So I’ve never even considered an Escalade as I viewed them as too “loud” and flashy. Plus, never really saw a need for all of the creature comforts. Just more items to eventually fail.
But as I peruse what’s coming into the local lots, these are appearing with the same regularity as Tahoes and Yukons, often times at lower mileage and better overall condition, so much so that I’m considering adding them to the list of contenders as a replacement for the 2011. Don’t get me wrong, what I have has been great but she sits at about 170k and every year I get the visible rust taken care of and touched up but after each winter more starts to show. I plan on leaving the rust belt and head for the sunshine state in less than a year and figured something that’s lower mileage and maybe didn’t see much winter road time would be a decent purchase to bring down with me.
Main points of concern are general maintenance costs associated with the upscale Caddy compared to a Yukon. I don’t see why they wouldn’t be similar but then my Yukon is only a 5.3, 4WD. Not sure how a 6.2 and AWD would alter things. Second, I’d want to ditch the bucket second row usually seen in the Esky and swap in a bench. Is this doable and if the buckets are heated and cooled, can a bench be obtained with these features? Lastly, what are some of the underlying items to look out for that differ when shopping for a GMT900 hoe or yuke?
I’m here to learn from others mistakes so any and all input is welcome.
But as I peruse what’s coming into the local lots, these are appearing with the same regularity as Tahoes and Yukons, often times at lower mileage and better overall condition, so much so that I’m considering adding them to the list of contenders as a replacement for the 2011. Don’t get me wrong, what I have has been great but she sits at about 170k and every year I get the visible rust taken care of and touched up but after each winter more starts to show. I plan on leaving the rust belt and head for the sunshine state in less than a year and figured something that’s lower mileage and maybe didn’t see much winter road time would be a decent purchase to bring down with me.
Main points of concern are general maintenance costs associated with the upscale Caddy compared to a Yukon. I don’t see why they wouldn’t be similar but then my Yukon is only a 5.3, 4WD. Not sure how a 6.2 and AWD would alter things. Second, I’d want to ditch the bucket second row usually seen in the Esky and swap in a bench. Is this doable and if the buckets are heated and cooled, can a bench be obtained with these features? Lastly, what are some of the underlying items to look out for that differ when shopping for a GMT900 hoe or yuke?
I’m here to learn from others mistakes so any and all input is welcome.