My grandpa had a 1994 Chevrolet Silverado with the 5.7 liter v8 and true dule cat back straight pipes on it. He always loved to floor the hell out of it and it sounded great!
My dad owned a GMC Suburban with a 5.7 V8 that had 360,000 miles on it, still running on the original engine and transmission. This video brought back a lot of fond memories. I was sad when he traded it in 2010 for a 2007 Suburban.
I had a 1998 Suburban 454, 3/4 ton, SLT. As a tow vehicle, it was unsurpassed. It actually handled pretty well considering its size. It held 42 gallons of gas. 7 mpg when towing the boat. 13 around town. Maybe 15 cruising on the highway. That's back when gas was $1.05 a gallon.
The 44 gallon tank was a meme every time you go to fill up. Here in LA every time we went to fill up the pump would stop at $300 thinking it’s fraud and the clerk would come out and we’d have to finish filling up at the next gas station across the street.
Family friend relayed the story of the tank in his old Suburban that took a crisp $20 to fill it, haha. He drove his VW Rabbit on his restaurant's fryer oil. Changed the fuel filter every oil change
Guy from Europe here, I remember seeing theses Burbs and Tahoe on TV and movies back in the late 90's. Also in 2001 I went in the States for the first time and did spent a lot of time in a GMC Suburban. I was 15.. I was so impressed with how theses trucks looks in person: big, safe and still classic American car vibe. Now I'm 39 and daily drive a 97 Tahoe in France, nostalgia 😅
I remember those sitting at the Opel dealer lot over here when I was a kid in the late 90s.. loved them! ..still do 😀 keep her alive as long as possible man 💪🏻 regards from germany ✌🏻
@@mfavingerfv2202 you rarely see them used as daily drivers.. but I can only speak for north west germany.. jeeps and ram trucks are definetly the most sold american brand vehicles in our area..those are pretty popular around here.
I used to have a 98 Chevy 2500 truck with this engine. Got 11 mpg no matter what I was doing with it but God it was awesome. Effortless power, 410 torque might not seem like a huge number nowadays but because it’s a huge engine, it feels like it makes all that torque at 1000 rpm. There’s really no waiting for the thrust, it’s all there all the time.
My V10 ram was just like that, except it was 8mpg. It's stupid how far we've come since then. My 24 GMC Canyon has a 2.7L Turbo that makes 310HP/430lbs-ft and gets 20mpg while it does it.
@@316Autos Any $$$$ you save in gas is going to be spent fixing it outside warranty. Emissions era diesel trucks are STUPID EXPENSIVE to maintain/keep running. Not to mention the premium you pay for diesel. Fleets have gone back to gas trucks because the diesels have become unreliable money pits.
@@AaronSmith-kr5yf 2.7L Turbo is a gas engine, you're thinking of the 3.0l Duramax. I'm not a diesel guy, every one I've owned has been an unreliable shitbox,.
@@316Autos Yeah I was thinking of the small 1/2 ton diesel. I didn't know the gas turbo 4 cylinder made that sort of torque though, that's pretty nuts for the displacement. Does it have a lot of turbo lag or is it pretty linear/usable??
Its a thirsty boi. My brother has a 2003 Silverado with the 8.1L. Gets around 8 - 10 MPG. They even crammed the 8100 into an Avalanche although they were not as popular.
Oh man, my folks had a green '97 Suburban when I was a baby. Then I remember the day we went and traded it in on an '03 Yukon XL that took us 340k miles. Awesome family haulers.
My dad had a black 2500 and I have so many good memories towing the boat to the lake on the weekends, riding along as he towed huge loads of building material for his business, and taking road trips as a family. It was truly the do everything vehicle for us. Thanks for sharing, what a trip down memory lane! ❤
That's what a truck should look like. Nowadays trucks look like something out of a Star Wars movie. I have a mid-90s Ford truck with similar body styling (squarish).
I remember when I was a kid 40 years ago. Every truck, Suburban, and Jeep were utilitarian tractors. No real change from 1970 to about 1991. Trucks then became much more comfortable and even luxurious. This Suburban was as far as it went.
I did an accidental 180 trying to drift a Yukon on wet road and missed a mailbox by an inch when I was 16. And I definitely didn't panic.. You just have to counter steer your counter steer and don't slam on the brakes. Stay in the throttle when in doubt
Ive got a 1500 of the same year with the 350. Takes us anywhere we want to go whilst being 25 years old. We even converted it to a camper this summer with a full size mattress in the back and plenty of storage. What a machine
Man that's pure nostalgia. I grew up in the back of an S10 Blazer which was sort of the baby version of this truck, with all the same sights, smells, and sounds. Also the car I learned to drive standard in. Thanks for another sick review my dude.
My mom had one in almost the same spec back in the day. Bought it new in 2000. Spent my learners permit driving it. These days have a 2001 Silverado with 115k miles with the same motor. Still going strong
My parents had this thing but in Navy Blue, with Navy interior. It was the GMCs version and it was a 98. They put over 300k miles on it and pulled boats, trailers, you name it. I also took my driving test in it when I turned 16. This truck brings back some nostalgia for sure. This video only gives you a glimpse of the truck’s capabilities, really cool to see this truck in such pristine condition. I hope to have one my self. Thanks for the Time Machine back to my childhood brother.
I’ve owned one of these for ~3 years, great truck. Have towed many, many, cars with it. The 7.4 is pretty reliable once some small issues are remedied. Steering and suspension is surprisingly composed, as you noticed. That red interior is great!
Handsome, comfortable, easy to drive, and generally quite reliable-no wonder America fell in love with the SUV thanks to this generation of Suburban (and Tahoe). That red interior is stunning, and I had no idea it had stuck around that late! I thought the colorful interiors were gone by the mid 90s. So cool to see one from as late as 99!
These vehicles without the big screen on the dash , I find, are much more relaxing on the eyes. As a child of the 70s and 80s, I guess my eyes are trained to focus on any screen in my line of sight. And the respite from that is always nice.
Relocated to Reno from the UK in 1999 and got a ‘95 Burb 1500 but had the 350 tuned with several upgrades. It was absolutely fantastic especially with regular runs over the Sierra Nevada mountains and in and around San Francisco. In 2000 the dealer I got the Burb from got a 1999 2500 454 in and I seriously thought about exchanging but after borrowing the truck for a weekend it felt so much heavier than my 1500 so I just kept mine enjoying the performance upgrades.
I’ve got a 96 Chevy k2500 Cheyanne. I absolutely love it. I’m slowly making it an overlanding rig, and the more time I spend driving it the more I really appreciate how good of a truck it is.
My family had one of these growing up! Great memories in that car. Only started having issues after it got rear-ended pretty hard after we had it for 8 years.
So nice😍😍 I miss seeing these regularly. And love the maroon interior in this one with the black paint. And that 454❤ I would absolutely love to own this beauty
What a trip down memory lane this was 😄 I remember seeing these a bunch in elementary school and our neighbor driving us in theirs to soccer practice with their kids. Good times 😁⚽️
My dad was a TV camera man since the late 80's. He started making good money in the 90's and bought his first suburban, a work-truck spec 1994 1500. Had it outfitted with a cage in the rear to protect his camera equipment. Then he started having kids and bought a second black suburban, the 1996 2500, top trim just like this one in the video, and that was what I grew up in. Two black suburbans in the driveway, these trucks were my childhood. I practically grew up in the 1996, road tripped all around the country as a family for my dad's TV shoots. These trucks allowed my dad to make a living, they literally are what allowed me to exist. Today, I have the side profile of the 1996 suburban tattooed on my arm, and I've been able to buy my own GMT400 suburban, a 1997 2500 454, just like this one, but speced exactly how my dad's was, black, fully loaded grey leather interior. I will continue to drive these trucks till the day I die, they simply are the best.
You can make any vehicle worthy of some praise, and your videos are always enjoyable. Never thought I'd be so enamored with a Chevy Suburban with a blood red interior and 454. Still, gotta love those late model big blocks. Massive iron lumps with a singular purpose, deliver torque.
This was my family car back in the day. You unlocked a core memory. The rear back seat on the driver side was my seat. I used to put food I didn’t like in the ash tray lmao
My dad had a 1997 2-door Tahoe with black exterior, grey interior. That interior brings me back. I wish he hadn't given it away to my cousin (I was still a few years away from driving at the time).
watching you drive this suburban is so calming and satisfying, my tahoe's cats clogged so the previous owner cut the cats off and installed a catback exhaust and its quite obnoxious, it sounds good and i like it but damn it also seems so nice with the quiet aswel
I grew up with a 99' C/K 1500 with a 5.7l - Same exact colors, Tuxedo Black exterior, Red cloth interior, such a nostalgic sight to see. Just wish I would have taken better care of it when my dad let me start driving 6-7 years ago. The NE Wisconsin winters did not treat it well. I can still smell the years of baked in tobacco of the specific cigarettes my dad smoked back then. Edit: Also, the sound of that CRISP metal exterior door handle, SNAPPING when you let go. Amazing.. I love it..
one of my favorite things about my 03 forester is the visibility. with a panoramic mirror i can quite literally see out of every angle of my car. i wish newer cars took that in to more consideration
I was JUST googling these cars for some reason. We used to have this exact car but with the 6.5 diesel, and we also had a 2001 Tahoe with the 5.3. What a different time where these were the usual SUVs and crossovers weren’t even really an idea yet.
I have a 1999 5.7 (small block/350ci) version of this truck with cloth seats. 291K miles and was just opened up for the first time this last year to reseal leaks, upgrade the fuel injection and install a new timing set. Despite being 25 years old it's still an extremely relevant truck that in my opinion isn't replaceable with anything on the market currently.
Grew up in one of these. My dad still has it and it has 300k miles with the fuel pump being the most major thing replaced. I don’t want to be that guy but they really don’t make tanks like that anymore.
Probably the best vehicles produced by GM during the period.Suburbans had the highest income demographics of any GM model and with the 454 you needed to have income,the avg mpg was 8-10 all of he time.Yes it needed that big 43 gallon fuel tank and a thick wallet.Bought for towing,which it did well but not affordable for the average guy.Good video!
My family used to have a 2001 Suburban that was blue. We only had it for like 2 years since it ended up being a lemon, but still had a lot of nostalgic memories with it
this gives me so much nostalgia bc i remember a 99 gmc savanna we had and nust so many things are in common with the two vehicles it even sounds just like it did
I'll never understand why every truck and truck based SUV went away from column shifters. I'd even accept them being electronic column shifters if they really want, but none of the button and dial shifters these days actually save more dash or center tunnel space than a column shift would, which is what the manufacturers somehow insist the reason is. I'll die on this hill.
I remember my dad brought one of these home and for over night as a test drive from the dealer. It was the diesel suburban. Dark blue colour with a blue cloth interior. As a kid I loved it it felt like a bus. We didn’t end up buying it though lol. 😂.
Gotta get out the cassette tapes for this one! This truck definitely brings back some memories. My folks had a GMC Suburban - possibly a 1997 or 1998 - before moving on to a 2002 Yukon XL shortly after that because they needed even more seats than what we had in the Suburban. I don't remember a whole lot about the Suburban other than cramming into the back on longer trips with my Game Boy ready to go with Pokemon or Wario Land loaded up, as well as being picked up from school.
My dad had the pickup truck version and it was a great vehicle. To me, the biggest negative was the super cheap plastic on the interior. But that wouldn’t stop me from buying one. I rode in a Escalade version of one of these and it was quite possibly the most comfortable car I have ever ridden in.
I learned to drive in a 96 Suburban 22 years ago. I hate those interiors, though. No bolsters on the seats make it feel like you're sitting on a bench. Low door panel doesn't give you a great resting spot for your elbow. However, it made for a fantastic family vehicle and my father still drives it to this day!
Enjoyed this one more than I thought I would! Would love if you’d be able to drive a 90s 5,9 litre Grand Cherokee. I bet that one’s a blast! It’s like the first sporty SUV.
In Russia, in the late nineties, such a car was considered very cool. As a rule, such cars belonged to bandits or semi-criminal structures... A lot of people went into the woods in the trunks of such cars. And this was their last trip.
You spoke a bit about how high up SUVs and CUVs are, but I think at least for some CUVs, they are at a nice in-between height where it can be easier to get in and out. On something like a RAV 4 or CRV I can just slide into the seat without having to climb up or lower my self down (as I do with an Accord or Camry). So visibility and not feeling like your car is smaller than other cars on the road may be part of the switch to CUVs, but getting in and out easily may be part of why some folks like them.
I have had 7 K1500 Suburbans, but my all-time favorites were the ones of this era. The 2000 and up were never the same and made poorer mileage and were not as quite or comfortable. I ordered all mine with a 3.07 rear axle since I didn't tow anything, plus the HD cooling and oil cooler as well as the tailgate (2 piece upper and lower_ which eliminated the blind spot. As ordered, the tach sat at 2K at 75 mph, got 20 mpg, and (with the 42 gallon tank) could easily do close to 800 miles, longer thanI could last! Wish they made them like they used to and I would order one in an instant.
my family had a 1995 GMC Yukon XL, was a light brown, kinda sucked during the winter as the heater wouldn't be warm enough until we like a minute before we got to school.
OMG my old 95 Blazer is looking at me with sad eyes, disappointed that I left her disassembled for so many years... One day my love, One day I will have enough money to rebuild you...
