Fosscore's 2013 Suburban LTZ Build Thread

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Just a baby!

 

[Fosscore]

Got a chance to do some detailing after the morning yard work.

Engine bay, seats wiped and treated, carpet vacuumed, floor mats cleaned, wiped the paint down with some Collintes Mr. Collin’s 820 Auto Detailer.

Thankfully I left AZ.
6” of snow at my mum’s house. Much nicer here. Rain coming this week but hey 1 day with a clean ride always get comments from our neighbors. I’ll take it.

Just a few pics. And a story about the Buick and my daughter….will have to circle back for that one next post lol.

 

[Fosscore]

So I got up early to wash the Buick in the dark before the school/work run and I see these scratches that were not there before I was away for work. With the wife and both kids driving the Buick, it is hard to keep track of who is/has/will do what/when to the zippy ride. Well the next day, in the afternoon with the setting sun shining on the paint, I see a few more scuffs starting on that passenger side on the lower front fender and the lower gloss black passenger rocker and lower rear rocker too to go along with the scratch and dent on/just behind the gas cap. Hmm...looks like a bit more of a hit than what she let on once she decided to tell me.

So I enquire and the story finally develops from my daughter and a picture is produced with a mailbox from her friend's house that she backed out of their driveway and not only knocked it over, but dragged it out of the ground. She keeps telling me the story and me not getting mad but I said, "What the f?"?

She proceeded to tell me that she was mortified about knocking over their mailbox and wanted to make sure it was ok. Her friend's dad had already put it back in place and said no worries. Notice the direction of care? The fkn mailbox, but not the fact that she raked some scratches and a dent down the side of my other vehicle! lol I did not rip her a new one, but kind of laughed and said a few choice words and advised that I should have been #1, not the mailbox.

Anyways, up early today, even with the time change and I was just going to polish out the marks, which turned into a full cut, polish and window treatment, vacuum and leather wipe down. (They just cannot help themselves in leaving the Buick a mess when I am not around and they have zero interest in making the effort either....ugghhh...thankfully I enjoy it, but sheesh at least take your trash and shake the sand outta the floor mats puuullease!!).

 

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Well my work turned out pretty good all things considered. The gas cap scratch has cut into the paint, so that is not coming out for now or the dent . There is a dent match on the driver's rear door too from the point of someone else's door that they just flat out hammered it into the Buick. Could have been at school...who knows? Bummer, 2 dings that went into the paint and the lower rocker scuffs would need a wetsand to make them completely clean, buuuut to the average eye, it looks pretty sweet being so low and dark, even in the gloss paint. So now I've got it polished and looking pretty darn good. Time for an oil change and I see the tires on this one are getting down to the wear indicator.

 

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Wife saw me videoing her as she headed off for some errands....so she sort of romped on it a bit.

 

[adventurenali92]

Such a good looking and sounding burb! Too bad the kid swiped the mailbox but that’s how they learn. Been there done that myself a handful of times over the years of being a young teenager lol. Hopefully she learns to tell you next time but hopefully she’s remorseful and learned the lesson.

 

[Fosscore]

2010 Toyota Camry LE
75,000 miles

Picked up this gem a few weeks ago for my son to take to college. He was a late bloomer and didn't get his D/L until he turned 18. He's graduates in May 2025 and starts summer session at University of Central Florida, Orlando in June 2025. That way he has no excuse not to drive home and keep his mother happy. Only 4 hours with a stop at the rest area.

I looked for a few weeks, got busy with work and he was sort of interested, but not really researching it and then it all happened in a few days. We took him to a stealership one Sunday so he could see and feel the car. It was a newer model with more miles, had a list of things they had done to make it ready for sale. They wouldn't let him test drive, so I drove it down the road. We left to a nearby dealer to see another car and we got the usual muppet show there. Absolutely busy, nobody looked like they knew what they were doing, whole families waiting. Chaos. I humored the moment for my son, wanting to leave as soon as I got there. The best part was eyeballing the red 1990s F150 siting in the parking lot. The cars we came to see were already sold, so back to the other location as the heavens opened up sending rain and hellfire all around.

We looked again, then went inside while it pounded down. The salesman messed about then came back with number showing $6000 more than the listed price. What a load of b.s.! We left and I could tell he was bit deflated. My wife later told me he wasn't feeling the car anyways.

We found a "good looking" Honda Accord that wasn't a one man band dealer, organized the meet up time and went to test drive it. As soon as I saw it, I said oh my, so much wrong, missing, ripped seats under seat covers, engine bay corners full of leaves, missing wheel well liner, scratches, nicks and little dents, missing splash guard underneath, Christmas tree lights on the DIC, rotten wood under the spare tire , etc... He said his wife just tired of driving it and the dealer said not to worry about this, CarFax wasn't too bad by what was written, but it was rough. We both just got a not-so-good feeling on the test drive and he wouldn't shut up so I could play with buttons and listen. We left and went to have lunch at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. That was a hard pass!

We got home and this Camry had just listed the night before, but nobody had snapped it up. I wanted to send a message but had waited, as my wife didn't want an older car. But my son wanted the older body style and didn't really care about the tech and just wanted some wheels. Wife working on emotion and me too. Just wrong end of that stick. lol

So I messaged the seller and he said it was still for sale. I got the troops interested and loaded into the Suburban for another rush hour run 45 minutes to the north to see the car. as I knew in my gut it would sell ASAP. The CarFax looked good and as soon as we saw it, other than the faded hood with some round chips through the paint and faded roof, it looked, smelled and felt right. He let us go for a test drive without him. After all, we had to come back and collect the Suburban. The interior I would say is an 8/9 out of 10. Had 20% tint on the windows, old school CD player, non-JBL system that sounded pretty good, random 1 rear rubber floor mat and the seats and interior were plush, comfy and no issues. It had a minor fender bender in front and a new bumper installed. It drove and sounded great. No rust, still shiny (needs paint correction badly) everywhere else. Tires were 2019, but not too bad on first look. Small dent in the trunk lid. Made him climb in the trunk and let himself out with the pulll handle. So much room, plus the seats push down flat too.

It felt right, my wifed like it (especially after that Honda Accord POS) and my son loved it. We paid the man cash and took me almost 30 minutes to get it insured to drive home.

He and I drove home with no plates and the Suburban running our 6. Jamming some tunes, he was doing 75mph laid back like Sir-Mix-A-Lots "My Hooptie". Speed limit is 65mph. Told him to slow his roll with no plates.

So cool!

Took it down to my buddy's shop for an inspection on the lift. Very slight rear main seal leak, needed 2 new tires and 2 new belts. Windscreen washer reservoir was full, but not squirting, so need to look into that. Fluids, brakes and plugs/wires all looked good. My buddy, said yep a unicorn and a good car to send him up the road to school.

Wife went to Maaco the next day to get a quote on a paint job. I was like slow your roll woman! Let the boy drive it to school and earn that paint job. See if he doesn't wreck it. Her friend who gave her the Maaco owner's number had her daughters' Kia Soul painted and she totaled it the first day or two after she got it back. Let him roll with some patina and not be bothered by it. I will polish it out and get rid of the scratches as best I can to make it shine. The dull topsides, no worries. He doesn't really care and he wants to jam the box of CDs we have held on to as well. Got him a 3.5mm to USB C aux cord from Amazon and he is booming his way down the road now. $47 to fill up the tank and I was 2-3 tanks in the Suburban and he was still a bit under 1/2 a tank. Granted I have to drive more than him, but still.

So, anyways...great first car and he loves it. 4 cylinder so no speed racer, better on insurance that has increased 4x since both kids are on the policy and a 3rd car. Daughter is soon to be next. OMG!!
The Camry is a win in my book!! Need to take his front tire off so he can learn how do that properly one morning when he comes out.....lol. He was interested in that stuff when he was younger, then stopped taking interest.

 

[Tonyrodz]

2010 Toyota Camry LE
75,000 miles
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Picked up this gem a few weeks ago for my son to take to college. He was a late bloomer and didn't get his D/L until he turned 18. He's graduates in May 2025 and starts summer session at University of Central Florida, Orlando in June 2025. That way he has no excuse not to drive home and keep his mother happy. Only 4 hours with a stop at the rest area.

I looked for a few weeks, got busy with work and he was sort of interested, but not really researching it and then it all happened in a few days. We took him to a stealership one Sunday so he could see and feel the car. It was a newer model with more miles, had a list of things they had done to make it ready for sale. They wouldn't let him test drive, so I drove it down the road. We left to a nearby dealer to see another car and we got the usual muppet show there. Absolutely busy, nobody looked like they knew what they were doing, whole families waiting. Chaos. I humored the moment for my son, wanting to leave as soon as I got there. The best part was eyeballing the red 1990s F150 siting in the parking lot. The cars we came to see were already sold, so back to the other location as the heavens opened up sending rain and hellfire all around.

We looked again, then went inside while it pounded down. The salesman messed about then came back with number showing $6000 more than the listed price. What a load of b.s.! We left and I could tell he was bit deflated. My wife later told me he wasn't feeling the car anyways.

We found a "good looking" Honda Accord that wasn't a one man band dealer, organized the meet up time and went to test drive it. As soon as I saw it, I said oh my, so much wrong, missing, ripped seats under seat covers, engine bay corners full of leaves, missing wheel well liner, scratches, nicks and little dents, missing splash guard underneath, Christmas tree lights on the DIC, rotten wood under the spare tire , etc... He said his wife just tired of driving it and the dealer said not to worry about this, CarFax wasn't too bad by what was written, but it was rough. We both just got a not-so-good feeling on the test drive and he wouldn't shut up so I could play with buttons and listen. We left and went to have lunch at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. That was a hard pass!

We got home and this Camry had just listed the night before, but nobody had snapped it up. I wanted to send a message but had waited, as my wife didn't want an older car. But my son wanted the older body style and didn't really care about the tech and just wanted some wheels. Wife working on emotion and me too. Just wrong end of that stick. lol

So I messaged the seller and he said it was still for sale. I got the troops interested and loaded into the Suburban for another rush hour run 45 minutes to the north to see the car. as I knew in my gut it would sell ASAP. The CarFax looked good and as soon as we saw it, other than the faded hood with some round chips through the paint and faded roof, it looked, smelled and felt right. He let us go for a test drive without him. After all, we had to come back and collect the Suburban. The interior I would say is an 8/9 out of 10. Had 20% tint on the windows, old school CD player, non-JBL system that sounded pretty good, random 1 rear rubber floor mat and the seats and interior were plush, comfy and no issues. It had a minor fender bender in front and a new bumper installed. It drove and sounded great. No rust, still shiny (needs paint correction badly) everywhere else. Tires were 2019, but not too bad on first look. Small dent in the trunk lid. Made him climb in the trunk and let himself out with the pulll handle. So much room, plus the seats push down flat too.

It felt right, my wifed like it (especially after that Honda Accord POS) and my son loved it. We paid the man cash and took me almost 30 minutes to get it insured to drive home.

He and I drove home with no plates and the Suburban running our 6. Jamming some tunes, he was doing 75mph laid back like Sir-Mix-A-Lots "My Hooptie". Speed limit is 65mph. Told him to slow his roll with no plates.

So cool!

Took it down to my buddy's shop for an inspection on the lift. Very slight rear main seal leak, needed 2 new tires and 2 new belts. Windscreen washer reservoir was full, but not squirting, so need to look into that. Fluids, brakes and plugs/wires all looked good. My buddy, said yep a unicorn and a good car to send him up the road to school.

Wife went to Maaco the next day to get a quote on a paint job. I was like slow your roll woman! Let the boy drive it to school and earn that paint job. See if he doesn't wreck it. Her friend who gave her the Maaco owner's number had her daughters' Kia Soul painted and she totaled it the first day or two after she got it back. Let him roll with some patina and not be bothered by it. I will polish it out and get rid of the scratches as best I can to make it shine. The dull topsides, no worries. He doesn't really care and he wants to jam the box of CDs we have held on to as well. Got him a 3.5mm to USB C aux cord from Amazon and he is booming his way down the road now. $47 to fill up the tank and I was 2-3 tanks in the Suburban and he was still a bit under 1/2 a tank. Granted I have to drive more than him, but still.

So, anyways...great first car and he loves it. 4 cylinder so no speed racer, better on insurance that has increased 4x since both kids are on the policy and a 3rd car. Daughter is soon to be next. OMG!!
The Camry is a win in my book!! Need to take his front tire off so he can learn how do that properly one morning when he comes out.....lol. He was interested in that stuff when he was younger, then stopped taking interest.
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Nice dependable car there. Should be no mechanical surprises in the future. I'm sure that dent could be handled by a dent repair guy. Hopefully he
knows The basics, especially since he'll be on the road commuting. Gotta get that box of necessities--zip ties, duct tape, bottles of water and coolant. Oh--don't forget a basics set of tools from HF. Can't go wrong with those.

 

[Fosscore]

Nice dependable car there. Should be no mechanical surprises in the future. I'm sure that dent could be handled by a dent repair guy. Hopefully he
knows The basics, especially since he'll be on the road commuting. Gotta get that box of necessities--zip ties, duct tape, bottles of water and coolant. Oh--don't forget a basics set of tools from HF. Can't go wrong with those.

Thx Tony. Yes all good points and he needs a 101 on the car. HF is on the list and just down the road.