Diesel Appropriate?

[contenderv07]

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some opinions.... My wife is looking to get a Yukon, but I'm trying to decide if it's "safe" to get a diesel or not. She works from home and travels MAYBE 10 miles a day. The one thing I worry about it the regens since she doesn't travel long enough to really burn it off until maybe the weekend. I've had 3 diesels but none of them had any emissions so this is out of my wheelhouse. Let me know what yall think

 

[B-train]

I wouldn't go diesel for that type of driving. You will end up having issues I believe. The new diesel systems aren't like the OG setups, they need long stretches to keepnthe catalyst hot.

She probably just needs a Chevy Bolt. LOL

 

[contenderv07]

I wouldn't go diesel for that type of driving. You will end up having issues I believe. The new diesel systems aren't like the OG setups, they need long stretches to keepnthe catalyst hot.

She probably just needs a Chevy Bolt. LOL

thats what I was thinking too (about the bolt LOL). If these things didn't have any emmisions on them, I'd be all over it, but I also know diesels are meant to be driven long distances. In saying that, would the 5.3 be ok, or get the 6.2?? I would really like to turn the cylinder deactivation off if we get gas

 

[swathdiver]

Get the 6.2! Whatever you get, get a battery tender as the battery will become depleted from the short hops and sitting so much.

 

[Marky Dissod]

... In saying that, would the 5.3L be ok, or get the 6.2L?

If you need your vehicle to work (or play) HARD, 6.2L.
If you only need it to go places and protect yourself from bad weather, 5.3L is ok.

I would really like to turn the cylinder deactivation off ...

Good, do that, even if only by using a plug-in of some sort.
(A tune is better bang for the buck, lots more fun, AND the transmission will last longer before its rebuild too.)
Turning off lazy cylinder mode, and changing oil sooner than the Oil Life Monitor suggests,
will keep the lifters as healthy as reasonably possible for as long as possible.

 

[TollKeeper]

At 10 miles a day, I know I would be looking at a Hybrid or a EV. Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Lexus Hybrid/EV, Chevy Bolt/Blazer EV, Tesla Model Y/X, Rivian, etc.

Diesel is out for what was mentioned above. It needs stretches to get the SCR/Catalyst hot.

And I would not be buying any gasoline product from any of the big 3 right now.

 

[contenderv07]

thanks everyone! I wish we could get something smaller but we have to have a large SUV. I've got a 2019 Tundra that I'm going to run in the ground because that engine won't die. Its hard for me to get anything that these newer SUVs have, with turbos. They just scare me