Drove 12 hours today in a Chevy Colorado today

[XJDano]

St. Louis, MO to Hackberry, LA Where is Hackberry? I don’t even know, but it’s right by the Gulf Coast. Apparently there is oil refinery and storage all around. That’s part of the reason I’m here.

I drove the whole way with two coworkers, and that snow that was in TX was rain here, and we had to cram 3 guys luggage in the back seat with my coworker.

Holy crap the Colorado is small. I was very disappointed.

We are only here for a week so Friday after work we head back 12 hours. I doesn’t look like there will be rain on the way back though.

Earlier today:

[MUSASHI66]

@xjdano I thought that new mid-size pickups would feel as large or larger than my 2000 Access Cab Tundra, but the width isn't there. Colorado was super cramped compared to the Tundra when I sat in one.

[Shop-Teacher]

If you ever need to haul luggage in a truck with an open bed again, plastic tubs are your friend.

[Chariotoflove]

@shop-teacher said in Drove 12 hours today in a Chevy Colorado today:

If you ever need to haul luggage in a truck with an open bed again, plastic tubs are your friend.

Yep, and they are dirt cheap at Sam’s. Nuts to have a car that big and be cramped in the cabin for 12 hours.

[LooseonExit]

@xjdano Depending on size of humans, I could see that. I'm not sure I'd want to be in the backseat for that long (well I wouldn't in any vehicle, but that aside). The wife and kid can fit back there just fine however. The kid sits on the 40 of the 60/40 giving plenty of room for crap in the cab. FYI seats give more room when folding the backrest down than seat bottom up, but you might need to scoot the front seat forward first than back after it's down . The seats fold down better in the Tacoma, and it's a downside for GM for sure.

@Shop-Teacher Garbage bags work in a pinch as well.

[Bandit]

I can see your complaint that if you had 3 large passengers and all their luggage inside the cab with you. I have the smaller extended cab version of the truck and have never really needed more internal storage, but with a tonneau cover on the bed I can throw almost anything back there with no worries of bad weather. These mid-size trucks are about the same size as full-size trucks 15-20 years ago!

[Brickman]

If you had a tonneau cover that luggage could of gone in the bed.

I find the new Colorado the perfect size, although that's coming from my main vehicle a S-10 which is smaller. I'd never travel long distances in that lol.

I drive the ZR2 from around New Orleans to Bryson City, NC 4 times already. 12 hour trip.

[Zaphod's Heart of Gold]

I fear my Gladiator will have the same issues under those conditions, but I have a tonneau cover that seems to keep the bed completely dry and have no problems throwing anything back there. Had it loaded with all kinds of crap around christmas and no issues.

Cab width is definitely not the same on mid size and full size trucks, really it's the biggest difference between them. Back seat space can suffer a bit on smaller ones too but IMO it's still better than most cars, at least in mine.

[XJDano]

@zaphod-s-heart-of-gold
With this being a rental the bed wasn’t covered, coworker has a Chevy HD2500 and if the company would have paid gas we would have taken that... but they seem not to think or care about these things. We were subcontracted anyway as laborers for the week so a rental was easy to forward the bill.

If I owned this truck I’d have either a bed cover or camper shell with rack.

[futureNDowner]

@xjdano said in Drove 12 hours today in a Chevy Colorado today:

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If it was a rental, why did you get a truck? Why not a full sized sedan or SUV/van?

[XJDano]

@futurendowner warehouse manager ordered it. Apparently it’s what they had. I will be asking for a van ahead of time next time. It wouldn’t have been bad if it didn’t rain like on the way back.

We left the hotel around 3 and got home about 4am.

[Urambo Tauro]

I was really turned off by a late-model Colorado that I had the opportunity to drive recently. I didn't like the way it accelerates, shifts, or brakes. There might have been some electronic adaptive learning crap messing with my own attempts to adapt to the truck, which could explain the accelerating and shifting problems, but it's easier to put my finger on what's wrong with the brakes: they're too sensitive. Irritatingly difficult to modulate in traffic; anything over 15% pedal or so felt overly harsh. Maybe I'd have better control with a heavy load in the back for the brakes to work against...

I also had a hard time getting a good sense of the truck's physical proportions from the driver's seat. I didn't feel like I had a good idea of where exactly the front wheels were. Maybe it's got something to do with the curvature of the hood, leaving me without a useful reference point...? I dunno