Should I?

[Webster]

Interior trim. Salvage yards here are bone dry. Looks like there is strong advice to retain the 2005. Thanks to all who have responded.

 

[CaptainAmerica1]

Keep the 2005

 

[TILA]

Keep the 2005

From someone who had a 2002 Suburban LT who recently was on a search for an 05 or 06, keep yours. I still find your era to be a much more attractive rig. I ended up with an 07 Tahoe LT. Visually, it is growing on me. It seems to lumber more than the Suburban, and despite the supposed increase in HP, it doesn't feel as snappy as the Suburban was. Around town, which is all I've done with it so far, I don't notice any increase in MPG from the 02 Suburban. My ex talked me out of that 02 on her way out the door. I talked to her the other day and she's got 240,000 on it now, so you've lots of miles left on what you have.

 

[NOSOK]

I was looking at Suburbans and Yukon XLs for 2+ months before I picked up our Z71 recently.

$20k for that truck is not out of line with the pricing I've seen.

 

[swathdiver]

Thinking about replacing my 2005 4WD SLT Plus (172K miles) with a 2012 Yukon 4WD XL SLT2 (all the bells and whistles) with 62.5K. My 2006 is mechanically sound but has some roof and hood fading. The 2012 is selling for $ 20.5K and has a small dash crack and broken front passenger door armrest/pull. It also has a few minor scratches and one small door ding. I could probably get it for $20K before TTL. My only concern is that the 2007-2014 seem so sluggish compared to my 2005. They also seem to be less nimble and have a larger steering radius. On the other hand, OEM parts are beginning to dry up for the 2002-2006 models. Any opinions as to what I should do (get the 2012 or pass).

The 900s are more nimble with a tighter turning radius because of the rack and pinion steering and different front suspension. The '12 you were looking at might have had 3.08 gears, if it doesn't have a 2-speed transfer case, it's got 3.08 highway gears and towing capacity is less than if had 3.42s. Those are doggy off the line with those highway gears compared to 3.42s. Mine with only a BlackBear tune puts down 307 RWHP through the traps in the quarter mile. Is the motor in the '05 more reliable? Yeah, but it's now 16 years old versus 9 though the 800s may be the ones LMC Truck makes parts for and not the 900s, time will tell.

As for prices, that's a deal right now, over the past few months prices on these things have jumped $4-5K, especially the short ones! There are actually some good deals to be had on pickups right now, we peruse the various websites daily looking for that needle in the haystack.