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Tahoe Buying Advice Needed - 4/25/2008 10:12:00 PM    mrsmoos   Posts: 48 Joined: 8/13/2007 Status: offline We got son a 95 Tahoe w/ 98,000 miles as his first car last year. He will get his license in August so that means Mom has had a chance to drive it a little and I LIKE IT! SO---I am looking at some newer used Tahoes. I can't-- nor want to afford a new one and really don't care for the looks of the new style. I am thinking an 04 or 05. I have my eye on 2 05's I saw while "shopping online". One is an LT with 37,000 miles on it. Was privately owned and has a Carfax record of having more than $500 damage to it at some point. The dealer who is selling it says the only record of repair they have was to replace BOTH side mirrors. I am assuming the owners went someplace they shouldn't of and damaged the mirrors. I am also assuming that this repair would cost easily more than $500 hence the Carfax. Dealer says it has no damage to the frame etc. They wan't $22800 but I am thinking they would go down more due to the gas prices. The other 05 I am wanting to look at is an LS with cloth interior and 66000 miles on it. It is listed as a corporate vehicle and the dealer selling this one has another one in White from the same business that "downsized". They are asking $16,975. Both of the vehicles I want to see have Onstar on them which is something I really want. My questions are: For those of you who have this year Tahoe, at what point did you have problems? If you could buy one of these cars, which one? Is there anything I should know about this model year? I have a 2001 Chrysler Town & Country minivan right now and it is loaded. But it also has A LOT of problem areas such as the AC--I am on 3rd condenser and 4th compressor right now and summer is approaching! Along with a Technical Service Bulletin list a mile long on that year T&C. It has all the bells and whistles but the Daimler Chrysler bells and whistles seem to break--A LOT! So--the lower mileage, all the bells and whistles private owned or the higher mileage basic corporate owned? Or??? Any advice would be appreciated-I want to avoid buying another lemon! _____________________________ The Family Fleet: 03 Suburban Z71-BLACK 4x4 (my "Carbon Footprint!") 02 Ford F350 PSD 4x4 (hubs) 07 Kia Sportage 4x4 (daughters) 95 Tahoe LT 4x4-2 door (sons) Post #: 1

RE: Tahoe Buying Advice Needed - 4/26/2008 7:16:17 AM    in2pro Posts: 407 Joined: 4/20/2008 From: Austin, Texas Status: online Of the 3 Tahoe's/Suburbans I have experiance with a 97' 01 and an 03 the only issues I had with them was Fuel pumps, the 01 Suburban went thru 2. There easy enought to replace but costly. On the 97 witch is not near the same as the 01-06's I had to replace the fuel injectors, popets and regulator at about 110K not bad not diffcult but a little time consuming. Othere then searching thru this forum to see what other issues people have had that is about the only major one I know of is fuel pumps. (in reply to mrsmoos) Post #: 2

RE: Tahoe Buying Advice Needed - 4/26/2008 11:56:36 AM    engine2 Posts: 1707 Joined: 12/24/2006 Status: offline Private owner would be my choice (in reply to mrsmoos) Post #: 3

RE: Tahoe Buying Advice Needed - 4/26/2008 8:01:27 PM    73shark Posts: 2313 Joined: 4/17/2006 Status: offline Do you have a CarMax near you?  My wife bought an '04 at one with 25K on it and has about 36K now and so far, no problems. _____________________________ GM perf. exh, GM CAI, Superchips, Lund step tubes, billet grill, LED tails, Lloyd mats, rear console, GM flaps, silver calipers, black bow ties, tint (in reply to mrsmoos) Post #: 4

RE: Tahoe Buying Advice Needed - 4/26/2008 9:34:16 PM    in2pro Posts: 407 Joined: 4/20/2008 From: Austin, Texas Status: online I have heard good things about CarMax as far as the quality of thee vehicles, they don't buy crap or sell it but they also don't bargin much either or so I have heard.  (in reply to 73shark) Post #: 5

RE: Tahoe Buying Advice Needed - 4/26/2008 9:56:21 PM    engine2 Posts: 1707 Joined: 12/24/2006 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: 73shark Do you have a CarMax near you?  My wife bought an '04 at one with 25K on it and has about 36K now and so far, no problems. I forgot about them.  They do have nice vehicles and the price on the window is the price you pay. (in reply to 73shark) Post #: 6

RE: Tahoe Buying Advice Needed - 4/27/2008 7:31:55 PM    73shark Posts: 2313 Joined: 4/17/2006 Status: offline They also have a buy-back period (about one week), no questions asked.  And if your local store doesn't have what you want, you can check on-line and they'll bring one in for a small fee which depends on how far they have to bring it.  They seem to have a good business plan. _____________________________ GM perf. exh, GM CAI, Superchips, Lund step tubes, billet grill, LED tails, Lloyd mats, rear console, GM flaps, silver calipers, black bow ties, tint (in reply to engine2) Post #: 7

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