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Long story short; needed something able to fit a baby stroller, groceries and whatnot whilst able to tow a car on a trailer. Bid on various auctions and somehow ended up an owner of a 2011 Tahoe although I bid mostly on pick-up trucks and vans.

Long story long; First impression is it worked out for the better, absolutely in love with this beast of a car, I used to drive a little Hyundai. Hell, biggest engine I've ever had was a 1.8 litre turbo and that was an 80's Nissan. Whenever I go uphill it feels like it might as well just dig through it.

It's got its issues for sure, and I hope I found the right forum to discuss them.
Minor wandering steering, rear air suspension is all up in the air making it feel like commandeering a boat at times (why is there absolutely no mention of suspension in the manual btw?). Service park assist blocking out my nav/media unit and whatnot. But for a vehicle with 260k miles on it i'm baffled by how quiet a massive V8 engine can be. Turn off the AC and idling sound is literally halved until it's a quiet little trickle of ticks like a well tuned clock.
Perhaps due to its speed limiter (local regulation) topping out at 56mph but for small roads it's more than enough anyways so whatever.

LTZ trim too so it got cooling seats and whatnot. Cool but I mostly see it as more parts able to go bad. Right side mirror indicators are dead too now come to think of it (left side has a red arrow displayed when you blink left and some sort of blind sector alert so I'm most likely gonna look up how to fix the right one

Can't even begin to imagine how a Suburban would feel like, but I bet this Tahoe gives a proper first impression on what a real big car feels like.

On my to-do list is to fix that parking sensor issue, suspension, then go metalbrushing and in fact brush painting the underside cos it's gonna be a keeper and our hauler, it's decided.
 

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Welcome to the forum from Ohio, “The Heart Of It All”.

I was in Tampere many times working back in the 2018-2019 timeframe. I believe it was Näsijärvi Lake where my friend Nara fell through the ice. No harm done but his pants did freeze solid.

A very hospitable country.

Hope you get a lot of enjoyment out of your Tahoe.
 

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Long story short; needed something able to fit a baby stroller, groceries and whatnot whilst able to tow a car on a trailer. Bid on various auctions and somehow ended up an owner of a 2011 Tahoe although I bid mostly on pick-up trucks and vans.

Long story long; First impression is it worked out for the better, absolutely in love with this beast of a car, I used to drive a little Hyundai. Hell, biggest engine I've ever had was a 1.8 litre turbo and that was an 80's Nissan. Whenever I go uphill it feels like it might as well just dig through it.

It's got its issues for sure, and I hope I found the right forum to discuss them.
Minor wandering steering, rear air suspension is all up in the air making it feel like commandeering a boat at times (why is there absolutely no mention of suspension in the manual btw?). Service park assist blocking out my nav/media unit and whatnot. But for a vehicle with 260k miles on it i'm baffled by how quiet a massive V8 engine can be. Turn off the AC and idling sound is literally halved until it's a quiet little trickle of ticks like a well tuned clock.
Perhaps due to its speed limiter (local regulation) topping out at 56mph but for small roads it's more than enough anyways so whatever.

LTZ trim too so it got cooling seats and whatnot. Cool but I mostly see it as more parts able to go bad. Right side mirror indicators are dead too now come to think of it (left side has a red arrow displayed when you blink left and some sort of blind sector alert so I'm most likely gonna look up how to fix the right one

Can't even begin to imagine how a Suburban would feel like, but I bet this Tahoe gives a proper first impression on what a real big car feels like.

On my to-do list is to fix that parking sensor issue, suspension, then go metalbrushing and in fact brush painting the underside cos it's gonna be a keeper and our hauler, it's decided.
I can't imagine being limited to 56 mph!!!! These trucks can fly down the highways here at 85 mph comfortably all day long......I do this very consistently.

Happy to have you on board!
 

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Long story short; needed something able to fit a baby stroller, groceries and whatnot whilst able to tow a car on a trailer. Bid on various auctions and somehow ended up an owner of a 2011 Tahoe although I bid mostly on pick-up trucks and vans.

Long story long; First impression is it worked out for the better, absolutely in love with this beast of a car, I used to drive a little Hyundai. Hell, biggest engine I've ever had was a 1.8 litre turbo and that was an 80's Nissan. Whenever I go uphill it feels like it might as well just dig through it.

It's got its issues for sure, and I hope I found the right forum to discuss them.
Minor wandering steering, rear air suspension is all up in the air making it feel like commandeering a boat at times (why is there absolutely no mention of suspension in the manual btw?). Service park assist blocking out my nav/media unit and whatnot. But for a vehicle with 260k miles on it i'm baffled by how quiet a massive V8 engine can be. Turn off the AC and idling sound is literally halved until it's a quiet little trickle of ticks like a well tuned clock.
Perhaps due to its speed limiter (local regulation) topping out at 56mph but for small roads it's more than enough anyways so whatever.

LTZ trim too so it got cooling seats and whatnot. Cool but I mostly see it as more parts able to go bad. Right side mirror indicators are dead too now come to think of it (left side has a red arrow displayed when you blink left and some sort of blind sector alert so I'm most likely gonna look up how to fix the right one

Can't even begin to imagine how a Suburban would feel like, but I bet this Tahoe gives a proper first impression on what a real big car feels like.

On my to-do list is to fix that parking sensor issue, suspension, then go metalbrushing and in fact brush painting the underside cos it's gonna be a keeper and our hauler, it's decided.
You can check the parking sensors by waving a hand in front of each one at a time being sure to not cover any other, if one does not beep then it is bad or perhaps not aligned properly if any are crooked or have physical damage that will cause the error, also check the harness and see if they are all connected properly. In the meantime you can turn it off in the settings
 

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