What "must have" option bumped you to the next trim level?

[chicagofan00]

I guess the right way to tie this up is to mention how much has changed when people are cross-shopping domestic full-size trucks against European sedans.

My Tahoe is a totally different animal than any of my BMWs (even the X5), but it is a very good specimen of its class and I don't regret the switch at all.

Agree completely. These trucks have come a long way, IMO.

 

[WillieFlo]

6.2L big V8, the Magnetic Ride Control and the closing center console cupholder/charging cable cubby pushed me to the Denali level.
Didn't care for all the Chrome, but I'm taking care of that.

 

[tdrumm]

I'm going to echo the sentiments of the other posters who commented that the apparent up contesting of the LT and SLT trims actually kept us from going up to LTZ or Denali. I even prefer the conventional suspension to the auto ride and magnetic ride offered on the upper trims.

We traded in a GMT-900 yukon Denali on our 2016 Tahoe LT. The only things we might miss are the cooled seats, but we have gained so much more. Amazingly the new generation 5.3 fills in well for the old 6.2L even with 3.08 gears while getting 6 more mpg on 87. I have the new 6.2L in my Silverado and it is a beast, so going down in engine size was something I was worried about but so far I don't miss it at all.

 

[WillCO]

I'm going to echo the sentiments of the other posters who commented that the apparent up contesting of the LT and SLT trims actually kept us from going up to LTZ or Denali. I even prefer the conventional suspension to the auto ride and magnetic ride offered on the upper trims.

We traded in a GMT-900 yukon Denali on our 2016 Tahoe LT. The only things we might miss are the cooled seats, but we have gained so much more. Amazingly the new generation 5.3 fills in well for the old 6.2L even with 3.08 gears while getting 6 more mpg on 87. I have the new 6.2L in my Silverado and it is a beast, so going down in engine size was something I was worried about but so far I don't miss it at all.

I just returned from a long weekend in Rocky Mountain National Park. We towed our Jayco pop-up over the hill, it's not too heavy at 1600-1700 pounds.

At no point did the 5.3l complain or provide too little power. It was completely sufficient for anything we asked it to do. The 6.2l is bigger and faster, and I might have sprung for one had it been available in a Tahoe - but the 5.3l is powerful enough.

 

[04ctd]

I thought the NNBS LTZ was the pinnacle of automotive engineering. We had a '99 Limited Tahoe, a 07 LT, a 13 LTZ, and then a 16 LT.

I really loved the smooth understated styling of the NNBS. we keep our cars VERY clean, and we always got compliments on the inside of our NNBS and how awesome and subtly it presented itself.

the 16 dash looks like a parts bin cobble together. I started a thread on the things most ppl dislike about the 15/16, but if you have not had a long term NNBS, you don't really think the new SUV's are sub-performers.

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/thre...ftware-agitate-you-on-your-new-60k-suv.93273/

we sold the 16 Burb and got a 17 Durango with the Hemi 5.7 V8 & 8 speed.

The difference is, everything is forced on you in the Chevy/GM, but in the Durango, you can configure almost every setting: from AFM, lane keeping sensitivity, even the adaptive cruise control following distance and crash avoidance distance. you can even adjust the steering sensitivity.

we need the durango's third row when kids are here for summer, but not year round, so the rear of the durango is big enough, but the body of the car is small enough that my wife feels comfortable & sporty in it.

in the durango You can turn off the AFM/VVT with a simple button on the dash, while it costs a few hundred dollars to turn off the Burb AFM.
but the durango VVT is not nearly as noticeable (wife has never noticed it) as the 2016 Burb AFM was (everyone in the car heard the drone)

the local Dodge dealer let us keep a V8 Durango for several days to decide, and the wife fell in love with the V8 power, so my recommendation would be to do the same: test drive a durango for a few days. but you have to be careful about durango's, because they dont have "trim levels" like LT or LTZ, you just have read the window sticker and figure out what you are getting (like our Durango has Air ride)

different strokes, diff folks....

 

[cardude2000]

I thought the NNBS LTZ was the pinnacle of automotive engineering. We had a '99 Limited Tahoe, a 07 LT, a 13 LTZ, and then a 16 LT.

I really loved the smooth understated styling of the NNBS. we keep our cars VERY clean, and we always got compliments on the inside of our NNBS and how awesome and subtly it presented itself.

the 16 dash looks like a parts bin cobble together. I started a thread on the things most ppl dislike about the 15/16, but if you have not had a long term NNBS, you don't really think the new SUV's are sub-performers.

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/thre...ftware-agitate-you-on-your-new-60k-suv.93273/

we sold the 16 Burb and got a 17 Durango with the Hemi 5.7 V8 & 8 speed.

The difference is, everything is forced on you in the Chevy/GM, but in the Durango, you can configure almost every setting: from AFM, lane keeping sensitivity, even the adaptive cruise control following distance and crash avoidance distance. you can even adjust the steering sensitivity.

we need the durango's third row when kids are here for summer, but not year round, so the rear of the durango is big enough, but the body of the car is small enough that my wife feels comfortable & sporty in it.

in the durango You can turn off the AFM/VVT with a simple button on the dash, while it costs a few hundred dollars to turn off the Burb AFM.
but the durango VVT is not nearly as noticeable (wife has never noticed it) as the 2016 Burb AFM was (everyone in the car heard the drone)

the local Dodge dealer let us keep a V8 Durango for several days to decide, and the wife fell in love with the V8 power, so my recommendation would be to do the same: test drive a durango for a few days. but you have to be careful about durango's, because they dont have "trim levels" like LT or LTZ, you just have read the window sticker and figure out what you are getting (like our Durango has Air ride)

different strokes, diff folks....

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Well that's a random post.

Either way, glad you headed everyone's advice and have started sitting in vehicles before buying them.

Enjoy the Chrysler!

 

[schaffer05]

Well that's a random post.

Either way, glad you headed everyone's advice and have started sitting in vehicles before buying them.

Enjoy the Chrysler!

Lol when he says he started a post "most people don't like..." what he meant was he was whining and no one was buying it. That thread is actually pretty funny. Kind of makes me want to join the Durango forum to see how long before he's complaining about it, bet not long.


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[cardude2000]

Lol when he says he started a post "most people don't like..." what he meant was he was whining and no one was buying it. That thread is actually pretty funny. Kind of makes me want to join the Durango forum to see how long before he's complaining about it, bet not long.


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He was saying he listed things that most people dislike. Unfortunately, 'most people' was 'just him'.

Hey, if he likes DocMcStuffins/Fisher Price looking dashboards...To each their own!

 

[cardude2000]

how long before he's complaining about it, bet not long.

not long:

increase interior storage in center console? swap jeep? aftermarket? remove DVD?

we have had Tahoe & Suburbans for several years, but the AFM (active fuel mgmt) has gotten very bad, and our last Tahoe had an AFM failure, and then the Suburban we replaced it with, had a HORRIBLE nauseous drone all the time.

you could put a gallon of milk in the center console of all our last vehicles.


so we swapped over to a 2017 DD with the DVD player, but you can't even put an ink pen in that tiny cubby hole. (wife keeps a box of business cards in there)

can we put the DVD player somewhere else? under the seat?

 

[WillCO]

the 16 dash looks like a parts bin cobble together. I started a thread on the things most ppl dislike about the 15/16, but if you have not had a long term NNBS, you don't really think the new SUV's are sub-performers.

Troll.