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rwthomas1 · #23 05-13-2004, 11:59 PM

You can believe what you want. Safe is a relative term. Compared to a MB I think the Tahoe is unsafe. Compared to a Kia Rio its quite safe. I also don't buy what I read in owners manuals. Likely the MB is conservative and the Tahoe a best case senario. Kinda funny how a vehicles performance is usually either much better or worse once professionals do reall testing on them. Your tahoe, police spec or not has the same brakes as Suburbans. They have been under braked for years. Just look at any Sub owners group board adn you will find threads about brake upgrades, frozen rotors, Baer brake upgrades etc. Either way its a moot point. Drive what you want, its a free country. RT