[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.