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I forgot mention the shocks leaking at 20kmi. The wife rented a Suburban the last time the MAX was in the shop and its night and day in comfort and ride. Everything about the Suburban is better than the MAX. The issue I’ve heard though is the engine end up blowing up, some with 1000 miles on them due to defective valves due to the God awful AFM.
Very tempting however I can’t get over the $80k plus high interest rates, kills it for me. The Tahoe is very nice tho!
With 7 people, sports gear, friends etc to tote around. There’s not much out there for a family our size. You have the MAX, suburban/yukon xl, or minivans….id love to get a Minivan for the wife but she already had 2 before the MAX and she won’t go back.
First year cars scare me though, not to mention the entry $ is so high nowadays
Haha yeah you’re never gonna find 0% anymore…tough going for prices on anything nowadays let alone cars. So damn pricey!Since you are unlikely to find 0% interest these days, I am going to use some Dave Ramsy logic and say that with 5-kids, until you are in a position to pay cash for the replacement, seems like you really need to hang on to it for a couple more years - or at least until after the current election cycle is well past.
Overall it’s an impressive vehicle when it doesn’t break. If the dealer experience was better it wouldn’t be such a big deal…still a pain but less of one if they offered comparable loaners or rentals.
The fronts were replaced under warranty due to leaking. I guess I find it hard to have a brand new vehicle to have to get all brand new shocks but I’ve heard of people doing that. Are the Bilsteins that much better ride?
Yes, they are. If they are installed for stock ride height in the rear, the Bilsteins offer an extra ~1" of downward travel compared with stock, which reduces off road "3 wheeling" and I believe increases shock durability.
I wouldn’t say that they are a better ride than properly working stock shocks. I think they are about the same. They are a lot better ride than the failed stock shocks and they don’t fail quickly. My stock front shocks failed in less than 5000 miles.