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I'm not sure why some people say that these trucks get such bad mileage, maybe its because some people really wanted to buy a fullsize and settled for the midsize and now kick the smaller trucks in order to justify that they want a Silverado or Sierra, I don't know.

 

What I do know is that my sons, Canyon consistantly gets 20MPG during daily driving and as high as 25 on the Hwy.

 

This has been checked many times and never varies, now we live in a small town so I have not checked the City MPG, the daily driving that I am refering to is a mixture of town and HWY driving.

 

By the way the specs on the truck is:

 

2006 Canyon RCSB with thge OffRoad Package

It has the 3.7L

It has 3.73 Gears and the Automatic Transmission

The tires are OEM 265/75R15

 

I'm not trying to stir things up, I just hate these trucks not getting the credit that they deserve.

 

I own 2 fulsize GM trucks, a 2003 and a 2008 and niether comes close to getting that kind of mileage.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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I'm not sure why some people say that these trucks get such bad mileage, maybe its because some people really wanted to buy a fullsize and settled for the midsize and now kick the smaller trucks in order to justify that they want a Silverado or Sierra, I don't know.

 

What I do know is that my sons, Canyon consistantly gets 20MPG during daily driving and as high as 25 on the Hwy.

 

This has been checked many times and never varies, now we live in a small town so I have not checked the City MPG, the daily driving that I am refering to is a mixture of town and HWY driving.

 

By the way the specs on the truck is:

 

2006 Canyon RCSB with thge OffRoad Package

It has the 3.7L

It has 3.73 Gears and the Automatic Transmission

The tires are OEM 265/75R15

 

I'm not trying to stir things up, I just hate these trucks not getting the credit that they deserve.

 

I own 2 fulsize GM trucks, a 2003 and a 2008 and niether comes close to getting that kind of mileage.

I'll be glad to give you the number of a guy I know who bought 14 Colorado ExCabs for his fleet of light duty service trucks because he wanted better economy. In 2 years he has a TON more downtime and is averaging just over 14 overall miles per gallon. I'd say that is why they get a bad reputation. He is slowly replacing them with GMT900s.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

Zembonez

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My son drives the hell out of his and constantly gets 20 to 24 MPG.

Maybe it's the SC air?

 

These have the oddball 5 banger engine.

brims Senior Enthusiast

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I'll be glad to give you the number of a guy I know who bought 14 Colorado ExCabs for his fleet of light duty service trucks because he wanted better economy. In 2 years he has a TON more downtime and is averaging just over 14 overall miles per gallon. I'd say that is why they get a bad reputation. He is slowly replacing them with GMT900s.

 

Well, to be fair, a company vehicle you drive it like it's stolen...

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

Zembonez

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I'll be glad to give you the number of a guy I know who bought 14 Colorado ExCabs for his fleet of light duty service trucks because he wanted better economy. In 2 years he has a TON more downtime and is averaging just over 14 overall miles per gallon. I'd say that is why they get a bad reputation. He is slowly replacing them with GMT900s.

 

Well, to be fair, a company vehicle you drive it like it's stolen...

 

Possibly so but he's getting better mileage out of his GMT900s with the 4.3. It's the same everywhere I see it written. The Colorado and Canyon twins aren't efficient drivetrains. I'm not saying they aren'y any good... just that their mileage sucks.

brims Senior Enthusiast

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I'll be glad to give you the number of a guy I know who bought 14 Colorado ExCabs for his fleet of light duty service trucks because he wanted better economy. In 2 years he has a TON more downtime and is averaging just over 14 overall miles per gallon. I'd say that is why they get a bad reputation. He is slowly replacing them with GMT900s.

 

Well, to be fair, a company vehicle you drive it like it's stolen...

 

Possibly so but he's getting better mileage out of his GMT900s with the 4.3. It's the same everywhere I see it written. The Colorado and Canyon twins aren't efficient drivetrains. I'm not saying they aren'y any good... just that their mileage sucks.

 

 

I have no arguement for that one. But it kind of scares me that such large trucks get better mileage that such small trucks. As the rest of you guys, I'm happy with my Silverado, or Sierras in the case of the GMC guys.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

Zembonez

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I have no arguement for that one. But it kind of scares me that such large trucks get better mileage that such small trucks. As the rest of you guys, I'm happy with my Silverado, or Sierras in the case of the GMC guys.

I really don't mean to come off like I'm bashing the Colorado. I have nothing against them. They just don't have a great track record when it comes to fuel economy. Maybe the small engined one is better?

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I notice that most of the people that are Bashing the Midsiz trucks are driving fullsize trucks, I own 2 fullsize trucks as well, and the mileage on the Canyon is way better than the fullsize trucks.

 

I have a 2003 RCSB 4X4 Sierra with the 4.3L and 3.73 Gears that gets around 20MPG Hwy

I have a 2008 CCSB 4X4 Silverado with the 5.3L and 3.73 Gears that gets around 19 MPG HWY

 

I think that people exaggerate how bad the midsize gas mileage is and it baffles me as to why.

 

If you calculate the savings of 24MPG vs 20MPG it works out to over $300 per year, thats 1 1/2 payments on the Canyon.

 

I think that people that either have or want a fullsize are unfairly bashing the smaller trucks.

 

Even the EPA says that the Canyons get 23 HWY, so are you telling me that they (EPA) are correct when they say that the Sierra gets 19MPG HWY but they are wrong on the Canyons.

Darkanion Senior Enthusiast

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Even the EPA says that the Canyons get 23 HWY, so are you telling me that they (EPA) are correct when they say that the Sierra gets 19MPG HWY but they are wrong on the Canyons.

I think most of the people around here think the EPA was on crack when they came up with those highway estimates... :withstupid:

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I usualy get about 15 mpg but my driving is 95% city driving so thats not to shabby.

When there wasent as much construction and i took the highway to work i would average about 19 mpg. And on long trips i average around 21 mpg. Not bad for a 17 year old truck.

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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I usualy get about 15 mpg but my driving is 95% city driving so thats not to shabby.

When there wasent as much construction and i took the highway to work i would average about 19 mpg. And on long trips i average around 21 mpg. Not bad for a 17 year old truck.

 

You do realize your truck has exactly NOTHING in common with a Colorado/Canyon, right? :withstupid:

Darkanion Senior Enthusiast

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I usualy get about 15 mpg but my driving is 95% city driving so thats not to shabby.

When there wasent as much construction and i took the highway to work i would average about 19 mpg. And on long trips i average around 21 mpg. Not bad for a 17 year old truck.

 

You do realize your truck has exactly NOTHING in common with a Colorado/Canyon, right? :withstupid:

 

So, now comments have to be "relevant"!? You do realize that means you won't be able to post near as often now, right?? :P

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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I usualy get about 15 mpg but my driving is 95% city driving so thats not to shabby.

When there wasent as much construction and i took the highway to work i would average about 19 mpg. And on long trips i average around 21 mpg. Not bad for a 17 year old truck.

 

You do realize your truck has exactly NOTHING in common with a Colorado/Canyon, right? :withstupid:

 

So, now comments have to be "relevant"!? You do realize that means you won't be able to post near as often now, right?? :D

 

 

Dammit! :P

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