Suburban Poptop vs. Excursion Poptop….

[zoomad75]

I bet you could probably work it out.

2500 Suburban for sale in Ft. Collins. Engine and t-case recently replaced within 10k miles, fresh radiator and fresh front end. It's a high miler, so it could be riddled with all the same worn out issues yours has, but it's under 10k.

Might be worth a look and see.

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[Grassland]

You need to look at your actual miles per year driven, average that over the last several years, and realistically guess on what your lifestyle will be for a decade plus down the road and if your annual miles driven will be the same.
Only then can you begin to guess if a couple or five MPG will make a big difference over time vs purchase price and minimum maintenance costs.

I have a 3.7 Ford V6. I just did a 13,000 km road trip towing. I averaged roughly 20 liters per 100km or 12 US MPG. Unladen the best I can do is 20 US MPG.
But if the truck is never unladen, what does it matter?
I don't know what average fuel costs are for you, but I've filled up several tanks at or over $2 a liter, or over $7.50 per US gallon.
If I was driving a Ford 6.2 V8 with 100 lb ft more of torque and an extra 80 HP and got 10 MPG I wouldn't really have noticed the difference much on fuel, but the drive would have been easier.

 

[dur66@msn.com]

I'm in California so I know about expensive gas. It's the state government here that causes the cost to be so much. Not the national supply of petroleum.

I also own a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche 2500 which has the 8.1L engine and a 4L85E transmission. The powertrain has 233,000 miles on it and I would feel comfortable driving this truck anywhere. It's all in how the truck is maintained.