New Yukon owner from JAX

Long-time automobile enthusiast, first time Yukon owner (although I did buy a new Jimmy in '96). We bought our SLT after a long search on July 31st (took a while to find AWD and bench 2nd row). We wanted a Denali, but couldn't find one equipped correctly. In the 4 weeks of ownership we've driven it over 4k miles with 2 long drives dropping kids off at colleges. Loving it so far!

I've made a few changes since purchase.
Before:

Current:


Probably still going to swap out the optional running boards for the standard SLT ones -- if I can find a good deal.

This forum kept popping up with reference threads as I was looking for bits of info. Looking forward to many discussions to come.

Welcome from Miami Beach Todd!

Excellent choice! Love the color.

Welcome... from Jax as well

Miami-Dade said:

Welcome from Miami Beach Todd!

Excellent choice! Love the color.

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Thanks. We were really looking to avoid a dark color -- mostly looking for Frost White. The only 4WD with bench 2nd row's we found in Frost White were a Tahoe in Estero Bay, FL and a Yukon in Frankenmuth, MI. Dark Sky kept growing on us and this one was at a local dealer, so it worked out.

NathanJax said:

Welcome... from Jax as well

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Cool. Your Yukon is clean. Do you ever go to C&C at the Avenues? I have an Audi S4 that I normally bring out with the JAX Rings Cub.

Welcome! Nice looking truck.

Yukon not UConn said:

Thanks. We were really looking to avoid a dark color -- mostly looking for Frost White. The only 4WD with bench 2nd row's we found in Frost White were a Tahoe in Estero Bay, FL and a Yukon in Frankenmuth, MI. Dark Sky kept growing on us and this one was at a local dealer, so it worked out.

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Great choice with the Dark Sky! I'm currently experiencing the Frost White/Dark Sky battle myself - (still searching and shopping for the perfect one) I definitely have to have the 2nd row bench also (and prefer the tan interior) so I get where you're coming from. It's really not easy to find these combos. Yours looks great - congrats!

Sarah_279 said:

Great choice with the Dark Sky! I'm currently experiencing the Frost White/Dark Sky battle myself - (still searching and shopping for the perfect one) I definitely have to have the 2nd row bench also (and prefer the tan interior) so I get where you're coming from. It's really not easy to find these combos. Yours looks great - congrats!

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2nd row bench is so hard to find -- and really difficult to correctly search for on Autotrader/Cars.com/Car Guru/etc. So many dealerships leave the words "2nd row 60/40 split bench seat" in their descriptions even though they have the "2nd row bucket seats" option. With 3 kids, the buckets just wouldn't work for us.

Add the desire for 4WD, leather, nav, and sunroof and we were looking for a unicorn.

Yukon not UConn said:

Cool. Your Yukon is clean. Do you ever go to C&C at the Avenues? I have an Audi S4 that I normally bring out with the JAX Rings Cub.

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Thanks, Yukon is gone and now the Silverado is the daily. I've been a few times, but not lately.

Yukon not UConn said:

With 3 kids, the buckets just wouldn't work for us.

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How's that? We raised our three girls while driving vans with captain's chairs in the second row. Are they all in car seats still?