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Back in May, a reader sent Jalopnik a tip about Chevrolet Colorado airbags deploying off-road. “As a ZR2 owner myself, I am very concerned about taking my truck off pavement now,” he told us after reading various complaints on owner forums. I started looking into it.

While price – purchase and replacement in the event of an accident – may be legitimate reasons to hate driver assistance technology, most who dislike it find it intrusive, distracting and representative of the nanny state.

The Problem: Electric power steering assist may be lost momentarily, followed by a sudden return of EPS assist, potentially increasing the difficulty of steering the vehicle, especially at low speeds, as well as increasing the risk of a crash.

If there is a truck that will remind you of the classic box style back in the ‘90s then it would be the Syclone. The truck came with low ride height that made it unique as compared to the other pickups. This truck had a great performance; sprinting to 60 mph in 4.6 seconds something that was made possible by its turbocharged 4.3-liter V-6 engine.

We were impressed with Traverse’s long and impressive list of uplevel features and smart technologies. Some of our favorites included the Enhanced Smart Slide seat that provides easy access to the third row, even with an empty forward-facing child seat in place using the LATCH system; Teen Driver technology; USB ports in all three rows; 12-volt power outlet; heated, power-adjustable outside mirrors; and capless fuel fill.

Increasing foreign investment and strengthening of infrastructure backed by government ‘Build, Build, Build’ program will drive the market for the diesel gensets in the country.

It’s also worth noting that the Chevrolet Colorado isn’t the only vehicle that has had such an issue. Nissan truck owners have been complaining about airbags deploying off-road for years (here’s a video showing it happen on an Xterra).

B) On the twisty 2 lane by my brother’s house, I was not going much more than the speed limit, maybe 45 in a 35 in an absolutely minimally populated and minimally driven (at almots midnight) back road. I’d have seen any oncoming cars by their headlights, and I was never entering the oncoming lane, just putting a tire on either the center divider or the edge line to carve a cleaner corner. The system absolutely freaked out about this.

“The QSK60, with its proven track record in the marine market, now has cleaner emissions, extended warranty coverage and the same world class service and support.” Schacht continued, “The QSK60 is the first Cummins engine platform to receive the IMO 3 certification but other engines will follow in the near future using similar SCR configurations.”

“As for the demeaning: “Get these awful poor people and their cheap/old cars off the roads and away from my precious children!!!” post. In Ontario we have strict regulations regarding vehicle safety inspections and police officers regularly pull unsafe vehicles off the road. And for a very good reason, if your vehicle is unsafe, it is putting everyone else on the road in danger. Much like driving impaired.”

Not all diesel trucks are made equally and when considering buying a used diesel truck avoid looking into GMC and Chevy trucks with the diesel 5.7-liter models. The engine fitted in this trucks is the same as those in vintage Oldsmobile.

A backup camera is essential for any vehicle that has poor visibility of the area 4′-8′ behind the vehicle. In essence, that covers every vehicle made today, what with their high belt lines and high tailgates. In trying to block the headlamp beams of following cars, nearly all visibility of anything shorter than about 4′ is essentially invisible. Worse, it is harder than ever to know exactly WHERE your ‘bumper’ is as you are backing, meaning you will stop ridiculously short of an obstacle (ever watch some people backing out of parking spaces?) or end up crashing into one because they were driving by ‘feel’. I’ve been driving my own new pickup truck for two months so far and still can’t estimate exactly where my front and rear corners are, relative to nearby obstacles. The rear-view camera ensures I don’t back into anything while I have a tendency to stop a full 2 feet short of where I THINK the front-end is. I’m still working on getting the overall ‘feel’ of this truck.