SirReal63
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We have been looking for an older Yukon XL Denali for quite a while and pulled the trigger on one yesterday. The goal with it will be to bring it back to excellent working order with minimal changes. We enjoy taking long drives to explore our beautiful Texas back roads. We had been using her 2015 Z71 but needed more room and a better ride while trying to avoid racking up the miles on her truck. This one should work perfectly.
I have been turning my own wrenches since the mid 70's and looking forward to getting my hands dirty on this one. While I enjoy turning wrenches, I did not want to start out with a basket case, thus the long search. With just about any modern vehicle the miles are not as important as the condition. I have found many low mile Denali's that have been beat to death and ready to be junked. I have also found several higher mileage ones that have had the correct service and have been taken care of. This one is one of those. 196,000 miles and acceptable condition.
Time for Toni's Denali. These are dealership photos, it is too nasty here today for pics. These are fairly representative of the condition though it was dirty and obviously the dealer cherry picked angles.
The body is in excellent shape, it has had the proper service at the dealership it was purchased from and runs exactly as it is supposed to. The stereo wiring has been hacked so it will be one of my first corrections. Our changes will be minimal and this thread will not be one of the spectacular ones from the awesome people here. It will be a very slow to evolve thread, but I will do my best to take pics along the way.
I have been turning my own wrenches since the mid 70's and looking forward to getting my hands dirty on this one. While I enjoy turning wrenches, I did not want to start out with a basket case, thus the long search. With just about any modern vehicle the miles are not as important as the condition. I have found many low mile Denali's that have been beat to death and ready to be junked. I have also found several higher mileage ones that have had the correct service and have been taken care of. This one is one of those. 196,000 miles and acceptable condition.
Time for Toni's Denali. These are dealership photos, it is too nasty here today for pics. These are fairly representative of the condition though it was dirty and obviously the dealer cherry picked angles.
The body is in excellent shape, it has had the proper service at the dealership it was purchased from and runs exactly as it is supposed to. The stereo wiring has been hacked so it will be one of my first corrections. Our changes will be minimal and this thread will not be one of the spectacular ones from the awesome people here. It will be a very slow to evolve thread, but I will do my best to take pics along the way.
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