Millennium Falcon
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Hi, all, been a lurker for about a year now since buying my wife a 2009 Yukon XL Denali. She calls it her "Millennium Falcon". We're replacing her 2002 Suburban Z71 with it, and the difference between the two is night and day, thus the name. This thing takes off like a rocket ship.
We've had a Suburban of some sort since 1994 and really like the platform. Our current '02 Sub has the 5.3L, and it really sucks pulling our hills with 4WD and 17" wheels; we really need room if we want to pass anyone. When I began searching for a replacement, I knew I wanted more than a 5.3L (parents have a '12 Yukon XL SLE, and at nearly 100k miles, I can feel it lacking somewhat). I looked for a while and settled on the '09 model year Denali. 403hp and no AFM. They're fairly scarce in my area, so I had to settle on one with 182k miles. The rest of the vehicle is in pretty good shape, it just has a lot of miles.
We've had our M. Falcon for a year now and love it.
We've had a Suburban of some sort since 1994 and really like the platform. Our current '02 Sub has the 5.3L, and it really sucks pulling our hills with 4WD and 17" wheels; we really need room if we want to pass anyone. When I began searching for a replacement, I knew I wanted more than a 5.3L (parents have a '12 Yukon XL SLE, and at nearly 100k miles, I can feel it lacking somewhat). I looked for a while and settled on the '09 model year Denali. 403hp and no AFM. They're fairly scarce in my area, so I had to settle on one with 182k miles. The rest of the vehicle is in pretty good shape, it just has a lot of miles.
We've had our M. Falcon for a year now and love it.