Thinking of purchasing an older ESV.

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I bought the wife a Cadillac escalade a few years back and it's been a great rig so far. I love all the creature comforts and how it drives like a car for the most part.

She has a check engine light that comes on and off for some time now but I believe it's an 02 sensor last time I scanned it. No big deal.

I currently am driving a 2001 F-250 crew cab with the v10. I have rebuilt the engine, new hubs, brake system, suspension, headers you name it. I love the truck but the truck suspension is stiff and you feel every crack in the road. This truck has 250k on it and everything was replaced around 220k miles. I tow a 18' tandem axle trailer with a 4 seat side by side on it. My truck doesn't really even blink but I'm concerned that the ESV transmission won't like hauling it long term.

I like that transmissions can be swapped/rebuilt for around $2600 on the expensive side if something was to go wrong with the 4l60e. Pretty darn cheap compared to other transmissions.

Any thoughts? I'm looking at the ESV, denali equivalent or a suburban with leather and heated seats if they make one.

Thanks for the replies in advance.
 

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How about a 2500 Suburban?


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This! I think they also made a Yukon XL 2500. That would be the "in-between" on creature comforts.

Chevy is base options
GMC middle options
Cadillac high-end options

If you can find a loaded 2500 Yukon XL it will be very similar to the Escalade minus some of the aesthetics (fancy wood trims, fancy dash/switch bezels, etc)
 

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I bought the wife a Cadillac escalade a few years back and it's been a great rig so far. I love all the creature comforts and how it drives like a car for the most part.

She has a check engine light that comes on and off for some time now but I believe it's an 02 sensor last time I scanned it. No big deal.

I currently am driving a 2001 F-250 crew cab with the v10. I have rebuilt the engine, new hubs, brake system, suspension, headers you name it. I love the truck but the truck suspension is stiff and you feel every crack in the road. This truck has 250k on it and everything was replaced around 220k miles. I tow a 18' tandem axle trailer with a 4 seat side by side on it. My truck doesn't really even blink but I'm concerned that the ESV transmission won't like hauling it long term.

I like that transmissions can be swapped/rebuilt for around $2600 on the expensive side if something was to go wrong with the 4l60e. Pretty darn cheap compared to other transmissions.

Any thoughts? I'm looking at the ESV, denali equivalent or a suburban with leather and heated seats if they make one.

Thanks for the replies in advance.
The Escalade ESV will have a 4L65E trans mated to the LQ9 6.0. It is slightly beefier than the 4L60 with the smaller engine options. It tows pretty well but is proned to failure at higher mileage. How well the ESV tows your trailer and load setup depends on the weight and your driving characteristics. If you’re within the safe towing weighty than you might be ok. However you’re trailer setup sounds like it’s quite heavy. You may want to look into the 2500 suburban or Yukon xl like they said^ They are hard to find but they’re out there and the burb came in an LT package and the XL came in an SLT package so some creature comforts.
 

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Yeah, I will keep my eye out. This is for sale locally, nice overall condition I just don't know if it's my style.

https://anchorage.craigslist.org/ctd/d/2003-cadillac-escalade-esv/6736096960.html

I think I am leaning towards a suburban with leather/heated seats. I like how they sit higher. I plan to put some bigger tires on whatever I purchase. Not as extreme as the suburban in my original post, thinking just a 4" lift.
 

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