Y'all,
Due to some upcoming needs and the desire to have a daily driver with an automatic again, I'm on the hunt for an older Tahoe, most likely a GMT900. I generally prefer less-content-laden vehicles and only need 2WD, so I had mostly been looking at PPVs. However, since I will be doing some light/medium-duty towing, the difference between PPVs and decent LS/LT/LTZs with towing packages being only ~$2K-$3K has now shifted my search towards the latter. I'm not opposed to a Suburban, but the extra volume would only benefit me once in a while, and if it needed long-term work it wouldn't fit in my garage.
I'm going to be looking at a one-owner '13 LTZ soon, which appears 9/10 (except the driver's seat), but is suspiciously ~$3K less than average. I am not wanting an immediate project, but if it's an AFM victim, the difference might be worth it to me. I've never worked on an LS-family engine before, but doing all the required work is well within my wheelhouse.
I'll most likely just continue to lurk and absorb the extensive knowledge here before I make any queries.
FWIW, my current stable is a '57 Chevy Bel Air, a '79 AMC Spirit, and an '88 BMW 535i. All of 'em are manuals and my left knee isn't terribly happy about that.
Regards,
Scrappy
Due to some upcoming needs and the desire to have a daily driver with an automatic again, I'm on the hunt for an older Tahoe, most likely a GMT900. I generally prefer less-content-laden vehicles and only need 2WD, so I had mostly been looking at PPVs. However, since I will be doing some light/medium-duty towing, the difference between PPVs and decent LS/LT/LTZs with towing packages being only ~$2K-$3K has now shifted my search towards the latter. I'm not opposed to a Suburban, but the extra volume would only benefit me once in a while, and if it needed long-term work it wouldn't fit in my garage.
I'm going to be looking at a one-owner '13 LTZ soon, which appears 9/10 (except the driver's seat), but is suspiciously ~$3K less than average. I am not wanting an immediate project, but if it's an AFM victim, the difference might be worth it to me. I've never worked on an LS-family engine before, but doing all the required work is well within my wheelhouse.
I'll most likely just continue to lurk and absorb the extensive knowledge here before I make any queries.
FWIW, my current stable is a '57 Chevy Bel Air, a '79 AMC Spirit, and an '88 BMW 535i. All of 'em are manuals and my left knee isn't terribly happy about that.
Regards,
Scrappy
