[Kit Gerhart]

Originally Posted by greencactus3

well i dont know too much about the colorado/canyon and such but a couple years back in the s10/sonoma/blazer/jimmy era. there were so many types of the truck that you cant just say "an s10 is sweet" or "sucks".. the zr2 lifted etc package, the stock, the zq8 'performance' suspension... the xtreme.. so theres like a type for everyone. and some that just dont work for others..
.... i wish i had a posi. or a lasd or locker of some sorts... an open one just doesnt work in snow...

I had a '95 S10 for about a year, and while it convinced me that I'm not a "pickup truck person." It was kind of fun, it its way. It was a short bed 2wd standard cab, and had the 4.3 engine and 5-speed manual. By far the most fun I had with it was when I won my class in an SCCA autocross with it. It was a small event with not very tough competition, but in the class it ran, (H stock) that S10 was a fairly good autocrosser. The engine had lots of torque, so I just started in first, shifted to second, and didn't need to shift any more the rest of the run. I had 215x60 tires on the stock wheels. With the stock 205x75 tires, it would not have autocrossed at all well.

As far as the Canyon/Colorado, a complaint common to AutoWeek, Car and Driver, and Consumer Reports tests is that the truck was slower than the V-6 competition but didn't get any better gas mileage. As I remember, all of these tests were of 4wd, extended or crew cab automatics. I'd suspect that a "light weight" i.e. 2wd standard cab Canyon/Colorado with the I-5 and 5-speed manual would be quite peppy, and could get good fuel economy if not driven too hard.