[speeder]

I'm with Kaisen on this one. If I needed a late-model used SUV, it would be a Tahoe or Suburban. They are so cheap, you cannot touch them in terms of vehicle for the dollar.

In my immediate family, we've owned half a dozen Toyota SUVs or trucks plus one new Tahoe, (back in '90s), and 4 or 5 Ford trucks. My only complaint on the Tahoe was that it loosened-up a bit after 70-80k miles. Still a good truck just lost its "newness" too soon. And they are much more refined now than then.

I have friends in Minn. w/ old Suburbans w/ 200k+ miles that are still perfectly dependable w/ occassional repairs. Toyotas w/ high miles need repairs as well.

GM builds good trucks, maybe the best light trucks in the world when you factor in towing. If they built a Suburban 2500 w/ Duramax/Allison, it would be the best SUV on the planet. Hands-down. Don't know why they don't offer it.

I've never known anyone w/ a modern Chevy truck w/ the type of reliability issues that Zef is alluding to. Just the opposite.

For $10k less, I'd take an almost new Tahoe. Toyotas are a waste of $$ They made sense back in the days when they were cheap and got great gas. mileage, now they're the biggest fuel and money pigs around.