Thinking about buying a Tahoe

[chim]

Had a 2007 Tahoe company vehicle and when I turned it in it had well over 300,000 miles on it. Engine still sounded like a new one. Did have to replace the cats along the way.

 

[bigtiller]

My town buys them for cop cars.

 

[chim]

Our local dealer "launders" 100's of Chevy vehicles for the state and probably other fleets. When the Covid/chip baloney had inventories low, they got stuck with 4 or 5 bright red stripped Tahoes that were supposed to go to fire services somewhere. Although the SUV's were very humble there was no getting a deal on them.

 

[5030]

Little word of experience here.. The Holley OBD delete won't fit ever year of Burb or Tahoe so you need to check their website but if it fits, it's 100% plug and play, eliminates the oil burning and the motor 'sounds' much happier as well.

If you don't want to go that route or the module won't fit your year, just remove the Molex connector on the backside of the power brake booster. That does the same thing but you will get a 'check engine light' doing that. How I started out before getting the module and it's my wife's vehicle so the module is the best for her. Mileage stayed the same, if anything it got a little better and no more 4 cylinder weinie engine either.

GM does that for their CAFE rating. It's a terrible fix in my view.

 

[deerefan]

Little word of experience here.. The Holley OBD delete won't fit ever year of Burb or Tahoe so you need to check their website but if it fits, it's 100% plug and play, eliminates the oil burning and the motor 'sounds' much happier as well.

If you don't want to go that route or the module won't fit your year, just remove the Molex connector on the backside of the power brake booster. That does the same thing but you will get a 'check engine light' doing that. How I started out before getting the module and it's my wife's vehicle so the module is the best for her. Mileage stayed the same, if anything it got a little better and no more 4 cylinder weinie engine either.

GM does that for their CAFE rating. It's a terrible fix in my view.

Agreed. The cylinder deactivation is plagued with problems, the worst being lifter/engine failures costing consumers a fortune.

 

[Hay Dude]

My dream SUV is a Tahoe/Dmax
Make mine black with tinted glass and some nice tires
And an extended warranty

 

[5030]

My dream SUV is a Tahoe/Dmax
Make mine black with tinted glass and some nice tires
And an extended warranty

You must live on a paved road. Here, any dark finish vehicle always looks dirty simply because we live on a dirt / gravel road. Far as the 4-6-8 cutout deal, all that is about is GM upping their CAFE standard at the consumer's expense. Terrible design.

 

[Hay Dude]

You must live on a paved road. Here, any dark finish vehicle always looks dirty simply because we live on a dirt / gravel road. Far as the 4-6-8 cutout deal, all that is about is GM upping their CAFE standard at the consumer's expense. Terrible design.

Yeah well I’m not worried about 4-6-8 because as I said, mine would be a Duramax.
They make garden hoses for dirty cars, so dark colors are fine for me.

Your continual criticism and negativity of everything someone likes that you don’t is incredible.

 

[nbking]

My wife has had a few Tahoe's. 2003, 2008, and currently driving 2017 with 62,000. She loves them. No problems with the 03, or 08, the 17 needed a water pump under warranty and a thermostat last year. They have been great vehicles for us. The 17 is a midnight edition Z71, and has been her favorite. Had exhaust on the 08, mistake in my opinion, as it would go to 4 cylinder and sound like crap. Ha ha.

 

[WM75Guy]

My dream SUV is a Tahoe/Dmax
Make mine black with tinted glass and some nice tires
And an extended warranty

I like the GMC front end. Went with 2024 Yukon/3.0 Duramax in white with brown interior, to match my 3500HD. Both with extended warranty. Too hot in Texas for black vehicles.