[jwasbury]

Lots of people love them...as you have already seen. Suby was the official car of Vermont back when I lived there. It was practically state law that you own one

I bought a 1997 brand new back in the day. It was a lemon. Within 600 miles, a crucial bolt that holds together the front suspension linkage and steering knuckle assembly fell out and the front wheel sort of folded under the car as I went around a corner. Luckily I wasn't blasting through the twisties near my home otherwise I might have lost control of the car and been in an accident. As it was the car had to be flat bedded back to the dealer because the front axle shafts were bent to hell. I drove it for 2 years after that, about 35k miles and in that time, it needed to have the brake pads and cheapo pot-metal rotors replaced twice due to warping. I do not ride my brakes, so to me that was complete BS and unacceptable. I traded it on a GMC suburban right about when it got the 2nd set of new rotors. The GMC, by the way, went for 70-80k before needing any brake work, and that was with a lot of towing too.

Maybe the quality has improved. I think that the chassis and drivetrain was pretty solid but the rest of the car had a micron thin veneer of quality, especially fit and finish. I don't think I could ever bring myself to buy one again.

Your results may vary.