96-99 Suburban Owners
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From: Twin Falls, Idaho
suburbans are reliable..the 4x4 system is NOT though. at high miles you will be replacing u-joints, transfer case, and of course the crap transmissions they've had in last decade or two.
window regulators are crap. but so are the newer bonnies
window regulators are crap. but so are the newer bonnies
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From: Somewhere south of Ottawa with your girlfriend driving faster then you.
Originally Posted by petraman
STAY AWAY!!!!
MY '97 WAS THE BIGGEST MONEY PIT EVER!!!!!
we put almost 15k dollars into that car
MY '97 WAS THE BIGGEST MONEY PIT EVER!!!!!
we put almost 15k dollars into that car
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We have a 98 Yukon SLT Vortec 5700 and push button 4wd.
We've had some fuelling issues, a part broke, causing it to almost flood itself everytime it sat for an entire day.
Brakes... well, suck. We go through them like a high school student goes through lunch money. Now we've got some hardened slotted rotors, but they're still slightly warped.
Thing is GREAT offroad though. We went wheeling in moab and it amazed me what it could do.
We've had some fuelling issues, a part broke, causing it to almost flood itself everytime it sat for an entire day.
Brakes... well, suck. We go through them like a high school student goes through lunch money. Now we've got some hardened slotted rotors, but they're still slightly warped.
Thing is GREAT offroad though. We went wheeling in moab and it amazed me what it could do.
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From: Somewhere different on the globe every month....
The 4x4 is lever controled, not push button. Being that it is a Suburban with ~100K on her clock, I understand that things wear out. Look at how big they are and how much weight is being pushed around :P
If I buy the Burb, it will be the 4th 4x4 that I have owned, however, the only one that I have ever heard the chain drag along the bottom of the case :? Hopefully, I will get to see it today and I'll take a crapload of pics and some videos for y'all
It has the "barndoors" in the back. I prefer that over the tailgate
If I buy the Burb, it will be the 4th 4x4 that I have owned, however, the only one that I have ever heard the chain drag along the bottom of the case :? Hopefully, I will get to see it today and I'll take a crapload of pics and some videos for y'all
It has the "barndoors" in the back. I prefer that over the tailgate
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From: Granville, Ohio ~NEBF '07 Survivor~
Trust me, you'll love the barn doors. There'* a way to swing the doors 180*, and it makes it really great for storing stuff. I used to keep a ramp in the back to roll things in. Cheetah, IIRC, don't you have a Suburban?