It also seems like the GMs with sunroofs have less headroom than a similar Ford/Lincoln vehicle with a sunroof. It also had 22' wheels which I was dead set against. My wife loved it and I liked the idea of slightly better gas mileage, but the dealer was too proud of it for it to come home with us. We only found one GM that didn't have a cracked dash and byzantine rattles, it was a 2012 Escalade Hybrid and we guessed it had been garaged it's whole life. The GM interiors frankly suck after 5-7 years. I started off wanting a GM because of the reliability of the LS series engines plus not having 50 feet of timing chains, but, I found out some things about GM SUVs firsthand that I could not live with. I drove probably 15+ GM SUVs and a couple of Expeditions before buying this one. I came from a car that got 26-27MPG combined, now I'm expecting 15ish. Leaves more money in my pocket to buy more fuel. I was looking for something a bit newer with less miles but this one made a good impression and cost less so we bought it. This SUV is extremely clean and straight and was well cared for, good maintenance practices were followed as per maintenance records logged on the Carfax. We took our Navigator on a 900 mile road trip the first week we had it, got 18.2 MPG in mixed driving and with the cruise set on 75 when we were on the highway with occasional excursions into the 85-90 range for passing. Well pulls strongly for a Ford 5.4 anyway, the GM SUVs definitely had more power, especially the Escalade, but that's neither here nor there. Yes I'm aware of the timing and cam phaser issues, but the engine runs smooth and quiet, and pulls strongly. 133K miles.Īnd in case anyone was wondering, this being BITOG and all, it has an oil change sticker from the dealer and looks clean on the dipstick. I guess the other question would be, is it worth the time and effort to get the orange stuff out of there? I just got the vehicle and the coolant looks very clean in the recovery tank, like it had just been flushed. Thank you for replying to my not-so-smart inquiry.

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