It’s Here!

[Blueinterceptor]

Thanks

 

[SAdude]

Because the car is new, repairing un faded paint should be ok. If you’re leasing the car, it’s really not a big deal.
What did you mean about the 22” wheels and corners? I just ordered a tahoe with 22” wheels for the first time and I’m apprehensive.

Enjoy your new car

The 22s right great especially with magnetic ride control. I was apprehensive as well but couldn't be happier now that I own them. Many people have complimented the rims and they just look like the right size for such a big vehicle.

 

[Blueinterceptor]

The 22s right great especially with magnetic ride control. I was apprehensive as well but couldn't be happier now that I own them. Many people have complimented the rims and they just look like the right size for such a big vehicle.

I opted for a set of 22” rims. The Texas edition type


How about the current alenzas. Any issues

 

[89Suburban]

LMAO at the wives and wheels chatter LOL.

 

[Hrocks]

Because the car is new, repairing un faded paint should be ok. If you’re leasing the car, it’s really not a big deal.

I'm with Blue...However, there would be NFW I would take delivery of an $80,000 vehicle with paint (Especially in Black!) or other known issues. However, if it's leased, take their additional discount $$$ and give the vehicle back to them in a few years.

 

[fozzi58]

After seeing the 3 out in the wild now, the GMC is probably my favorite. If money was no object, I would probably opt for the Caddy but the Hoe/Burb look is NOT growing on me. I've given it some time but its just not that appealing. If I was upgrading I would probably go with the GMC

I wouldn't worry too much about the paint. I'm an armature at fixing paint issues and with the right tools and materials I was able to make my faded, scratched jet ski look pretty good. Someone with half a brain and some experience should be able to wipe out your paint issues without breaking a sweat. Its a beautiful ride - good luck with it.

 

[Duke40]

Well we finally took delivery of our 21 Denali!

everything went really smoothly. Got supplier pricing plus Costco discount and a great interest rate. The entire deal was smooth thank goodness.

my first impressions of the Yukon, wow! Just amazing fit and finish on the inside. I really love it. Tons of space!

Unfortunately there is an issue though with the paint. I thought for a second should I be buying this thing given how big these issues are, but I’m hopefully they can take care of them. On the rear right of the vehicle it looks like there are scratches on the very top. Most of them look like they can be buffed out pretty easily. The same thing with the right rear. My biggest concern though is on the hood. It has a few marks on it that I can only describe as being burn marks. It looks like someone left a buffer running on the hood and burned the paint. I’m really worried about that one. The dealer told me they’ll take care of it but I’m not sure how they would do that without reshooting the entire hood on a vehicle with four miles. I’m hopefully it was just the light I saw it in but the dealer saw it too and took photos of it as well.

Also has anyone noticed an extreme burning smell? I’ve had a lot of new cars but I’ve never smelt one like this.

I’ll post pictures tomorrow.


Update:

Working on the picture upload. It’s really too bad about the scratches on the top. They’re worse than I saw last night, but they seem to go away when I lick my finger and rub at them for a second. So I’m confident they’ll come out. The hood mark is really hard to see in the daylight, which is good, but you can kind of see it at certain angles. I provided pictures. We went from four miles to 50 and the smell has gone away a bit. It’s still there but not as bad. Does anyone know what normal transmission operating temp is? On my Duramax with the Allison it was ambient plus 70-90.

I've had my '21 Denali about 5 weeks now and I totally agree about the smell. I've had other vehicles where there's a short period of something burning off somewhere and no biggie. The smell in mine is almost a fuel smell and I took it back to the dealer for obvious reasons. He said there was no leak but it coincided with cold temperature's and he thinks some plastic components in the heater/defrost system as giving off the smell from the heat and he thinks it will go away.
Sure hope so.

 

[SAdude]

I opted for a set of 22” rims. The Texas edition type


How about the current alenzas. Any issues

I also have the TX edition. No issues whatsoever with the tires. I'm pleased overall with the handling of the vehicle.

 

[JGinLA]

The last 18 years I've been doing dealer trades for all the American manufacturers but now it's 99% Fords. The temporary burning smell is a regular occurrence on a lot of new vehicles.
When Ford first went big with aluminum the metal would flop in and out on the driver's door when slammed, you could hear it. They seem to be OK now but we only buy GM.

 

[Campingfamco]

Update:

I brought the beast into the dealer and they were able to fix all of the paint without issue. They said they didn’t need to repaint anything. I’m not sure if they polished it up or what, but it looks great and even looking for any flaws I can’t see them. Crisis over finally!