Upgraded from a 2008 Denali to a 2009 Eski

swathdiver said:

Hey Pete, one of those Canadian 4G modules showed up on Ebay yesterday but was gone in minutes! How is your set up working?

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petethepug said:

It’s probably the one you saw I just snatched. I thought about doing the make an offer thing but knew I’d regret it if I lost it after waiting a year for one to pop up, let alone one from an 11 Esky with cell phone access.

The current 09 Canadian VCIM is still happy as a clam in the 09 Esky here Cali. When I do call into O/S for something there’s always long pauses. I can tell they’re looking at their screens seeing 09 Tahoe Hybrid as the customer vehicle. Most of the O/S employees are unaware 07-14 Canadian customers could upgrade to 3/4G “F” code modules.

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petethepug said:

We've owned our Denali XL AWD since ’14. The focus was catching the missed maintenance while under a service contract for the next four years. When something lit the DIC or made a noise, nothing was a surprise anymore. The itch to make changes to the lighting and tires was getting louder. While looking for current market value I noticed SoCal is currently in short supply or 1-3 owner 07-09 NNBS Denali XL but TX is prime and also for Burb’s and ESV.

Saw that it was possible to pick up an Eski AWD in TX for the same as a Denali XL AWD in CA. Stumbled on a unicorn 09 Platinum with the Hella designed led headlamps for $15k. Laid out a deposit, called an independent inspector for $169 and the deal was done for $14K. Since '09, $70K fell off in depreciation. We're the 3rd owner of this Eski @ 130 clicks. On the Denali, we're the 2nd owner @ 140 clicks. In six years we put 40K mi on the Denali. It made sense to swap the vehicles, there's no way I could of pulled off adding every feature and option a Platinum is spec'd with.

The Denali is being sold to a friend who I promised would get 1st dibs when the day came. Monday it's getting the roof painted to cure GM’s famous black paint clear coat failure, then a full detail. Once it’s complete, I’ll post both of em up like an old bar pic for Dewar’s.

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petethepug said:

07-14 Yukon owners are really are lucky now. The aftermarket led projector lamp assemblies completely smoke these early led spider eye led on the platinum Esky’s. They’re more nostalgic than technologically advanced.

The main benefit is that I won’t be getting into any of the panels to replace bulbs for a really long time. On the note that they’re hard to remove is probably the only reason I haven’t come out in the morning to find a truck without headlamps.

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