I brought my "new" Suburban home yesterday, a 2004 Z71.
The really good news: I reset the mpg meter on the DIC on the way home, and by the time I shut her down in the driveway, I had an average of 19.5. Woot! Huzzah for a light right foot! (I was doing around 70 on the mostly freeway commute)
Three of the tires are getting a little thin, so I'm going to have to go the budget route soon, and find some take-offs in good shape to tide me over for a bit. I'll get the alignment checked at the same time.
The previous owners' dogs left olfactory evidence, but some specialty schpritz from Petsmart seems to be doing a fine job of eliminating that, and I'll be ordering a new cabin air filter, too.
There is a minor dent in the very top corner of the left front fender, but isn't really bothering me much, and the grille guard provides a visual distraction from it, so I'll leave that until I'm ready to get to those fiddly bits. Otherwise, the body is in amazingly good shape. No rust issues, being a southern truck.
The only other thing I see broken are a couple of the door-mounted courtesy lights. I may not even replace those, and may find something else to fill the narrow rectangular holes. All the other controls are fully intact and working.
One day, I'll get to the lightly cracked, but not holed, seat covers, but that can wait for a while. I may pick up a set of stretch-on covers for the time being.
Carpet is fine, other than the aforementioned odor, and my dog will soon be adding hers too, but to a lesser extent. We've generally been good at mitigating these things with our own pets... that or we just notice it less when it's our own dogs.
No lift planned. While I do plan to fit some mild AT treads, they'll be stock or maybe just a size bigger, and I may level up the front a little. I definitely don't want to go overboard here, as I'm considering selling my little commuter car and don't want to take a bigger hit on fuel economy.
The really good news: I reset the mpg meter on the DIC on the way home, and by the time I shut her down in the driveway, I had an average of 19.5. Woot! Huzzah for a light right foot! (I was doing around 70 on the mostly freeway commute)
Three of the tires are getting a little thin, so I'm going to have to go the budget route soon, and find some take-offs in good shape to tide me over for a bit. I'll get the alignment checked at the same time.
The previous owners' dogs left olfactory evidence, but some specialty schpritz from Petsmart seems to be doing a fine job of eliminating that, and I'll be ordering a new cabin air filter, too.
There is a minor dent in the very top corner of the left front fender, but isn't really bothering me much, and the grille guard provides a visual distraction from it, so I'll leave that until I'm ready to get to those fiddly bits. Otherwise, the body is in amazingly good shape. No rust issues, being a southern truck.
The only other thing I see broken are a couple of the door-mounted courtesy lights. I may not even replace those, and may find something else to fill the narrow rectangular holes. All the other controls are fully intact and working.
One day, I'll get to the lightly cracked, but not holed, seat covers, but that can wait for a while. I may pick up a set of stretch-on covers for the time being.
Carpet is fine, other than the aforementioned odor, and my dog will soon be adding hers too, but to a lesser extent. We've generally been good at mitigating these things with our own pets... that or we just notice it less when it's our own dogs.
No lift planned. While I do plan to fit some mild AT treads, they'll be stock or maybe just a size bigger, and I may level up the front a little. I definitely don't want to go overboard here, as I'm considering selling my little commuter car and don't want to take a bigger hit on fuel economy.
