"Steve" wrote in message
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On 2010-01-30 17:09:06 -0500, "Leon" said:

Ford certainly makes a good looking truck but IMHO they are spending more
on looks than dependability and that is probably the single reason why
the imports are starting to gain on the big truck market. I absolutely
hated the looks of the new 07 Tundras. I shopped Ford, GMC, Chevrolet
and Toyota. I have only owned GM trucks and was totally turned off by
both GMC and Chevrolet.

After years of driving Volvos (including the 1800S and ES!), I switched to
Toyotas. We've been quite happy with them. Maybe not exciting cars, but
certainly drivable.

Then I was seduced by a gloriously yellow ("DOT yellow") Chevy Colorado. I
liked that truck -- it was the right size, had some amenities, and it was
YELLOW! But there were some niggling little things, like the radio
antenna. It was just about 1/4 inch too near the windshield for the wiper
blade to clear when you scrubbed the windshield. And the parking brake
peddle snagged my cuff EVERY time I got in the damn truck...

The Colorado and Canyon days are numbered.





But the real kicker came in the three months immediately prior to the
warranty expiration.

Month 3: replaced the heater blower motor (under warranty).

One of the parts that GM refuses to build better, I stocked at any given
time probably 2-3 hundred blower motors.


Month 2: replaced the heater blower motor (under warranty).

Month 1: replaced the heater -- bet you thought I was going to write
"blower moter," didnt you? -- control switch.

Naw, LOL you were at your quota.

Given enough time you certianly would have replaced the alternator, I
stocked close to 1K of assorted numbers. And the AC compressor, those were
ordered by the hundreds per part number. When GM dropped the rebuildable A6
axial compressor and when with the radial in the mid 70's reliability
failed.