Back up to 34 cylinders in the fleet

"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario) 12/03/2018 at 07:05 • Filed to: Totally necessary car buying with Mario

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Picked this up on Saturday

It’ll be the wife’s vehicle and double as the tow rig for any towing needs.

Only 82000 miles on it, paid a little bit of a premium, but the low miles, maintenance records, and general condition made me fine with that.

This means the wife’s Matrix will be demoted to my daily. The F150 will be retired from daily duties, be for “truck stuff” and bad winter days and eventually become a project (turbo I6 is my dream).

getFuckedHerb > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 12/03/2018 at 08:46

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Those damn things command a serious premium with less than 150k on them. It’s a denali so I assume 6.2, solid truck for wifu duties.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > getFuckedHerb 12/03/2018 at 09:03

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Yea, 6.2 and it was a bit more than everything else under 150k but not obscene so we pulled the trigger.

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 12/03/2018 at 09:12

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Soooooo, rallycrossing the truck next year?

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > shop-teacher 12/03/2018 at 09:13

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Yup ...I’d like to find a trailer though so I don’t have to borrow one every time.

William Byrd > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 12/03/2018 at 09:23

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What year? Our 2011 Yukon XL threw a couple of rods, we had 120K or so on it . I think there was a bad engine design between 2011-2013, so if it’s in that window be careful. There was a class action suit b/c GM changed the engine design for 2014.  Regardless, good purchase (probably), we loved ours before it grenaded. 

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 12/03/2018 at 09:34

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The automotive equivalent of a bar ca- lounger

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > William Byrd 12/03/2018 at 09:37

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2007, I didn’t find anything about common issues besides the transfer case being a common failure between 150-200k miles

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 12/03/2018 at 09:50

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420!

William Byrd > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 12/03/2018 at 10:05

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Yep, I think you’re good!  Solid purchase, we loved ours. 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > William Byrd 12/03/2018 at 10:09

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I think I have yet to meet someone who didn’t love their Suburban/Tahoe/Yukon...the fact that it also has the 6.2 and is loaded is a big bonus. We plan on basically running this until it’s scrap, which should be a long long ways off.

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 12/03/2018 at 10:54

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Cool!