Suburban, tahoe and yukon guys......
 

well, i'm already thinking about my next vehicle. i really cant stand my truck. it is my second pickup truck and will most likely be my last. i cant believe how little room i have to store sh!t. so i'm looking at one of the three trucks mentioned. i'm only in the begining stages of researching and pricing them out. i know some of you guys have, had or know about them so c'mon and chime in.
i'll be looking at something in the ten year old category.
ok, let it fly.

99 Suburban, love it. Roomy enough to haul alot of stuff and the family and still have room to spare. I have the 1500 4x4 but really wish I had the 2500 for towing capacity (33ft travel trailer). It really depends on what you are looking for though. For a daily driver it is not very practical, I used to spend about $600 or so a month on gas driving to work (35miles each way) and hauling the kids to school and sporting events.

i got an 84 diesel suburban, gets better mpg then my sisterinlaws 2006 with the 5.7. turning radius on all of them aint that great, but the newer diesels get very good mpgs for a full size vehicle, and will rrun practically forever if taken care of. plus plenty of towing power. all three are almost the same vehicles, all offer the same drive trains, but the burbans offer diesel. that would be my choice. all gms have a tendency to rust round the fenders and lower doors, just something to keep an eye out for wichever choice you make. just make sure you dont buy one from some kid who thinks a full size vehicle can be driven like a sport car or rice burner and not be hurt

oh and not sure when or if gmc dropped the suburban name, but you get a gmc suburban you can pick it up a bit cheaper and it is the exact same as the chevrolet for all intents and purposes

If you had got a full size pick-up and clean out the empties behind the seat you would have more room...

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Hey Charlie, didn't we go thru 10 or 12 pages on your last vehicle purchase?:fight:

btw, 99 Suburban, 5.7l 2wd. 218k miles, 18 on the high way running 70 or better, average around 14 around town. Got another motor in the machine shop to replace this on when it goes. I looked hard at getting a newer one, but this ones paid for, in great shape, and I can work on everything on it

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suburban!!!! the only way to go.good ride 15.2 on hwy,towing the daydreamer 13.6. lots of room. this is my 2nd one. the one i have now is a 2005 with hot and cold running!!!! i looked for a long time before i found this one. it was super clean and had o8 wheels on it and custom paint. i did not go out to buy with custom paint it just sort of came all togather had every thing i wanted on it. you can see it in my album.

89 suburban 4x4 ....aka the war wagon at the time my son was playing paintball and it had room for them gear and more room to spare .

Suburban has more room than the other two. Yukon has the most luxury. Tahoe is known to have problems with the electric seat switches, but other than that is a great vehicle. My pick would be the Suburban... We have 4 of them at work as construction vehicles for the foremen, and they just keep running and running.. and our guys put them through some unbelievable terrain daily. :head:

'04 1500 Full time 4wd loaded. 151K

17 MPG Hwy, 10 MPG towing.

In hindsight I could do without all the options. Always fixing something.

Tows ok but the 5.3 makes power at too high RPM's and does a lot of downshifts.

Had water in oil just out of warranty due to porous Castech cylinder head. A couple of cans of Barrs Leaks seems to have fixed it.

Rebuilt the tranny at 120K.

Spare tire winch had typical failure in UP position. While under there noticed almost all the undercoat from the rear axle aft is gone. Going to have to do something about that before winter

My wife doesn't drive it much anymore so I wish it was a 2500 with 6.0 and barn doors.