Congrats, JP. Nice looking truck. It looks like the one my father bought my mother to tow their TT because he didn't want to drive around in a truck all the time. Hers is an '06 Z71, same exterior color but she's got tan leather with 2nd row captain's chairs.

They tow a 25' Keystone Bullet Ultalight tandem axle TT with it and it's been across country twice, drove the outer perimeter of the U.S. once and has been up and down the east coast several times with more trips planned in the coming months. The trailer is just shy of 5K lbs. loaded and they average 10 mpg towing with the 5.3L. She gets damn near 15 city/19 highway with it which was better than my '00 Wrangler by a couple mpg's.

It's towed through the mountains and my father says it has held speed uphill and they've towed through Death Valley in the summer with the AC cranking without any issues. He's glad he bought it for her and she doesn't mind driving it. When it's not towing it doesn't get a lot of mileage put on it during non-snowy months.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I see you went ahead and bought it but I'll throw in anyway.
We have a 2003 Yukon XL and love it. One fuel pump and one wiper motor in 100K miles. Quiet comfortable ride and reasonable fuel economy for what it is. I've noticed that driving 55-60 delivers best fuel economy but that when you get to 65-70 it tends to come out of overdrive on hills which hurts economy and if you can run 75 it stays in OD and actually yields better mileage. YMMV of course. We get 16-17 on the highway (have seen 20), 14 pulling a 19 foot ski boat and 13-15 in (a very small) town.
The AUTO-4 setting is ok for occassional slick spots but if you know it's slick or there's obvious snow issues, 4-HI is the way to go to eliminate the slippage in the transfer case that you get with AUTO-4. Also there is a specific GM fluid for the transfer case.
I know many people with Starship mileage on a 5.3. I don't think you can wear one out.

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1983 M-B 240D-Gone too.
1976 M-B 300D-Departed.

"Good" is the worst enemy of "Great".

I could be wrong but it seems a tad high, although you probably have already checked the book prices?. I would try to get it cheaper. The only problems that I have heard about are the rear ends, several in our area has lost its rear end, one in particular never hauled anything all hwy. miles. I'm not sure of the years but, but I have never liked the GM idea of running bearings directly on the axle shafts!. I would listed to the rear end very closely on the rack & on the hwy. test drive. Just my 2 cents worth! Other that this I like them, better fuel milage than a Ford IMHO

Book listing for this is about $19k...I'm happy to have gotten it at $14k

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

Great SUV's, buy it.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

We've been relatively satisfied with the '03 Suburban LT Autoride 5.3 FlexFuel


But, we've had all of the above as far as issues, Cluster, mystery clunks, power seat failure (drivers) both front and rear blower motors, oil leak all 4 window motors and regulators were replaced under warranty before 100k, front end play etc.


sidebar, it was always incredible for the long haul and towing!


oh, be careful of the front fog lamps, they sit low, and like to pack with snow and snap out or lose their lenses, seen all across the board in silverado/sierra/tahoe/suburban/yukon/escalade


and I agree, Auto-4 option is damn near useless IMHO

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Matthew McIvor

2016 E350 4Matic Black/Black
2007 GL450 4Matic with Off-Road Pkg Silver/Black
1995 E300 Diesel White/Gray
1994 S600 Euro Black/ Black Velour
1986 560SL Blue/Blue/Gray
1986 190E Blue/Blue 93k

I view this as a tool I can use to convince the wife that it needs lifted...gotta save the fog lamps, right?

We found out last night that somewhere between the dealer's and our house, the driver's side window motor decided not to work anymore...it only clicks when the button is pressed.

The dealer has agreed to repair it with no cost to us, so the only thing I have to do is drive the 50 miles back to the dealer and wait...there goes a Saturday.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

A close relative of mine has bought and traded in that model for years, he swears by them, and I think they give as comfortable a ride as any luxury car. 14k for a six year old car sounds high, tho, but the way prices are these days it is probably about right. One of the trouble points is the alternator, which seems to go out at around 70k, but he has said to me that it is probably because of all the added in electrical devices the dealer and that he has install in these vehicles is more than the stock one can handle, so I would look into what the output is of the alternator and install a heavier one if you need to.

you can go to any GM dealer and they can print you the line sheet,this will tell you just what options and equipment it has,also it will tell selling dealer.you might even get lucky and get a service report from day one like i did on my 05 sub.but it is limited to service work done thru a GM dealer only.