Imagine getting in a fender bender with this guy and he pulls out the 25 year old Chevy Suburban care Kit, pops the seal on that disposable camera and he takes pictures of all the damages with it.
Rinaldi and Klein New York Excavators uses Suburbans. Easier to move the bodies. Ya wanna hole we'll dig ya a hole. What you put in it, eh, it's up to you.
My dad was a GM engineer, a loaded GMT400 Suburban IS my childhood. Between 1995-1999 he purchased either a new Suburban or Tahoe every year. He liked them so much, he even started purchasing them for my mom too. At one point they both owned 1998 Tahoe's at the same time before upgrading his to to a '99 Suburban before the model change to the GMT800s (which he hated). In the land of $0.91 a gallon gas, our family's carbon footprint was a size 14-1/2... Now in my 30's and fully embracing dad-mode, my fiance was appalled when I both started embracing the comfort qualites of wide New Balance shoes, and tracked down a '99 Suburban as a weekend hauler. Even though we don't yet have kids, I feel as if I have finally arrived to the next stage of adulthood as I was raised under the ethos that DAD DRIVES A SUBURBAN.
My dad was into GM like crazy and he had a GMT400 Silverado, had a reddish purple interior which to this day is the best color interior I've seen. I personally inherited his GMT800 Silverado Cateye which I really love. GM used to be so damn good, sucks what's happened to them.
@@supramanx1997Every American car I've owned has had this smell, i don't know what new ones smell like, hopefully better. VW, Volvo do not smell this way
I mean, they're running out of old regular cars they haven't reviewed and there are only so many left on the road. Something this old showing up for a review 10 years into the show is a treat at this point.
@@bigdavey8863 That's bs there's PLENTY of normal cars they haven't done. Aveo's G6's ect ect ect ect. Sure it's fun for them to drive Bentley ands Rolls and Tesla's but those aren't REGULAR CARS. An frankly I've got no interest in luxury vehiciles noone in their right mind would buy. You make a channel then you get popular then abandon ur audience to cater to Cyrpto-bros.
@@DrBananananananananananananana these cars are viewer submitted. They don't just find these at random. Who is submitting aveo g6s etc etc etc? Want them to review and old regular car? Submit yours.
My family had a 1999 Tahoe, so basically this. It had that same unit. My parents offered it to me when they were going to downsize to a newer Grand Cherokee, and I’m kind of kicking myself for not taking it. It had the right kind of tape deck to accept one of those AUX adapters, and the car I ended up getting didn’t, so I had to get an aftermarket stereo for it when I got an iPod later.
Rinaldi and Klein New York Excavators uses Suburbans. Easier to move the bodies. Ya wanna hole we'll dig ya a hole. What you put in it, eh, it's up to you.
My mom has had a 98 Suburban for like. 15 years. Thing has 325k on the clock with the original motor and transmission. No rust, despite being in the Midwest. Thing is a gas guzzling tank, but refuses to die.
I visited the USA once and was quite bewildered when I first saw a Chevy Suburban. And then came the realisation that people across the pond use such gigantic beasts for doing basic stuff like the grocery run, while we europoors manage with cars such as the ford mondeo or opel Vectra. But then I visited Tokyo and saw someone rolling in an Escalade and realised that the taste for such huge vehicles is universal all around the world. Have to say that those magnificent beasts have grown on me, but I still can’t picture myself driving such a car.
@@dirtyasianmafia2310 yeah, I remember being suprised as to how big American parking spots were compared to what we get over here in the EU. Over here something like a Toyota Camry can get quite unwieldy around many older cities.
I drove a '96 Tahoe for 2.5 years in Switzerland, there was not one parking space that would have allowed for a longer car, not to mention almost an extra meter. However, such big american cars are rare here, so you often had people approach you that know what kinda car it was (Ignoring the typical questions about gas mileage etc. :D ).
Nah, bro. Our "love" for giant vehicles is one of the many, many things that is dragging our nation down into the dumps. Reject SUV Return to station wagon
There's the smell of the interior itself, but also the very specific smell of the first time you crank the heat every winter in these things. It was like a "not vomit but somehow reminds you a little of vomit, mixed in with burning dust" smell.
Foam in the heater blower box absorbing moisture and going mouldy? Put an ozone generator in the car and run it with the heater going on recirc (Don’t. Breathe. The ozone. It burns.)
@@Jonathan_Doe_ That sounds plausible for sure. My dad sold off the C1500 to get a Wrangler years ago unfortunately, so it's good advice for somebody else.
20:26 The trucking industry still uses those. My company gave me a disposable camera when they hired me in 2018. They said investigators prefer film pictures whenever possible because those are a lot harder to falsify than digital.
My uncle opted for the 5 speed on his "97, with a 454. Took 6 weeks for delivery. Always 18MPG, even when full of people and towing an 18' camper. He still has it.
Your uncle has a super rare gem lol. It’s a bummer manufacturers don’t do special orders like that anymore. The last company that would, was Nissan. I know a guy who ordered a Frontier with a MT 6speed. They had to ship the transmission from Japan to install it in the U.S. factory.
My dad purchased a 97 1500 with the 6.5 turbo diesel a while back from the original owner who custom ordered it. It was a very rare spec and it was fully loaded too. I miss that thing, though we saw it again last year driving around town
My dad had not one, but TWO black suburbans back in the 90's. A '94 1500 and a '96 2500. They were his work trucks, they allowed him to make a living and build our family; those suburbans are effectively the reason that I am here today. They were also our family haulers; they took us all around the US, towing a uhaul trailer of our belongings. I was approximately 3 minutes away from being born in the back seat of one of them before reaching the hospital. I practically grew up in these suburbans, and now, I have the silhouette of a suburban tattooed on my arm. Safe to say my dad was one hell of a suburban-loving dad, and he made a lifelong suburban-loving son.
I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin that had a Chevy factory that was the primary employer for that town. They built these Burbans and tahoes up until the 2008 economic crash. The factory closed down and left such a void in that town. They actually lined up after the factory was torn down to hand out individual bricks from the original factory to the families that were employed by GM. I was never a big GM fan even having owned a 94 GMC Sierra when I was 17. Still have bittersweet emotions whenever seeing one of these tanks rolling down the road. Also that same factory converted to manufacturing tanks for WWII
Every single person in the US has rode in a Chevy GMT truck, we all know floaty feeling of lumbering around the road. I can definitely still smell it 😂
I bought a 97 suburban in 2006 it only had 87000 miles on it when I got it I was in the army at the time and all my buddies called it the uss road boat because it was so big and floaty my mom still has her 1999 2500 is black so it looks like CIA truck
The Kunkleman ad has me in tears. I haven't laughed that hard in a minute. Also, I think it's great that once in a while, you can still save something from the crusher for a small price and get some enjoyment and reliability out of it.
This video was a real return for form for RCR, had a bit of a mid slump in the last year - with occasional brilliance of course. Really reminded me of the good old days, whatever those were.
My dad had an excursion when I was growing up, the Zune to the Suburban's iPod. Late comer, bigger and better in every technical way, short lived, vehement following, basically the same product for all intents and purposes. It tows and hauls way better than a minivan and it carries your protestant family around way better than a pickup truck. Really is the ideal vehicle if you are a working man in excess of 3 dependents and like to go on road trips ever.
Yeah excursion was great people even pay money to have those things refreshed frame off new engine sometimes they will even try to take the frame from like 250s I think and put the body on top so they have the newer suspension and stuff
That old Fenwick Island sticker got me right in the feels. My Uncle had a similar Suburban growing up, he and the family would pack it to the gills and drive it to Bethany Beach, Delaware. I thought it was the coolest vehicle ever since it had a custom tube TV and VCR in between the front seats in the second row nor had I ever ridden in such a big thing other than a school bus!
I took my drivers test in one of these after learning how to drive in a 1991 Honda Civic that was stolen 3 days before my license test. My childhood was spent riding in the third row in the years prior. It still exists in my family 29 years after we initially bought it, if only just to haul around our Airstream. I delivered pizzas in it in the early ‘00s. The armrest note holder held printed Mapquest directions nicely.
Same! I have an older GMT-400 truck ( ‘93 1500) but is a conversion truck and man ‘90s seat comfort was at its peak it’s like I’m sitting in a plush grandpa chair.
I had a 4 door '99 Tahoe for years, dragging a 6k lb 7x16 trailer cross-country twice a month. Great tow vehicle, just long enough to be stable, short enough to be crazy maneuverable. Still my favorite vehicle I've ever owned.
I bought one 7 years ago to go to a music festival across the country for 1000 bucks, the rear axle quit on the return journey, replaced it with a junkyard one, continued the road trip a few hours later. It hasn’t quit running so I still keep it around.
Every time I see an OBS Chevy truck, I am reminded of a particularly “gifted” classmate of mine in shop class who drove a 97-98 Chevrolet c/k1500. This was junior year in high school a few years back. His truck was painted in plastidip all around along with matte black and green wheels and he would bring it to auto class everyday. His attire was not much different, he always wore sagged jeans, beat up vans, and a bandana. This kid would always sing rap songs out loud and had a favorite word in particular that started with an N. School security knew him by name already and he was constantly pulled out of class. Long story short, he was a troublemaker, eventually he got into a fight with a teacher and was expelled from my high school. He totaled the truck a few months afterward, and it sat in front of his house for weeks with no plates until it finally disappeared (probably towed.) He has driven an 04’ Impala since…
Oh man, you fueled my nostalgia. I remember my dad drove only Tahoes, Suburbans and Silverados from the 90s. He liked them so much he had them all the way to the early 2010s.
This is the year they brought them to Australia with a Holden badge. These vehicles are so big that when they switched them over to right hand drive, they didn’t even bother putting the transmission shift lever on the other side of the steering column as is usually the practice in RHD countries.
In 1995 my sister and I drove my dad’s 1992 black 4wd Suburban from Wilmington NC to Springfield OH for my grandmother’s funeral. Never was there a more comfortable road trip than the one we enjoyed in that Suburban. Keep in mind this was a long time ago when I say that The closer we got to Ohio the more looks we got from other motorists and passersby. In one instance after getting fast food, the lady who gave us our order hung out of the drive thru window to watch us drive away. It was very strange. I guess back then …in the Midwest…a big tall shiny black Suburban meant either government agent or celebrity
My mom had a black 2500 92 suburban growing up and people used to stop and talk to her all the time about it. I guess when they first came out with this body style it got a lot more people interested in getting one
I was a 90s kid whose dad drove these. When I started driving I wanted a car but they had a 1995 suburban (looked exactly like this one) for $500 up the road from my house. Bought it and drove it for a year. Trans went and I bought another for less than a trans rebuild. I did that for the next 6 years and 5 more suburbans(never spent more than $1500) before finally saving enough money to get a mid 2000s model. These trucks to me were always the $1500-3000 trucks you could always pick up at anytime when yours died. The fact nice ones now go for $15k is weird. But considering like he said new ones are like $80k, it makes sense.
My mom had one same year as this but it was white and had a drop tailgate and glass instead of barn doors, it went through 2 4l60s it popped a hole in the casing the 2nd time and spilled transmission fluid down the gutter of our street and then on the other hand my dad drove a 91 bronco that NEVER died and I just loved the roll down back window as a kid
My dad drove oa '99 Suburban LT 4x4 up until January of this year. At 340,000 miles the engine finally spun a bearing. He bought it 15 years ago with 180,000 miles on it, never had a major mechanical problem with it until the engine failure. And, I can't say he took great care of it either. He changed the oil about every 12,000 miles and only changed out parts if they broke. These things were beasts, the ONLY weak spot they had, as Mr. Regular points out, is they're so prone to rusting when exposed to road salt. I think the look of the GMT 400's can't be beat. They were sharp looking trucks 25 years ago and the design holds up. I still like the clean lines of these old trucks, they also aren't all huge and 'roided out as today's trucks all look. ...Most dependable, longest lasting trucks on the road.
"my shifter scrotum is covered in smegma" Master detail to describe. Also, only a good detailer will brush, polish and steam that scrotum back to newborn showroom state.
My hospital security department still has this exact year of suburban as one of our vehicles (except ours has bench seats up front). We call it “the beast” and it’s specifically for one of our off-site posts. Everyone whines that they want to drive it until they actually do and find out that it crawls up hills and the brakes are only a suggestion 😂
Had a 2003 Suburban 2500 with 4WS - 4 Wheel Steering and 4WD. The heavy duty frame, 8-lug wheels, and beefed up transmission with extra cooler made it a good trailer towing beast. The base transmission on the Suburban 1500 with the 5.3 liter V-8 would frequently burn out from towing. My trailer was 6400 pounds and 30 feet long and the 2500 version held up great. We hauled four children around in that Suburban 2500 which everyone remembers fondly. When I sold it for what Kelly Blue Book said it could pull in at best, I had four guys clawing each other to see who would get it. The buyer paid my asking price and didn't even test drive it. It was the second to last 3/4 ton K version Chevy ever sold.
@@dubvuchyea502 Later bought the Toyota Suburban (Sequoia) with their 5.7 liter V-8. Early on, Toyota advertised the second generation Tundra/Sequoia as a 3/4 ton platform rated to pull 10,000 pounds, but dropped that after adopting a new standard for towing rating. Nevertheless, the frame is extra thick and I towed a 7200 pound trailer with the Sequoia better (i. E. Uphill, mpg while towing) than the 6.2 liter Suburban 2500 had managed. Still have the 2014 Sequoia and it is still an incredible vehicle.
@@thJune Mine had the towing mode button at the end of the column shifter whuch activated a yellow lighted trailer image on the dash and changed the transmission shift points. Am I the only one whose comments keep disappearing from TH-cam lately??? Let's see if this one persists...
Did this thing have the 42 gallon gas tank? Friend of my in-laws had that and it blew my mind. The umbrella, safety kit, and flash light just unlocked a childhood memory. My parents got those with their Tahoe in that same year. They still have that shitty halogen flashlight. That Tahoe had a really great cranberry metallic color.
Fun fact. There is a place in the dash cluster for a transmission temperature gauge, but for 4L60’s it is not provided. You only get the temp gauge if you get the 4L80. I added a temp gauge to my cluster with a hole saw where it should be. When towing up a steep grade, if I shift into 3rd the temp gauge pegs out after a short period of time. Plus, these trucks are rated with a very high towing capacity. Keep it under 5000 pounds and add a temp gauge if you want to tow.
We had a '93 Suburban for about 12 years, and that sucker got 12 MGP consistently. City? Highway? Mixed? Didn't matter. 12. With a 40 gallon fuel tank, road trips were awesome, but when you eventually did stop you were there for a while. Fun fact: some gas station pay-at-pump units had a $50 max at a time, and this sucker hit that even back in the mid 90s!
I sold my '95 with 330k miles to my brother earlier this year. Crate motor in 2008, factory reman 4L60E in 2011. And Honestly, I might buy it back for my daughter it in 3-4 years.
You should see all the mods that mom n pop shops have come up with to fix all those things + all the other low points of the 90’s GM trucks. Cunningham machine makes absurdly solid door pins and bushings that just crap all over the factory ones. They also make steering shafts that are 100000% better than even the best new old stock rag joint. It’s crazy the niche market these have
I live in the southwest, so rust escapes us for the most part. The amount of these, in that blue color, in varying states of disrepair, that I see on a regular basis, is amazing. That interior, in its gross state, is exactly what I imagine them all looking like.
I always look forward to Tommy Fenstermacher and Kunkelman Chevrolet segments on their own, but I was never prepared for the power of a Tommy segment leading into a Kunkelman one. I've been blessed today
I'm British and have no idea what any of the comments means, can someone please explain why this is the only American channel that has your own strange dialect/slang lol I have no fucking clue what anyone is saying.
My 88 6.2 Diesel had the massive towing package (both axles solid on leafs). The brakes had their own hydraulic pump. I kept the tires at 100psi to keep the tires longer and do what I could for the 17mpg. On a good road It was like driving a Canyonero. In the Clinch mountain backroads where I lived (45 min to stores), it was like squeezing through rutted alleys. Quality control was out of control for that MIM. I spent more time and money fixing it than any junker I ever had. The gear indicator fell off, even. When I left the mountains, I sold the Blue Ox to a native.
My dad bought the 1993 version of this Suburban. Got 60k out of the transmission before it exploded. Got a rebuild and then "sold" it to my grandfather for a 1977 Chevy K10, which he planned to restore and trade back. Put way too much into the truck and my grandfather kept it, only using it once a year to get potatoes. Rest of the time it sat in a garage with a trickle charger. Fast forward a few years and I "bought" (inherited) it and it was perfect for what we needed at the time when our Trailblazer was involved in an unfortunate single vehicle rollover. Fast forward a few more years and the transmission exploded again, and by that time we had a newer GMC Denali that was better. Engine was tip top though, probably needed a water pump, ended up selling it because it was the most expensive vehicle per mile to maintain (though the Denali was the same size and takes premium fuel). Had dreams of the glorious LS-swap, but life being what it is and I just don't have the time or money. Engine would not die because it was low compression and therefore low stress on the internal components (like the early 90's Lincoln Town Cars.) Miss that car.
This is probably one of my favorite RCR videos ever! Growing up we had a '92, '97, and '00 Suburbans and I loved them all. Our metallic brown '97 had this care kit, I remember playing with that umbrella as a kid at my older sister's track meet one day. Growing up on a farm in rural eastern Oregon these were perfect trucks for our family, it wasn't unusual for it to be hauling my parents, all of us kids, a few of our friends, all of our gear, and a loaded horse trailer or camper trailer. They also did great in the drifting snow or slick mud which we often encountered. We would often take trips to the Oregon coast in these rigs and they were always a very roomy comfortable ride. These trucks hold a warm spot in my heart and I would love to own one some day. Cheers,
My dad had a 97 burb in the late 90s/early 00s, black with gray interior. Tahoe trips, soccer games, hauling me/my brother/all our cousins around... he definitely used it to live up to his legendary 90s dad status. He also once backed into a tether ball pole after a school event and bent it with no damage to the truck, built solid for sure!
@@garlandstrife Though mine isn't as rusty, it is a little rougher with a mismatched door, '88 grille/headlights, and '78 Oldsmobile Hubcaps. It's also got some hail damage from Storm Chasing.
Ive got one that almost mint. Zero rust, emerald greed. I got a couple shorts up of it. Its my second gmt400. I love em i cant wait to watch mine age nicely
Grew up in that generation Chevy Cheyenne and Suburban, dad had the cloth interior and leaning over and taking a nap in the back seat on a warm texas day was the absolute best. Slow as molasses but itll show up to work with a hungover driver every Monday 😂
No matter what vehicle is featured on RCR, and you see how horrifyingly filthy the interiors are and they are never cleaned by the owner. Like, what's the deal? Jesus, at least vacuum the damn thing out. Slobs. I'm pretty OCD about keeping your rides clean. Otherwise, nice ride.
decomposing GM plastics will never clean up like you want them to lol, and his camera captures way more detail than the human eye. I do need to give it a good steam cleaning though, lots of discolored carpet from moisture intrusion
0:23 - Back in the summer of '97, I worked a temp job at a company called "Masters of Marketing" in West Berlin, NJ and we assembled these Chevy-branded first aid kits. Haven't seen them since then.
That's so cool! Did you guys make other parts of the kit or just the first aid kit? I have a second sealed one I'm curious to know if the band aids are also branded. If they did the same today the whole kit would probably be outsourced to a country overseas 😞
i was once friends with a band and on one tour they had a Suburban. There was so much room they all slept comfortably while lugging all their gear, including a bass amp the size of a coffin
My dad had one of these as a work/trip car. It was cherry red, had the same "damp wood smell" and it racked up a huge amount of miles over the decade he drove it. They really are impressive vehicles. I wouldn't want to have to use it in a pinch-it handled like a fridge.
I dig this rolling relic. Those old Vortec 350s are fairly simple to diagnose and plenty of room to replace just about everything. Major low end torque. Ive had the same 96 standard cab 2 wd/ silverado package since 2010. In Michigan, if ya keep cars out of the salt, they hold up good. 190,000 miles and the 4 L60 still does the job but I never towed anything. Other than a few sensors, water pump, master cylinder and a fuel pump, it's still mostly original equipment. I know 255 HP isnt a lot by today's standards but 335 lb ft of torque at 2800 rpms and only weighing 3900 pounds, it plenty of power. Been a great truck.
My step-dad bought a 2001 suburban with 180k and he would buy another one after he sold it. My biological dad has had his 1991 gmc suburban for 18 years rolled and still has it. And I have always had a special place in my heart for these trucks
Another fact about the Suburban: it literally had a segment to itself for the first ~70 years of its life, really until the Excursion and subsequent Expedition EL/XL. Crazy to think about. If you wanted a large SUV, this was it for so many years. Don't even bother going to a Mopar/Ford dealer let alone a Japanese car dealer. You already know they didn't have ANYTHING CLOSE.
It is wild to think about, I guess it competed in the station wagon and van segments for people that needed something that did a little bit of both + go offroad
I grew up in the back of one of these, my dad got a 97 after losing his 89 suburban to rust, and man was it great, he kept that thing going for 366k miles untill he broke the transmission due to over tightening the ujoint and my brother took the cylinder heads for his caprice build.
I don't blame you for wanting to leave, but you guys still being here continues to give me hope. Please don't ever leave, cheers from up the road in Allentown!
Imagine getting in a fender bender with this guy and he pulls out the 25 year old Chevy Suburban care Kit, pops the seal on that disposable camera and he takes pictures of all the damages with it.
And breaks out the first aid kit to patch the other driver up
I would believe I had just traveled back in time to the good old days of my childhood
"Oh! uh hi, honestly I didn't expect this to...." "AltaVista at the ready sir."
I've seen one of these in an accident. No scratch, and the altima was missing a fender and broke a control arm.
@@codyaaron2129 altima lmao
The Tony Soprano Special
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I own a copper metallic suburban. People smile when I play Alabama 3
The official car of having a panic attack while driving.
The official car of crashing into a pole after passing out
Rinaldi and Klein New York Excavators uses Suburbans. Easier to move the bodies. Ya wanna hole we'll dig ya a hole. What you put in it, eh, it's up to you.
My dad was a GM engineer, a loaded GMT400 Suburban IS my childhood. Between 1995-1999 he purchased either a new Suburban or Tahoe every year. He liked them so much, he even started purchasing them for my mom too. At one point they both owned 1998 Tahoe's at the same time before upgrading his to to a '99 Suburban before the model change to the GMT800s (which he hated). In the land of $0.91 a gallon gas, our family's carbon footprint was a size 14-1/2... Now in my 30's and fully embracing dad-mode, my fiance was appalled when I both started embracing the comfort qualites of wide New Balance shoes, and tracked down a '99 Suburban as a weekend hauler. Even though we don't yet have kids, I feel as if I have finally arrived to the next stage of adulthood as I was raised under the ethos that DAD DRIVES A SUBURBAN.
I don't need a Suburban but I sure want a GMT400 Suburban as a road trip rig.
My dad was into GM like crazy and he had a GMT400 Silverado, had a reddish purple interior which to this day is the best color interior I've seen. I personally inherited his GMT800 Silverado Cateye which I really love. GM used to be so damn good, sucks what's happened to them.
This guy🤌🤌👌
Lol your dad’s a goofball for preffering the 400 to the 800 🤣
Congratulations
I thought that smell was just my dad not cleaning the truck for 26 years and hoarding old wendy's napkins, but alas, RCR shows me I'm not alone at all
That _is_ where the smell comes from. It's consistent across all Suburbans
@@isveryniceyesthe smell comes from moisture intrusion in every GM product lol
It's the plastic rubber and foams used inside breaking down chemically from heat, oxidation ECT, usually referred to as "degassing"
You aren't alone: many people don't clean their damn car.
@@supramanx1997Every American car I've owned has had this smell, i don't know what new ones smell like, hopefully better. VW, Volvo do not smell this way
Kunkleman Chevrolet: Where you can buy your stolen Suburban catalytic converter back!
That's the Kunkleman difference!
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Nah, I just stand by my suburban and give the thief $100 to keep walking when he comes by, it’s cheaper that way! 😂
Bout time RCR got back to DOING REGULAR CARS.
I mean, they're running out of old regular cars they haven't reviewed and there are only so many left on the road. Something this old showing up for a review 10 years into the show is a treat at this point.
@@bigdavey8863 That's bs there's PLENTY of normal cars they haven't done. Aveo's G6's ect ect ect ect. Sure it's fun for them to drive Bentley ands Rolls and Tesla's but those aren't REGULAR CARS. An frankly I've got no interest in luxury vehiciles noone in their right mind would buy. You make a channel then you get popular then abandon ur audience to cater to Cyrpto-bros.
@@DrBananananananananananananana these cars are viewer submitted. They don't just find these at random. Who is submitting aveo g6s etc etc etc? Want them to review and old regular car? Submit yours.
@ey8863 I'm not letting those animals TOUCH my Pikachu yellow Aveo. you dun lost ur marbles that's a collectors gocart.
I heard Tommy Fencedemacher DOES regular cars ..
Cassette *AND* CD player?! To 14 year old me in 1998, this was a standard of living that I only dreamt of!
My 2006 Suzuki Forenza had this combo.
My family had a 1999 Tahoe, so basically this. It had that same unit. My parents offered it to me when they were going to downsize to a newer Grand Cherokee, and I’m kind of kicking myself for not taking it. It had the right kind of tape deck to accept one of those AUX adapters, and the car I ended up getting didn’t, so I had to get an aftermarket stereo for it when I got an iPod later.
Kunkleman Chevrolet has some serious Big Bill Hell's vibes now
Someone put Big Bill Hells music over their first Kunkleman ad somewhere on yt
Rinaldi and Klein New York Excavators uses Suburbans. Easier to move the bodies. Ya wanna hole we'll dig ya a hole. What you put in it, eh, it's up to you.
@@BlackPill-pu4vi Romance Repo rides in Suburbans too, I bet.
@@GuntanksInSpace Don't know about Romance Repo, but Heartbreak Haulers absolutely ride in Suburbans.
My mom has had a 98 Suburban for like. 15 years. Thing has 325k on the clock with the original motor and transmission. No rust, despite being in the Midwest. Thing is a gas guzzling tank, but refuses to die.
I visited the USA once and was quite bewildered when I first saw a Chevy Suburban. And then came the realisation that people across the pond use such gigantic beasts for doing basic stuff like the grocery run, while we europoors manage with cars such as the ford mondeo or opel Vectra. But then I visited Tokyo and saw someone rolling in an Escalade and realised that the taste for such huge vehicles is universal all around the world. Have to say that those magnificent beasts have grown on me, but I still can’t picture myself driving such a car.
Our road infrastructure was built for large vehicles as well so its easy to find parking for these beasts.
@@dirtyasianmafia2310 yeah, I remember being suprised as to how big American parking spots were compared to what we get over here in the EU. Over here something like a Toyota Camry can get quite unwieldy around many older cities.
I drove a '96 Tahoe for 2.5 years in Switzerland, there was not one parking space that would have allowed for a longer car, not to mention almost an extra meter. However, such big american cars are rare here, so you often had people approach you that know what kinda car it was (Ignoring the typical questions about gas mileage etc. :D ).
Nah, bro. Our "love" for giant vehicles is one of the many, many things that is dragging our nation down into the dumps.
Reject SUV
Return to station wagon
@@YixdyAn SUV is a station wagon. It doesn't really matter as the minivan is the new king of family transportation.
Chevy Suburban: When you want to cosplay a Federali without going thru an alphabet agency to gain that privilege.
X-Files chic.
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It's especially true of the GMT900s.
We have a black GMT900 as well, it's fun to drive through DC, people stay out of the way 😂😂
I can finally LARP Traffic and/or Sicario.
Facts
There's the smell of the interior itself, but also the very specific smell of the first time you crank the heat every winter in these things. It was like a "not vomit but somehow reminds you a little of vomit, mixed in with burning dust" smell.
Foam in the heater blower box absorbing moisture and going mouldy? Put an ozone generator in the car and run it with the heater going on recirc (Don’t. Breathe. The ozone. It burns.)
@@Jonathan_Doe_ That sounds plausible for sure.
My dad sold off the C1500 to get a Wrangler years ago unfortunately, so it's good advice for somebody else.
It does in fact smell like burnt hair and the faint smell of cigarettes or pot from the previous owners when it's run in the shoulder seasons
Tommy Fenstemacher AND Kunkleman Chevrolet‽ Y'all are spoiling us!
20:26 The trucking industry still uses those. My company gave me a disposable camera when they hired me in 2018. They said investigators prefer film pictures whenever possible because those are a lot harder to falsify than digital.
As an accident investigator I have not seen film photos of a scene in 20 years. Digital photos are the norm and easily verified.
Digital photos can be grainy too.
My uncle opted for the 5 speed on his "97, with a 454. Took 6 weeks for delivery. Always 18MPG, even when full of people and towing an 18' camper.
He still has it.
I've got an 06 5.3 ls and I don't even get 18 lol. I'm lucky to get 15
18 mpg is fantastic for a 454
Your uncle has a super rare gem lol. It’s a bummer manufacturers don’t do special orders like that anymore. The last company that would, was Nissan. I know a guy who ordered a Frontier with a MT 6speed. They had to ship the transmission from Japan to install it in the U.S. factory.
I have a 05 1/2 ton 4X4 with a 4.8 and a 5 speed. Will knock down 20 MPG at 60 MPH all day.
My dad purchased a 97 1500 with the 6.5 turbo diesel a while back from the original owner who custom ordered it. It was a very rare spec and it was fully loaded too. I miss that thing, though we saw it again last year driving around town
My dad had not one, but TWO black suburbans back in the 90's. A '94 1500 and a '96 2500. They were his work trucks, they allowed him to make a living and build our family; those suburbans are effectively the reason that I am here today. They were also our family haulers; they took us all around the US, towing a uhaul trailer of our belongings. I was approximately 3 minutes away from being born in the back seat of one of them before reaching the hospital. I practically grew up in these suburbans, and now, I have the silhouette of a suburban tattooed on my arm. Safe to say my dad was one hell of a suburban-loving dad, and he made a lifelong suburban-loving son.
I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin that had a Chevy factory that was the primary employer for that town. They built these Burbans and tahoes up until the 2008 economic crash. The factory closed down and left such a void in that town. They actually lined up after the factory was torn down to hand out individual bricks from the original factory to the families that were employed by GM. I was never a big GM fan even having owned a 94 GMC Sierra when I was 17. Still have bittersweet emotions whenever seeing one of these tanks rolling down the road. Also that same factory converted to manufacturing tanks for WWII
Janesville?
@@erikscott5709 bingo
Every single person in the US has rode in a Chevy GMT truck, we all know floaty feeling of lumbering around the road. I can definitely still smell it 😂
I bought a 97 suburban in 2006 it only had 87000 miles on it when I got it I was in the army at the time and all my buddies called it the uss road boat because it was so big and floaty my mom still has her 1999 2500 is black so it looks like CIA truck
For real, I’m living here for two years only and have ride in a handful of chevy gmt (mostly 800)
They don't make cars as comfortable as the GMT400/GMT800s any more. Soft suspension and deeply-padded seats.
They aren't floaty at all though.
The Kunkleman ad has me in tears. I haven't laughed that hard in a minute. Also, I think it's great that once in a while, you can still save something from the crusher for a small price and get some enjoyment and reliability out of it.
This video was a real return for form for RCR, had a bit of a mid slump in the last year - with occasional brilliance of course. Really reminded me of the good old days, whatever those were.
Fully agree, this felt like the OG regular car reviews again. Just a pure video without monetisation driving creative decisions
I recently saw a couple pull two 12’ kayaks out of one of these like it was a magic trick.
My dad had an excursion when I was growing up, the Zune to the Suburban's iPod. Late comer, bigger and better in every technical way, short lived, vehement following, basically the same product for all intents and purposes. It tows and hauls way better than a minivan and it carries your protestant family around way better than a pickup truck. Really is the ideal vehicle if you are a working man in excess of 3 dependents and like to go on road trips ever.
My Dad had one too. 7.3L ftw🤟. We used to drive by Suburbans all the time and the joke was “look at the Baby Suburban”
Yeah excursion was great people even pay money to have those things refreshed frame off new engine sometimes they will even try to take the frame from like 250s I think and put the body on top so they have the newer suspension and stuff
My job had one as a support vehicle with a V10 in it. I loved driving it but holy smokes you could see the gas gauge moving on that thing. Crazy
Best-sounding diesel on the road, can't convince me otherwise. That 7.3 👌☺️
1:39 - One, and only one...manly tear for the Schuylkill Mall part.
That old Fenwick Island sticker got me right in the feels. My Uncle had a similar Suburban growing up, he and the family would pack it to the gills and drive it to Bethany Beach, Delaware. I thought it was the coolest vehicle ever since it had a custom tube TV and VCR in between the front seats in the second row nor had I ever ridden in such a big thing other than a school bus!
I took my drivers test in one of these after learning how to drive in a 1991 Honda Civic that was stolen 3 days before my license test. My childhood was spent riding in the third row in the years prior. It still exists in my family 29 years after we initially bought it, if only just to haul around our Airstream.
I delivered pizzas in it in the early ‘00s. The armrest note holder held printed Mapquest directions nicely.
You don't drive a Chevy Suburban. You set sail.
95-99 GMT-400s are the GOAT! I love my 98, it's a lazy boy on wheels.
Same! I have an older GMT-400 truck ( ‘93 1500) but is a conversion truck and man ‘90s seat comfort was at its peak it’s like I’m sitting in a plush grandpa chair.
A lazy boy to tow your jet boat.
Finally, RCR gives the OBS chevy a fair shake!
I had a 4 door '99 Tahoe for years, dragging a 6k lb 7x16 trailer cross-country twice a month. Great tow vehicle, just long enough to be stable, short enough to be crazy maneuverable. Still my favorite vehicle I've ever owned.
I bought one 7 years ago to go to a music festival across the country for 1000 bucks, the rear axle quit on the return journey, replaced it with a junkyard one, continued the road trip a few hours later. It hasn’t quit running so I still keep it around.
Dude what were you smokin?? Can't say I've ever heard a story like that from an adult going to a concert
@@giggiddy welcome to being poor
@@Iamthestig42069 poor in finances but wealthy in life.
To be honest, the Suburban and Tahoe are both the best driving large trucks I have ever driven.
And the most comfortable.
On my 4th Tahoe. Love them. ❤
Every time I see an OBS Chevy truck, I am reminded of a particularly “gifted” classmate of mine in shop class who drove a 97-98 Chevrolet c/k1500. This was junior year in high school a few years back. His truck was painted in plastidip all around along with matte black and green wheels and he would bring it to auto class everyday. His attire was not much different, he always wore sagged jeans, beat up vans, and a bandana. This kid would always sing rap songs out loud and had a favorite word in particular that started with an N. School security knew him by name already and he was constantly pulled out of class. Long story short, he was a troublemaker, eventually he got into a fight with a teacher and was expelled from my high school. He totaled the truck a few months afterward, and it sat in front of his house for weeks with no plates until it finally disappeared (probably towed.) He has driven an 04’ Impala since…
Oh man, you fueled my nostalgia. I remember my dad drove only Tahoes, Suburbans and Silverados from the 90s. He liked them so much he had them all the way to the early 2010s.
This is the year they brought them to Australia with a Holden badge.
These vehicles are so big that when they switched them over to right hand drive, they didn’t even bother putting the transmission shift lever on the other side of the steering column as is usually the practice in RHD countries.
Nice if only Holden sent more cars to USA. I love holden
In 1995 my sister and I drove my dad’s 1992 black 4wd Suburban from Wilmington NC to Springfield OH for my grandmother’s funeral. Never was there a more comfortable road trip than the one we enjoyed in that Suburban. Keep in mind this was a long time ago when I say that The closer we got to Ohio the more looks we got from other motorists and passersby. In one instance after getting fast food, the lady who gave us our order hung out of the drive thru window to watch us drive away. It was very strange. I guess back then …in the Midwest…a big tall shiny black Suburban meant either government agent or celebrity
My mom had a black 2500 92 suburban growing up and people used to stop and talk to her all the time about it. I guess when they first came out with this body style it got a lot more people interested in getting one
Hey RCR, thank you for reviewing my 1998 Tahoe 5.7. Im so glad you like it. They don’t makem like THIS anymoar!
Chevy Suburban: The official car of the FBI, and people who want to pretend they're the FBI.
but only in black :D
and Tony Soprano in the early seasons
I was a 90s kid whose dad drove these. When I started driving I wanted a car but they had a 1995 suburban (looked exactly like this one) for $500 up the road from my house. Bought it and drove it for a year. Trans went and I bought another for less than a trans rebuild. I did that for the next 6 years and 5 more suburbans(never spent more than $1500) before finally saving enough money to get a mid 2000s model.
These trucks to me were always the $1500-3000 trucks you could always pick up at anytime when yours died.
The fact nice ones now go for $15k is weird. But considering like he said new ones are like $80k, it makes sense.
2003 Suburban LT @ 399,408 miles. How long will a Suburban run for? Yes.
TOMMY FENSTAMACKER MENTIONED, W
I heard Tommy Fenstamacker was conceived in the back of a 97 suburban
My mom had one same year as this but it was white and had a drop tailgate and glass instead of barn doors, it went through 2 4l60s it popped a hole in the casing the 2nd time and spilled transmission fluid down the gutter of our street and then on the other hand my dad drove a 91 bronco that NEVER died and I just loved the roll down back window as a kid
Thank you for sticking up for the 4l60 lol
My dad drove oa '99 Suburban LT 4x4 up until January of this year. At 340,000 miles the engine finally spun a bearing. He bought it 15 years ago with 180,000 miles on it, never had a major mechanical problem with it until the engine failure. And, I can't say he took great care of it either. He changed the oil about every 12,000 miles and only changed out parts if they broke. These things were beasts, the ONLY weak spot they had, as Mr. Regular points out, is they're so prone to rusting when exposed to road salt. I think the look of the GMT 400's can't be beat. They were sharp looking trucks 25 years ago and the design holds up. I still like the clean lines of these old trucks, they also aren't all huge and 'roided out as today's trucks all look.
...Most dependable, longest lasting trucks on the road.
"my shifter scrotum is covered in smegma"
Master detail to describe.
Also, only a good detailer will brush, polish and steam that scrotum back to newborn showroom state.
My hospital security department still has this exact year of suburban as one of our vehicles (except ours has bench seats up front). We call it “the beast” and it’s specifically for one of our off-site posts. Everyone whines that they want to drive it until they actually do and find out that it crawls up hills and the brakes are only a suggestion 😂
The Kunkleman ad this time was the best one yet. Watching this put a smile on my face, great vid.
Had a 2003 Suburban 2500 with 4WS - 4 Wheel Steering and 4WD. The heavy duty frame, 8-lug wheels, and beefed up transmission with extra cooler made it a good trailer towing beast. The base transmission on the Suburban 1500 with the 5.3 liter V-8 would frequently burn out from towing. My trailer was 6400 pounds and 30 feet long and the 2500 version held up great.
We hauled four children around in that Suburban 2500 which everyone remembers fondly. When I sold it for what Kelly Blue Book said it could pull in at best, I had four guys clawing each other to see who would get it. The buyer paid my asking price and didn't even test drive it. It was the second to last 3/4 ton K version Chevy ever sold.
People forget to turn the tow settings on when pulling
@@dubvuchyea502 Later bought the Toyota Suburban (Sequoia) with their 5.7 liter V-8. Early on, Toyota advertised the second generation Tundra/Sequoia as a 3/4 ton platform rated to pull 10,000 pounds, but dropped that after adopting a new standard for towing rating. Nevertheless, the frame is extra thick and I towed a 7200 pound trailer with the Sequoia better (i. E. Uphill, mpg while towing) than the 6.2 liter Suburban 2500 had managed. Still have the 2014 Sequoia and it is still an incredible vehicle.
@@dubvuchyea502this. Also w/ the gmt400, you don’t tow in OD. you’re supposed to roll through the gears.
@@thJune Mine had the towing mode button at the end of the column shifter whuch activated a yellow lighted trailer image on the dash and changed the transmission shift points.
Am I the only one whose comments keep disappearing from TH-cam lately??? Let's see if this one persists...
@amerigo88 mine has the same. Mines an 06 with the 5.3 ls. Has 170,000 miles. Still doing just fine
Did this thing have the 42 gallon gas tank? Friend of my in-laws had that and it blew my mind. The umbrella, safety kit, and flash light just unlocked a childhood memory. My parents got those with their Tahoe in that same year. They still have that shitty halogen flashlight. That Tahoe had a really great cranberry metallic color.
Yes! I literally don’t let the tank run down past half because of how freaking long it takes to fill from E to full 😂
Fun fact. There is a place in the dash cluster for a transmission temperature gauge, but for 4L60’s it is not provided. You only get the temp gauge if you get the 4L80. I added a temp gauge to my cluster with a hole saw where it should be. When towing up a steep grade, if I shift into 3rd the temp gauge pegs out after a short period of time. Plus, these trucks are rated with a very high towing capacity. Keep it under 5000 pounds and add a temp gauge if you want to tow.
That's on the generation after this, the GMT400 trucks did not have a trans temp gauge provision
Fun fact, the 4L60E was used all the way to 2013 attached to the LR4/LY2/L20 4.8L Vortec V8.
We had a '93 Suburban for about 12 years, and that sucker got 12 MGP consistently. City? Highway? Mixed? Didn't matter. 12.
With a 40 gallon fuel tank, road trips were awesome, but when you eventually did stop you were there for a while. Fun fact: some gas station pay-at-pump units had a $50 max at a time, and this sucker hit that even back in the mid 90s!
"It's got a coin holder... of course, with inflation that's completely useless."
Boy, was that funny and depressing at the same time 😂
I always took theAA batteries outta the disposable cameras and used them for my Gameboys or Discmans. That was my first "Life Hack"
✌️😎👍
I sold my '95 with 330k miles to my brother earlier this year. Crate motor in 2008, factory reman 4L60E in 2011. And Honestly, I might buy it back for my daughter it in 3-4 years.
I miss our 1999 so much
Ahh, I miss those faulty GM truck interiors. Saggy headliner, saggy doors, interior water leaks after heavy rain. Good times.
You should see all the mods that mom n pop shops have come up with to fix all those things + all the other low points of the 90’s GM trucks. Cunningham machine makes absurdly solid door pins and bushings that just crap all over the factory ones. They also make steering shafts that are 100000% better than even the best new old stock rag joint. It’s crazy the niche market these have
Incredible Kunkleman bit. Great video
I live in the southwest, so rust escapes us for the most part. The amount of these, in that blue color, in varying states of disrepair, that I see on a regular basis, is amazing. That interior, in its gross state, is exactly what I imagine them all looking like.
I love Roman's commentary in this one.
I always look forward to Tommy Fenstermacher and Kunkelman Chevrolet segments on their own, but I was never prepared for the power of a Tommy segment leading into a Kunkelman one. I've been blessed today
I'm British and have no idea what any of the comments means, can someone please explain why this is the only American channel that has your own strange dialect/slang lol I have no fucking clue what anyone is saying.
Chevy Suburban isn't just the longest running vehicle nameplate in the US, it's the longest running vehicle nameplate in the entire world.
My 88 6.2 Diesel had the massive towing package (both axles solid on leafs). The brakes had their own hydraulic pump. I kept the tires at 100psi to keep the tires longer and do what I could for the 17mpg. On a good road It was like driving a Canyonero. In the Clinch mountain backroads where I lived (45 min to stores), it was like squeezing through rutted alleys.
Quality control was out of control for that MIM. I spent more time and money fixing it than any junker I ever had. The gear indicator fell off, even. When I left the mountains, I sold the Blue Ox to a native.
@@iFigureHe's running 10 ply tires..........I hope 😂
@@iFigure That's Bus levels of pressure. I know that could have gone wrong if it wasn't to spec.
"you were getting double tbagged by a Christmas tree and the weekend" 11/10 writing as always
My dad bought the 1993 version of this Suburban. Got 60k out of the transmission before it exploded. Got a rebuild and then "sold" it to my grandfather for a 1977 Chevy K10, which he planned to restore and trade back. Put way too much into the truck and my grandfather kept it, only using it once a year to get potatoes. Rest of the time it sat in a garage with a trickle charger. Fast forward a few years and I "bought" (inherited) it and it was perfect for what we needed at the time when our Trailblazer was involved in an unfortunate single vehicle rollover. Fast forward a few more years and the transmission exploded again, and by that time we had a newer GMC Denali that was better. Engine was tip top though, probably needed a water pump, ended up selling it because it was the most expensive vehicle per mile to maintain (though the Denali was the same size and takes premium fuel). Had dreams of the glorious LS-swap, but life being what it is and I just don't have the time or money. Engine would not die because it was low compression and therefore low stress on the internal components (like the early 90's Lincoln Town Cars.)
Miss that car.
Once you have a rebuilt one with hardened internals installed, the transmission might outlast the body
This is probably one of my favorite RCR videos ever! Growing up we had a '92, '97, and '00 Suburbans and I loved them all. Our metallic brown '97 had this care kit, I remember playing with that umbrella as a kid at my older sister's track meet one day. Growing up on a farm in rural eastern Oregon these were perfect trucks for our family, it wasn't unusual for it to be hauling my parents, all of us kids, a few of our friends, all of our gear, and a loaded horse trailer or camper trailer. They also did great in the drifting snow or slick mud which we often encountered. We would often take trips to the Oregon coast in these rigs and they were always a very roomy comfortable ride.
These trucks hold a warm spot in my heart and I would love to own one some day. Cheers,
Holy smokes, a new RCR that isn't a giveaway? Hell yeah.
Is it really a "giveaway" if you have to pay $50 for the entry?
less than 3 minutes in and this is awesome. Best of luck with the Australia trip!
Love the fact that he mentioned the smell of a GM vehicle! Because, I, for a long time thought I was the only one who noticed it!!
lol it’s guaranteed. Almost like early 2000’s VW’s and that infamous crayola scent
I love the American VW crayola smell the Mexican/Brazilian Vw have a mix of plastic/Gasoline/atf oil
Was just looking at buying one of these earlier this week. Was disappointed when I couldn’t find an RCR video for it. Impeccable timing
The Roman Weeknd dance will live in my head rent free till I die
My dad had a 97 burb in the late 90s/early 00s, black with gray interior. Tahoe trips, soccer games, hauling me/my brother/all our cousins around... he definitely used it to live up to his legendary 90s dad status. He also once backed into a tether ball pole after a school event and bent it with no damage to the truck, built solid for sure!
I probably sent like 10 emails asking you to review my MANUAL SWAPPED '98 Suburban.
SAME COLOR!!
COME ON MAN!!
I for one, would watch this episode
He probably chose the dirtiest one to get more views.
@@garlandstrife Though mine isn't as rusty, it is a little rougher with a mismatched door, '88 grille/headlights, and '78 Oldsmobile Hubcaps.
It's also got some hail damage from Storm Chasing.
I assume the real reason he didn't pick me is because he didn't want to come all the way out to Illinois to come see it.
Perseverance and humility make your channel a beacon. Congrats!
GMT-400s: When you're finally accepting that you're a Blue-Collar Dad, but refuse to leave the late-80s to late-90s, your hayday.
Ive got one that almost mint. Zero rust, emerald greed. I got a couple shorts up of it. Its my second gmt400. I love em i cant wait to watch mine age nicely
Grew up in that generation Chevy Cheyenne and Suburban, dad had the cloth interior and leaning over and taking a nap in the back seat on a warm texas day was the absolute best. Slow as molasses but itll show up to work with a hungover driver every Monday 😂
No matter what vehicle is featured on RCR, and you see how horrifyingly filthy the interiors are and they are never cleaned by the owner.
Like, what's the deal?
Jesus, at least vacuum the damn thing out.
Slobs.
I'm pretty OCD about keeping your rides clean.
Otherwise, nice ride.
decomposing GM plastics will never clean up like you want them to lol, and his camera captures way more detail than the human eye. I do need to give it a good steam cleaning though, lots of discolored carpet from moisture intrusion
0:23 - Back in the summer of '97, I worked a temp job at a company called "Masters of Marketing" in West Berlin, NJ and we assembled these Chevy-branded first aid kits. Haven't seen them since then.
That's so cool! Did you guys make other parts of the kit or just the first aid kit? I have a second sealed one I'm curious to know if the band aids are also branded.
If they did the same today the whole kit would probably be outsourced to a country overseas 😞
0:35 wow a Grim Fandango reference. Much respect bro
One day we have to have a “Greatest Hits of Tommy Fenstermacher” compilation
We need a Harold Slovinsky video of this Suburban. Bring him back already!
Too big and scary for Harold in my head canon. The Honda Accord is fiiiinnnne, its just fiiiinnnneee.
Those stickers spoke loudly for the individual that owns this.
i was once friends with a band and on one tour they had a Suburban. There was so much room they all slept comfortably while lugging all their gear, including a bass amp the size of a coffin
Oldest Chevy model still in production. Pretty much indestructible
Oldest nameplate in automotive history
I need Kunkleman Chevrolet merch yesterday minus one hour, but I'll still accept now.
Thanks for reviewing my favorite car of all time! Love your vids guys
At 26 years old, this has better paint than any new GM product and looks like it's been waxed no more than 5 times.
The rants in this video felt particularly specific and that makes them concerning.
Excellent!
This might be my favorite video of yours
My dad had one of these as a work/trip car. It was cherry red, had the same "damp wood smell" and it racked up a huge amount of miles over the decade he drove it. They really are impressive vehicles. I wouldn't want to have to use it in a pinch-it handled like a fridge.
THE SMELLLLLLLL, grandpa had one and I distinctly remember the old man smell and how it seems to be the same in basically all 90s gm interiors
My mom still has her 1999 2500 suburban that thing is a tank we loved when we were kids
A triple bench suburban with barn doors was the pinnacle of GM SUV design.
I dig this rolling relic. Those old Vortec 350s are fairly simple to diagnose and plenty of room to replace just about everything. Major low end torque. Ive had the same 96 standard cab 2 wd/ silverado package since 2010. In Michigan, if ya keep cars out of the salt, they hold up good. 190,000 miles and the 4 L60 still does the job but I never towed anything. Other than a few sensors, water pump, master cylinder and a fuel pump, it's still mostly original equipment. I know 255 HP isnt a lot by today's standards but 335 lb ft of torque at 2800 rpms and only weighing 3900 pounds, it plenty of power. Been a great truck.
I love it when treated to a surprise Kunkleman commercial!
Was really hoping this was a giveaway.
My step-dad bought a 2001 suburban with 180k and he would buy another one after he sold it. My biological dad has had his 1991 gmc suburban for 18 years rolled and still has it. And I have always had a special place in my heart for these trucks
Another fact about the Suburban: it literally had a segment to itself for the first ~70 years of its life, really until the Excursion and subsequent Expedition EL/XL. Crazy to think about. If you wanted a large SUV, this was it for so many years. Don't even bother going to a Mopar/Ford dealer let alone a Japanese car dealer. You already know they didn't have ANYTHING CLOSE.
It is wild to think about, I guess it competed in the station wagon and van segments for people that needed something that did a little bit of both + go offroad
I grew up in the back of one of these, my dad got a 97 after losing his 89 suburban to rust, and man was it great, he kept that thing going for 366k miles untill he broke the transmission due to over tightening the ujoint and my brother took the cylinder heads for his caprice build.
I don't blame you for wanting to leave, but you guys still being here continues to give me hope. Please don't ever leave, cheers from up the road in Allentown!
To be honest, everything is faster than a 4runner 😅 and I love them.
I think this is the most unhinged regular car reviews since the infamous dodge advenger video.
A Grim Fandango reference? I think that's the only time that's ever taken place in a car review.