Chevy Suburban

That was the best car I ever owned. Had around 250,000 miles on the original engine and tranny when a lady driving too fast on an incy bridge spun out and totalled it a couple of years ago. I'd be driving another if I could afford the $35k to replace it with new and comparable. Insurance company wanted to give me I think it was around $2800 for it due to high miles. I did my research on the internet and showed them enough others going for lots more than that with higher miles, and also that nowadays, 15k miles per year is not high miles by any stretch, especially in an SUV, then showed them that compared to other comparable cars, it was actually medium to low miles. Ended up getting around $4000 for it - still not what it was worth to me, but sure closer to fair.

If you can get the diesel, consider it...best decision in a car I ever made. Over 20 mpg compared to the 12-15 folks with a comparable gas Suburban were getting.

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Lots of rain here which makes for a sloppy mess when in the fields, pulling out of river bottoms (fishing where no ramp), hauling out old iron or just out hunting on the back roads.

The Mrs. has a '93 4x4 Yukon that is nice rig. It has 240K+ plus miles and still running strong. Has the 5.7L (305) which in my opinion is a little weak. Only normal maintenance so far, one alternator and p/s pump hose. I have a '90 K3500 Silverado that is a great truck. It has the 7.4L TBI (454). It is my tractor hauler. Rig has always run well but with gas prices what they are it only sees weekly runs to the dump and an occasional tractor haul.

I have always been a Chevy man and not been disappointed though some of my friends have had problematic rigs. On the Vortec headers I am sure something will get goofy. The 373 gearing is common and most times you have to ask for the 411.

Check out www.alldata.com. I found some good info there on the Yukon.

TIDBIT - Fuel pump recently went out in Yukon. It is located inside the fuel tank. Truck died at the house. Few smacks on the tank bottom from a single bit axe head kept it running long enough until I could get it fixed properly.
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As to the motors, I mis-typed 305 and you are correct 350. I just wish the motor has some more "ooomph". Seems rather sluggish but then the whole rig rides like a hiway car. Really nice rig and plan to rebuild motor this coming fall/winter. Cheaper than new truck payments :)

In general I've found GM trucks to be very reliable, with a caveat. It seems that quality control is very poor so you either get a very good truck or a very problematic truck. Both of mine are(were) very good, I've talked to plenty of people that had bad ones. With any luck by 70k you'll have weeded out the bad ones.
I'd almost think it'd be better to get one with fewer new parts as its probably more likely to be one of the better trucks although you'll have more things to replace. Once you've replaced those parts you'll know more about its history also. Because of fewer replaced parts you might be able to get a lower purchase price.