2022 GMC Canyon

[Oaktree]

My dad is a Ford guy (sorta) so felt he should buy a new Ranger. But he couldn't live with the tiny short bed. So he got the extended cab, not crew, and the backseat is a joke. Too small for kids even, what is the point? Wish they had offered a crew cab, longer bed option - the 2.3L ecoboost has plenty of grunt to power it around.

The crew cab/short box must be the configuration that most wanted because:

"The 2023 Colorado will offer just one bed length and cab size, a four-door crew cab with a 5-foot 2-inch bed. The previous Colorado, which went on sale as a 2015 model, also offered a 6-foot 2-inch bed and a smaller extended cab model with a cramped rear seat and rear-hinged "suicide" doors."

A shame...that kind of crosses the Colorado off the list for me. I have no need or interest in a pickup with a back seat, the extended cab is all I'd ever need. Almost never carry more than one passenger. Too bad, I'd taken a test drive in one a couple years ago and liked it. Will the GMC version also be that way only?

The gas mileage you report is quite impressive. Keep us up on your experiences with it over time.

 

[Oaktree]

WHY do people make such a big deal over that? I realize that it was a marketing ploy back when the S-10 came out yet it's really more of a talking point than a problem. I can understand if all that you do is drive around with 4x8 sheets of plywood in back, but for the average pickup user that's just one of the reasons to buy a truck. I drove 450 miles in my Colorado yesterday. With my Silverado it would have cost around $94.00 in gas. Instead I paid $76.00. That's just one reason I have a Colorado.

The logic on pickup marketing escapes me at times. Seems that every truck ad you see seems to focus on its supposed off-road capabilities, how many people actually do the kind of recreational off roading they show in the ads? Nobody I know.

 

[Jstpssng]

The logic on pickup marketing escapes me at times. Seems that every truck ad you see seems to focus on its supposed off-road capabilities, how many people actually do the kind of recreational off roading they show in the ads? Nobody I know.

I deal with the guys who buy them starting right about now... they buy a brand new pickup, put on a lift kit and big tires, then come up to go "hunting." There's NO WAY they're going to scratch their brand new pickup so I'm supposed to pull over for them.
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They learn.

 

[BravoXray]

The logic on pickup marketing escapes me at times. Seems that every truck ad you see seems to focus on its supposed off-road capabilities, how many people actually do the kind of recreational off roading they show in the ads? Nobody I know.

Simple, it's the bigger dick syndrome.

 

[crashz]

Tough guy trucks. At least in the past you had to build one, now you can spec it out at the dealer. There is a gentleman with a blue Ram TRX that gets his morning coffee at the same place I do. I wonder if he encounters any wild jumps on the way there? I haven't seen any.

 

[crashz]

BTW - I topped off the tank with (was just under half on the fuel gauge) 12.30 gallons and traveled 283 miles. 23 mpg to date mixed with some idling and stop and go driving over the weekend. Dash meter was registering 21.5 (the meter averages the last 50 miles).

Back on my morning commute, normal highway speeds (~70 mph with traffic) and a bit of town driving and the dash meter registers 27.5 mpg.

 

[Jstpssng]

(the meter averages the last 50 miles).

If you push the button on the end of the blinker stem you can probably change that. Mine will show for the last 25, 50, or 450 miles. (That may have changed in the last 4 years since mine was made) I once checked the 450 mile reading and found that it’s within 3% of the actual mileage.
The best I’ve seen on the 25 was 29.7, which was on it when I bought the truck. One time I managed to match that while traveling along a river. ( no hills).

 

[ArlyA]

Those Canyons can't tow squat! (just pulling your chain, seen here is a ranger)

 

[crashz]

I might not try that with the F450!

 

[crashz]

Update - still loving the truck. Filled up today, hand calc'ed average a 25.1 and the average per tank on the computer said 25.

Jstpssng - figured out the fuel thing using the steering wheel controls. Has the same choices 25, 50 and 450. No stalk control though.

Sunday I spent some time under the truck, applying NH Oil Undercoating and Fluid Film. I sprayed the inside and outside of the frame rails (got a little hose doodad for cans of fluid film) and did the inside of the rocker panels. Made a mess of the driveway. When NH OU says you can do this yourself if you don't mind getting dirty, thats a huge understatement. Its positively disgusting.

I've added Weathertech floor liners, some cheap seat covers and have a few other things to do. Couple of questions for you guys:
- I think I want to put a spray in bedliner. Any thoughts?
- It has the tow package but not the optional brake controller. I wish GM would just include that. Any suggestions on the controller? It won't tow often, but I think I want something better that the Reese in the dump truck.

 

[ultrarunner]

I found in my climate the heavy rubber bed mat works for me.

It protects the bed and removable and also quiets and things tend not to slide around…

 

[RjCorazza]

Glad you are enjoying your truck! My F250 came with a factory brake controller, and I don't know what brand I had installed in my previous F150. I would check ETrailer.com, they have a lot of recommendations, articles, and tutorials. Reasonable pricing also.

As far as bed liners, I also prefer the heavy rubber mats. They stay put and keep material from sliding around.

 

[timswi]

Update - still loving the truck. Filled up today, hand calc'ed average a 25.1 and the average per tank on the computer said 25.

Jstpssng - figured out the fuel thing using the steering wheel controls. Has the same choices 25, 50 and 450. No stalk control though.

Sunday I spent some time under the truck, applying NH Oil Undercoating and Fluid Film. I sprayed the inside and outside of the frame rails (got a little hose doodad for cans of fluid film) and did the inside of the rocker panels. Made a mess of the driveway. When NH OU says you can do this yourself if you don't mind getting dirty, thats a huge understatement. Its positively disgusting.

I've added Weathertech floor liners, some cheap seat covers and have a few other things to do. Couple of questions for you guys:
- I think I want to put a spray in bedliner. Any thoughts?
- It has the tow package but not the optional brake controller. I wish GM would just include that. Any suggestions on the controller? It won't tow often, but I think I want something better that the Reese in the dump truck.

I have a spray in liner and a rubber mat, I would go for it. Agreed on the controller -- on my 16 GMC an integrated controller couldn't be added after the fact...Went with the dealer installed Curt--I don't recommend that one, the sensitivity adjustment is a PITA

 

[KennyG]

I have used a couple of types of do it yourself brush in liners. The Herculiner is pretty good. Nothing is as good as the factory spray in though. I also have always used a rubber mat. The Prodigy controller I had on an earlier truck was pretty good, but the factory Ford I have now is better.

 

[scaredychicken]

another option is to buy one of these economical shorty pick-ups, and a flatdeck / utility trailer (for those occasional plywood loads) - way cheaper than a full sized pick-up.

if you like me, use a pick-up as a pick-up on a daily basis ... go big or go home

I have a 93 Silverado C2500 with 166,000 kms, bought it 6 yrs ago ... can't afford to replace it, it's great.

 

[Jstpssng]

Even with the liner, a mat will keep things from sliding around. As others have said, I have both. I've taken diggers from the bed when a bit of snow got onto the sprayed on liner of a previous truck, and probably cracked a couple of ribs; I would like to avoid that again as I don't bounce the way that I used.

 

[Gregster613]

Jstpssng, What are diggers? Shovels? Don't quite understand what you are saying. Sorry.

 

[crashz]

East Coast slang for a wild trip and fall. Usually involves windmilling arms and flailing legs!

 

[crashz]

Oh - it's pronounced diggah too.


The last spray in liner I had was great at protecting the bed, but stuff that you wanted to slide would stick like glue, and stuff that you didn't want to slide would careen all over the bed. I like the rubber mat idea. Its the only bed protector I haven't tried yet too.

 

[crashz]

I don't think scaredychicken believes me about the bigger truck. Here is my tow rig. Love this old truck too.