Benner Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Don't know how many of you remember my "Looking for a Vehicl"e thread I posted a few months ago but I found me a winner. 2002 Yukon Xl SLT fully loaded 2wd. 181k and from a single owner. Picked it up for $2800 off Craigslist. Previous owner took awesome care of it. Has 2 manageable rust spots I plan on taking care of with tax return. Only issues with it are intake gaskets (which I have) inner tie rod (already replaced and aligned), small tailshaft seal leak, and water pump seeping. Put around 600 miles on it so far and yet to skip a beat. Plans for it are mild drop maybe 2/3 or 3/4 inches some decent GM 18's or 20's and long tubes and tune. Just enough to wake it up a little but not kill gas even more. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj32/Formula98/My%20Cars/20161201_151514_zpsvvcr83oh.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeesammy Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 That's a nice Vehicl"e. Why 2wd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benner Posted December 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 That's a nice Vehicl"e. Why 2wd? Anything else I was seeing in the price range 4wd was beat to hell. Plus I couldn't pass this one up with how clean and well maintained it was. However it hasn't skipped a beat even with the ice we had a couple weeks ago. Still use a lot more caution with it in ice and snow but can't complain so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Awesome, looks clean! Nice score. Thing is a tank, I'm sure you'll be fine with 2wd, apparently the prior owner thought so to drive it 180k miles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Alex- Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Looks super clean, I would've jumped on it at that price. I'd pull those running boards off before getting the rust taken care of to make sure they're not hiding anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Good job getting a 2WD...awesome plan to drop that beast...sure it'll handle a lot better and look the business. Looking forward on some updated pics. Cant believe you can buy an SUV that awesome and modern for less than $3k. Let me know if you find anymore beasts like that (relatively rust free) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 thing looks huge. Cool score for the price though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyctsv Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 My only warning is: once you get used to having a Suburban around it is tough to consider being without one. Nice score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwashmycar Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 You can tell it was well taken care of. Never seen a set of those rims that clean with 180K lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benner Posted December 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Good job getting a 2WD...awesome plan to drop that beast...sure it'll handle a lot better and look the business. Looking forward on some updated pics. Cant believe you can buy an SUV that awesome and modern for less than $3k. Let me know if you find anymore beasts like that (relatively rust free) Yeah I got lucky. It was garage kept. Most of the Yukons/Suburbans I was seeing under 5k were either 200k+ or rusted out with heavily worn interiors. Did find a couple denali's that were around 5k with 220k however the AWD system made me a little nervous at that mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benner Posted December 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 thing looks huge. Cool score for the price though. Yeah it's a monster. Luckily I work on larger trucks and suvs daily so I'm used to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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