This says it better than I can possibly explain about how crappy this generation of F pickup is...they were just made like shit, looked BLAH, and people STILL bought them.

5:50 says it best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHDlJSSZYjg

Oh and the colorado is a terrible vehicle. We had two of them, both identical, both could have been lemon-lawed for at least 2 things.