Chevy avalanche?

Anthony

Anthony

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Anything good or bad to say about them? Years to avoid? I'm not up on them at all. But all are 4 door, and have a bed and are somewhat reasonably priced
 
Look for rust around the quarters, rockers, brake/fuel lines, & falling apart interiors pieces. The breaking ability is rather poor and they like to eat ball joints.
Good if you pick one up from the south and immediately under coat it.
 
I've had a ton of Tahoes, Silverados, Avalanches - Avalanche was my favorite in terms of practicality. Rides much nicer than a pickup, and has my perfect mix of internal/external storage (e.g. gas cans, ATV/dirt bike gear) & a bed for the occasional plywood/drywall need - something I find missing with my Tahoe. Also liked the 4 doors vs. pickup extended cabs with the 1/2 door. I prefer the 2nd gen models, 2007+, though I had both.

Downsides are the typical GMT800/900 issues - rusted brake/fuel lines, fuel pumps every 100k, etc. Gas mileage is not great, but it's a big truck....
 
I've got a 2010. I love it. It's great for road trips, and if I need to haul anything that's longer than 6 feet, the rear seat folds down. I've got a couple of interior issues (driver's seat back is broken and the dash has a hairline crack in it) but so far nothing major. I dread swapping out spark plugs simply because I'm so damned short.
 
I had an 07 with ~70k on it, owned it for 3 months and dumped it. Worst vehicle I've owned. Terrible fuel economy, no power (had a blackbear reflash, still sucked), had an intermittent top end noise which was, I believe, afm issues starting.
 
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