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Need to buy SUV by end of the year

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12 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I've had two Tahoe's and currently on a Yukon Denali. This will probably be my last of that platform. Seems like each one has progressively gotten worse in quality.  My parents just bought a '19 Tahoe so hopefully that one breaks the trend.

GM doesn't like to put enough transmission behind those engines and then tried to use torque management to make up for it but that just kills the driving experience and creates more heat in the transmission which makes them wear faster. Those LS engines are fantastic but displacement on demand sucks and it's a valve lifter killer. Fortunately, both torque management and DOD can be tuned out through a custom tune (my Denali has DOD tuned out and torque management reduced by 50%).

Agreed.  I, nor my wife will be buying another full size GM product.  Their drivetrains are maddening, to say the least.  I'm sure some of it is cost savings, but the EPA guidelines that these guys are being forced to adhere to are killing the drivetrains.

It's why I'm looking for an F150 now.  V6, but twin turbo.  Good milage, and plenty of power....plus for the first time in my career I need a pickup truck.

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20 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I've had two Tahoe's and currently on a Yukon Denali. This will probably be my last of that platform. Seems like each one has progressively gotten worse in quality.  My parents just bought a '19 Tahoe so hopefully that one breaks the trend.

GM doesn't like to put enough transmission behind those engines and then tried to use torque management to make up for it but that just kills the driving experience and creates more heat in the transmission which makes them wear faster. Those LS engines are fantastic but displacement on demand sucks and it's a valve lifter killer. Fortunately, both torque management and DOD can be tuned out through a custom tune (my Denali has DOD tuned out and torque management reduced by 50%).

Such is life these days.  They don’t make like they used to.

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On 9/12/2019 at 5:03 AM, cookinbrak said:

10 year warranty. Kia is criminally under-rated.

I thought that Telluride might become pretty popular... until I saw one in person and realized just how butt fuging ugly it is. It looks like a broke dick Range Rover Discovery rip-off, another vehicle that is also butt fuging ugly.

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On 9/18/2019 at 11:59 AM, thefuzz said:

The old ones were tanks.  Everything after 06 or so seemed like crap to me.

 

Loved my 2000 Explorer Sport - thing was slow as all get out but loaded to the gills with options and very comfortable to drive. Pretty sure it was in a flood before I bought it but even then it ran flawlessly for me for 8 years until I swapped for a sedan.

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