 miles an hour mind you. Ain't a full-size made (except maybe the diesel Dodge) ,that will touch that.
Drove out to Texarkana from Upstate,S.Carolina Labor Day wknd. For the trip averaged 24.8mpg.
Made the same exact trip with my Tacoma back in 2010 and averaged 19.8.
5 mpg may not sound like much but thats 105 miles more range at hwy speeds.
As for price I paid 34,5K for the V-6,Z-71 with bose/nav and donut-maker.