Early 2000-2005 Chevy Tahoe vs. Toyota Sequoia

[turbotalon1g]

I'll be putting my BMW for sale soon and replacing it with an SUV to take over DD/Towing duty.

I was curious if anyone had any experience with either of said vehicles.

i'm only looking to spend $5k max which seems to net me quite a choice surprisingly.

I haven't driven either for a few years, so I will be doing so hopefully next weekend.

Thanks
Aaron

[dogwhistle]

A little bit of both actually.

My mother actually owned a 2002 Tahoe LT and it was actually a fantastic vehicle from a reliability and drivability standpoint. Definitely super light steering wheel, and very peppy 5.3 especially on e85 (flexfuel). It was however terrible on gas but I guess 12mpg average isn't out of the normal for most halfton style vehicles of the era. Overall pretty impressed with it and held up over the course of several years of daily driving, towing, and roadtrips. Tire choice made a huge difference with how well it handles and what kind of snow traction it had. The 4wd with the auto mode and 4 high as well as 4 low was also very helpful. A clear winner out of the two.

I have driven a good amount, the top of the line most loaded you could order 2007 Sequoia that my grandfather purchased as a retirement vehicle. It has the worst gas pedal and steering feedback ever. It also had terrible mileage and ran into several maintenance challenges but then again that may have been a bad service department. Overall the price and performance was just not worth it and not to mention the ergonomics were very poor but at least the seats were comfortable for a slim guy haha. I cannot say I have experience with the prior generations, nor it in towing or anything under heavy load but I can say I'd never buy one compared to the Tahoe. Especially considering price.

[b00sted_spyder]

Tahoe/yukon are easy to work on. Research on pump rub on transfer case. I rebuild those t-cases all the time. Transmissions usually fail around 100k- 150k miles depending on how the vehicle was maintained. Parts are easy to find. If I had a choice, it'd be a yukon> sequoia. Toyota parts are just too expensive. And I really hate doing the rear axle bearings on toyota suv/pick ups.

[Goat Blower]

I've had both, Tahoe hands down. Sequoias are nice, but not in the $5k range. They hold their value better than the the Tahoe, hence you get less for your money at that range.

[JET]

We have a 2003 Denali, just a fancy version. The main reason the trannies go out is they switched to plastic accumlator pistons in the tranny. You can buy the aluminum ones for under $5 and don't have to pull the tranny to swap them. Our tranny went out at 116k and the piston for the 2-3 was broke. Other than that it has been a great vehicle. Got it with 70k on it and 146k now.

[b00sted_spyder]

We have a 2003 Denali, just a fancy version. The main reason the trannies go out is they switched to plastic accumlator pistons in the tranny. You can buy the aluminum ones for under $5 and don't have to pull the tranny to swap them. Our tranny went out at 116k and the piston for the 2-3 was broke. Other than that it has been a great vehicle. Got it with 70k on it and 146k now.

Just hope that the awd transfer case doesn't fail. I have only rebuilt 1 of them and the main shaft spline were twisted. Probably from abuse.

[turbotalon1g]

We have a 2003 Denali, just a fancy version. The main reason the trannies go out is they switched to plastic accumlator pistons in the tranny. You can buy the aluminum ones for under $5 and don't have to pull the tranny to swap them. Our tranny went out at 116k and the piston for the 2-3 was broke. Other than that it has been a great vehicle. Got it with 70k on it and 146k now.

I'd like to get that one, but it seems most out there are the Denali XL, which I don't want.

[Goat Blower]

Ive got the new style 2007 with 175k miles and it's needed nothing. Only issue has been oil consumption from the cylinder deactivation, I'm bringing in to chevy this week. Great truck and I'll be getting the same thing again in a year or two.

[turbotalon1g]

Flying out to TX this weekend to find something, drove a Yukon XL and a yukon back to back.
Decided to not rule out the XL or suburbans.

[goodhart]

Get some Mike Anderson's and free birds