Early 2000-2005 Chevy Tahoe vs. Toyota Sequoia
 

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Get some Mike Anderson's and free birds

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Yeah, the XL drives surprisingly good. Tight parking lots is the only time it becomes any issue and even then you usually just have to back up a little and go again.

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MABBQ is on the schedule! He's flying in late Friday then taking off after lunch Saturday so he may have to hit up Freebirds on the trip home in Oklahoma or Kansas.

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Start working on 5 more kids so you can utilize the new beast!

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We have a sequoia and its great almost at 300k and runs like new. Hauls very good also

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I definitely prefer the length of the Tahoe for everyday, but if we had a cabin, I'd have to get a Suburban, you can put crap in the back of Ho with the third row up.

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The burban size works great if you are doing a lot of house work or anything also. We haul a ton of stuff in ours.

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Yeah I drove the XL and regular on the same route and parked it in a few parking lots and even in the dealer lot.
However, the visibility in the XL is amazing and makes it a ton easier to back up around objects.

Kracka = if TX was a drug you might be their dealer!

Already practicing! :sex022:

Weird thing is the XL drove smoother than the reg yukon, but that could be vehicle specific. For 90% my drive is 4.6 miles each way, with about 1 of that on the edge of my neighborhood at 40 and the rest at about 60mph.


Yeah, the more I looked into it and talked to people, searched opinions on forums the more I found people preferred to have the room and not need it, really liked being able to fit a lot in the suburban with the doors closed.

The carfax on this shows it's been in TX all it's life and dealer maintained for most of it too.
http://www.acarsone.com/2003_Chevrol..._246811442.veh


Thanks to everyone for the help, I just hope it works out.

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That thing is super clean, nice and good luck!

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Now you must decide...which vehicle shall we drive while Suburban shopping? :)

Might be a good time to take some WOT logs of the Vette for my custom tune that's being worked on ;)

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I don't know whether to cry or laugh, I'm high on chinese food right now.

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This looks a lot nicer: http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/de...8946/overview/

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I owned a 2001 Tahoe LT for about 7 years. Hands down the best vehicle I have ever owned. The only thing I had to do to it was a put in a new battery and replace the front hubs.

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^Blast from the past!

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Here's my current pick: http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/ctd/4767148484.html

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I with hughes on that one. Black > Tan

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That tan one is pretty banged up if you look closely. The black one is in west Ft. Worth, about an hour from my house, but if he's flying all the way down we may as well go the extra few miles.

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Yeah if you're traveling over 900 miles.. mine as well go another 60 for a better truck.

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You definitely want the 2nd row captains chairs.

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Thanks guys, Jungy actually picked it apart.

I am thankful for that. Another big thanks to Hughes for all of this and to evotuner for hooking a brother up.

Right now it's the white one, that has a faulty driver seat heater. (common issue) and then that black one.

Jet, I'm holding out for only ones with 2nd row captains chairs, makes the 3rd row actually usable and easily accessible.

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True that. I made sure I got the second row captains chairs, so much easier, and they're heated as well.

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On a side note, I saw an 02 Sequoia sell for $1600 recently. That was a deal.

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I'm digging that white one.

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Make sure the 4WD works. Being in TX, it's probably never been engaged. It should skip a bit when going in tight circle. There's no good way to check the auto setting, but that should be fine if the 4WD mode works. Also, make sure it has heated seats if you're getting leather, a lot of southern vehicles were ordered without it. Much more common in BMW's though.

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The current list of potentials:

2004 Yukon, silver, Lewisville: http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/4770896252.html

2004 Suburban, green, Dallas: http://www.autoplacetexas.com/invent...-Z71-Dallas-TX

2003 Suburban, white, Dallas: http://www.acarsone.com/2003_Chevrol..._246811442.veh

2003 Suburban, black, Fort Worth: http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/ctd/4767148484.html

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Make sure to make note of tire wear. The green one will likely need new tires for our winter..

Can use that as a bargaining chip to lower sale price or may disqualify one vehicle over another based on price of vehicle plus the cost of new tires etc.

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I like the black 03 suburban

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I was about to post the exact same thing. That green one's tires are shot. They won't do you any good this winter.

Just keep in mind that a semi-decent set of tires for this kind of vehicle is going to run you over $750.

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The first two are sold, which one did you get?

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I think he said he was going to see the Yukon XL first thing tomorrow morning, maybe that's why the post was deleted.

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Easy to do. Already did the driver's side in ours and the pass side just went out. The new ones shouldn't need to be replaced again, their design is better.