This is a car from the age of Grunge Music, live axles and red plush interior. The Suburban is not an SUV, not really. It is a work truck that happens to be inclosed. Like the Lincoln Town Car, it will outlast modern cars.
A Chevrolet Suburan only needs six selling points 1. I'm BIG 2. I drive over stuff 3. Weather doesn't stop me 4. I look like *murder* 5. I sound like Lobo 6. And I smoke like Oswald's rifle Favorite part of the review
All you need is a jet black paint job, tinted windows, and a fake rotating satellite dish on the roof, and BAM!, park it outside of some random guy's house and watch as he freaks out thinking that the government showed up to spy on him.
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We had a 1990 Suburban. My wife never drove anything that big before so when she’d drive it to the grocery store she’d park waaayyy out there in the parking lot so as not to bump into anything. Then she got used to it, we have a 1999 Suburban now and my wife can park that thing where a motorcycle wouldn’t fit.
Same. Mom mom drove around an 1973 Oldsmobile Regency for decades. Thing was 3 feet short of a city bus. The looks people gave her as she just spun the wheel and slotted it into a parking space without having to BACK UP were priceless.
I am at my Grandparent's house. They are listening to christmas music in the background as I watch this video. It adds another dimension that I never would have thought existed before today. Listening to tales of crying potato sacks with "Up on the house top" in the background is some kind of religious experience, but certainly not the kind my grandparents would approve of.
I have to say... As a European, this is not what I think about when I think about American cars (which I try to avoid doing). I usually forget this car exists, because there's probably about a maximum of 2 of these in my country. I do secretly love how this car looks though.
yeah, and they changed our tax laws to the disadvantage of these oldschool land yacht bohemoths so from now on we'll see them even fewer on EU-streets. Which i think is a shame.
Im kinda late but in finland it is cheaper to drive vehicle like this cuz you only pay 100€/taxes a year or big vehicles and vans here so only thing that will cost is that v8 under the hood and in my neighborhood there is 2 suburbans one old one and one newer both from the 90's and one buick all sound sexy asf and if the new inspection law comes thru that lets cars older thqn 40yo not to be inspected we will have so much v8's
Ryan Barbolt Sure, in the choked-up 1980s when a civic made 50 or less horsepower. The L48 (the first chevy 350) made 300hp and 380ft-ibs of torque, in 1967. Blame the EPA. The 350 is a legend of a motor.
"smokes like Oswald's rifle" had me rolling on the floor. I'm sure there is a more accurate simile but this one was very American and shocking. Good job!
So funny. I had a 91 with a 6.2 diesel and a banks turbo kit. It came with a Reagan Bush campaign sticker. And it ran on the tears of vegans. Not a day goes by I don't miss that beast.
Hehehe, i got similar dissapporving looks when i was driving my '94 (lifted/modified) bronco with a 351w and, admittingly, obnoxiously loud exhaust (I didn't put it on, the previous owner did but i didn't have the commitment to remove it so it stayed) but me and my "glugluglugluglu" 9mpg didn't care (my wallet cared though).
I understand you. I'm trying to get such a burb here in Europe (hope it works this year). But when I have it, I'll put a "go veggie" sticker on the cargo doors.
Damn I miss my old suburban I had right out of high school. So many memories of last minute beach trips week long camping trips. Those huge back seats come in handy to a young man still living with his parents.
+Caleb Sålstrom Do I hear 3 years? lol This guys channel is purely amazing. Love his knowledge and sense of humor all rolled into one. It's like an automotive omlet of awesomeness.
Kuson2 Haha yes, 3 years! Still watching, still enjoying. I just can't believe it's been this long. I feel like I wrote this post a few months ago. Crazy.
I used to work at the campus post office while I was attending college at ISU. They had this same vehicle in white which we used to driver mail to the departments outside of central campus. I was totally amazed it was something that was made in the 1990’s. I thought it was made in the 70’s. Also we used to race in this thing to see who could deliver the mail and compete their route the fastest. This involved a couple miles of a winding gravel road up the side of a mountain to deliver like 1 or 2 pieces of mail to the to the office of the underground particle accelerator research facility. We drove that suburban like it was a stolen rental trying to compete in a rally event . Luckily I never flipped it. But I heard the ridiculous tradition of racing that state government owned suburban continued after I left the job and some poor sophomore eventually did mange to get that thing to roll while racing down the mountain. Luckily the suburban was okay.
your enthusiasm for smoker windows always makes me happy. Reminds me of riding down to the hardware store with my dad and his friend while his friend rested his smoke against the slightly cracked triangular window. Carcinogens are inherently nostalgic. Smoke, solvents, cooking meat, etc.
I just love how this truck tries to be somewhat modern wit some parts from the 88 Silverado redesign like the grill and steering wheel, but still looks like its from the 70s
ACEcolorado1 At least it still looks wayyy better than anything you see on the road today not to mention that it has pure steel verses modern cars that have nothing but plastic eggshells.
That's why I loved my old 1991 Cadillac Brougham. Looked straight out of the 1970's, like something Lefty or Donnie Brasco would drive. Yet still new enough when I had it in the 2000's it was still reliable and looked like a new car, had "new car tech" like fuel injection(same engine as this suburban), overdrive transmission, ABS, got good gas mileage as well.
I have a '92 Suburban, the beginning of the 9th generation, has the 350 TBI, has a few of the goodies of the older generation. Mine was a former police vehicle so it has less of the frills most of the 9th gens seem to have. Roll up windows, Silverado trim, bench seats everywhere. It also has the police push bumper, the spotlight and has 3/4 ton axles and 4 wheel drive. It scares people just by being near them. Nothing like a Suburban, NOTHING.
I've got an old 89 Burban good ol truck and I also have a 96 2500 suburban with a 454 and a 97 chevy k1500 4x4 suburban all of them almost have 300k still running strong Burbans are unstoppable
We had a 1989 suburban. It had a massive roof rack mounted to it and was used to tow boats and transport Girl Scouts. It had the infamous defective Goodyear tires as one point that delaminated on the freeway and pulled us across three lanes of traffic. The damage was repaired with black bolted wheel fenders (on a white suburban) that truly made the thing look beastly. We had it until 2001.
"Out of the back hatch, I threw a potato sack, the contents of which were CRYING. Through my Millard Filmore mask I yelled: YOU PASSED THE TEST LIKE ALL THE REST while the contents of a meatball sub rolled down the front of my white V-neck tee shirt."
Those 350s will go for ever. This vid now occupies a special place in my heart because it was what I HAD to drive when I was a teen, and I loved it. It didnt have a throttle, it had a go button.
These trucks are indeed respectable. My dad has owned several of these SUV's throughout the 70's and up to the last one being in 2009, which was an 88 Blazer. While they all had a ton of issues in regards to quality, they always got us from point A to point B! Long live GM's body-on-frame full size SUV's!
I usually watch a couple of these videos before bed, and I can honestly say that I still believe this is the the tightest, most concise RCR ever. There are some better, but not many that deliver as tight a grouping of philosophy and humor.
Our family car growing up was a 90 burb. I was nearly delivered in the passenger seat as my dad drove to the hospital. My dad ended up parking it and bought my mom a new Tahoe. The burb then sat for 10 years before I did a bunch of work to it. It just hit 100k miles. I have redone all the interior except getting the seats reupholstered. Love the car.
My Dad had a '76 in some strange red. It used more fuel with a tail wind. It also had manual vents with pulls in the foot wells! Awesome! He sold it in 91 to a very large biker that said "I always pay cash" whipped out a 4" thick wad of bills, pealed some off and went on his way.
man this is the first RCR video i ever saw, back in 2013 i had just graduated high school and my ex's mom had one of these we had taken on summer vacation. good times back then. thank you man, you're a automotive poet.
slothfulcobra full time and I don't know what you have a great day today r in the morning around for you to go pick it up on me to get the schedule and see if you want me to leave at this point in a minute I don't want
My mom's absolute favorite car our family owned was the Suburban 1998. The thing was just absolutely huge, and her favorite phrase was "Don't you try me, I'm bigger than you and I'll take you out" whenever someone would cut in front of her or do something stupid.
"and I smoke like Oswald's rifle" This is why I watch and rewatch your shit every time I see it, every time it comes up or I want some entertainment or maybe a laugh and boom. Insight, sarcasm, topical humor, and certain gems that I as a dark humored combat veteran can especially appreciate. You rock. I want your falcon.
My bother has a 1988 burban, ran like shit with TBI, just replaced it with a new eldebrock performer intake and new 650 cfm carb and has been running like a new truck for the last 4 years..good riding box of a truck, great on trips..just bring wallet for gas..lol
yeah man, the 80's suburban and blazers are beasts. We had a couple of the military use versions in our motor pool at Camp Geiger. We put those trucks through hell and back but couldn't break them. I'm a Ford guy but I've always had a soft spot for these vehicles.
TheMeanmarine13 Yes, I daily a 85 Suburban, built 350, 6 inch lift and some 35" Super Swampers, TH700R4 trans NP208 and Corp 10 bolt diffs, and I also own a 81 Blazer.
Nano Texx Yeah we got a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe (A Shorter Suburban) the last day of Jan but be4 that we had an '02 Gmc Yukon. The Yukon was liked better by me.
Nothing brings me more excitement that seeing one of these in the flesh. One time I saw one pass through town, it was as big as the damn town itself. It's nothing short of a road legal monster truck, and I waunt it.
Kinda late but in my neighborhood there is 2 chevrolet suburban one old one qnd one new one it had video on youtube and if you want i can link it and the dude dailyes some buick too qnd it sounds so fking good. If new inspection law comes thru we will have even more v8's and you can watch jamboolios videos that are mostly recorded in finland qnd ssee we love v8's but im jdm guy myself
Had one in highschool I bought with my summer job for $1100, loved it and still miss it. It's the ultimate camping vehicle, way more useful than the modern ones and has endless aftermarket support.
My dad had that things little brother, a first gen Tahoe. Finally rusted through last year with just short of 300k hard earned miles. And it took it like a champ. Classic chevys are beasts.
Once again, fuckin hilarious... these videos would still be hilarious to me otherwise, but being from eastern PA and the fact that regular car guy is also from PA makes these vids extra special for me because here and there he says things that i know the average slob gets, but just doesnt thoroughly understand... shout out to the northeast extension lol Keep up the good work
RegularCars 33 north to 80 west to 115 north FTW LoL.... shout out to EZ pull in new ringold and Harry's u pull it in Hazelton, without you my life would be much more expensive *cheers*
Mine's a 1999 with the 6.5 Turbo Diesel, I frequently get 20 MPG in it on the road; I do however usually use 5w40 oil as 15w40 sucks mileage. They aren't problem free though, stock oil cooler lines can pop easily from the C Clip design.
my family has had suburban since i was born. they been in my life since i can remmeber. 80s and up. and had one like this one. love them so much when i was 19 i bought a 99 suburban fixed it up real nice had it for 3 years sold it when i got tired of looking back at all rows empty. but still miss it.
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Stock throttle body fuel injection sucks. It's the worst parts of a carbs (inefficiency, constant maintenance) and the worst part of fuel injection (complexity), with none of the benefits either (tun-ability - carbs; and efficiency - fuel injection).
dstarks80 Were they stock or aftermarket/performance units cause I'm referring to factory or stock units, which were usually designed to keep cost down while they developed multi-port fuel injection systems.
pbfloyd13 Mine were the stock GM TBI's. 3 Cadillac's and 1 Chevy. One of the Cadillac's I owned used a slightly different TBI called Digital Fuel Injection. The only difference was a different Idle speed control system on the Digital Fuel Injection. Other than that, it was identical to Chevy's TBI.
All wrong. TBI is the world's SIMPLEST form of fuel injection ever created. TBI is the fuel injection system you want in a post apocalyptic world. Extremely simple, extremely reliable, extremely easy to repair. It's not sexy but it's bulletproof.
While I do feel as though many American cars can be nice due to their size doesn't Brazil have a wider range of fuels available? I watched a documentary a while ago that said you in Brazil have Methanol available to use which sounds like it could work nicely. We don't have Methanol at most fuel stations here; here, it's mostly used as racing fuel and fuel tank antifreeze (I don't suppose gasoline freezes much anymore but maybe it still can happen at -30 F.)
It's Ethanol that is available in Brazil, not Methanol (that would be awesome though). As a fuel, ethanol avalability is crop season dependant, it's price is closely related to region (not cheap everywhere), and the performance on cold days (below 60º F)is quite terrible, so much that flexible fuel cars need a small gas unit to burn in case of cold weather until the engine warms up. The other option of fuel (besides diesel, wich is only used in small pick-ups and above) is Natural Vehicular Gas (not gasoline, a litteral gas, basically a fart your car burns), a underpowering, sub-implemented joke of a fuel, wich is used only by taxis and by desperate people because it is farily cheap. This cheapness, of course, is relative to the gasoline price wich is, as of april 2018, costing 1,25 US DOLLARS for about a QUARTER of a GALLON. If we haven't had "them girls with the big bootys", this place would suck.
Austin Lucas Jesus, I don't think ANYONE in the UK would want 15MPG... we need double that. Edit: Avg fuel price for unleaded petrol is 116.78 pence per liter
I had a 1986 Chevy Suburban in Highschool. Cowboy Coversion. It had running lights and a wooden council running down the center of the ceiling all they way to the back. A bench seat way in back and four bucket seats up front. That thing was a beast!
My ex-step dad had one of these, but it was a GMC Suburban, but still around the same age. I'm pretty sure the GMC Suburban is just another badge version of the Chevy.
casada70 They are not. GMCs come with high performance shocks. Denalis are the extremely high end GMCs. Depending on the platform, GMCs may also come with better engines. Sierra to Silverado is like Buick to Cadillac.
AWWW! You've ended up reviewing the two most memorable cars of this 25 year old's childhood. Ok, your Caprice was a 1992 and my parent's was a 1993. And your Suburban was a 1990 Suburban and their Blazer was a 1984 K5 Blazer. But, CLOSE E-FUCKING-NOUGH! At least the exterior and interior colors matched on the Caprice (but yours had the skirted rear wheels, you try-hard hipsters!) And our Blazer WAS black, albeit with a beige interior. Still, thanks a million for the memories. Seriously, holy fuck, emotion! Fuck these fucking rose tinted specs! >:(
haha that was quite witty, you should consider doing a few reviews yourself and see what happens. I'm a youtube junky so I would probably subscribe lol
I had a 88 Suburban: towing package, a hydraulic pump just for the brakes, 6.2 liter diesel, 4wd. It came in handy climbing the mountain road we lived on. On the other hand our public roads were about 14 feet wide so I replaced the driver side mirror twice. It got between 15 and 18 mpg but back then diesel was about 93 cents. I once had a standard rowboat INSIDE it with the back doors 1/2 closed. One time I moved about 60 concrete blocks in it. THE BLUE BEAST, it was. However in 4 years one front hub broke, the flywheel needed replaced, both of its twin batteries twice, the starter once, the glow-plug controller 4 times, the fuel filter at least once a year, all the injectors, all tires twice (the front two one more time), two sets of brake pads, the hood release cable, and THE FREAKING WIPER STALK ASSEMBLY---WHAT???. The entire thing was repainted for free since that was a recall. I didn't bother trying to fix the gear needle that fell off around 30,000 miles. I've never had any junker that needed so much work. If it was below 35 out and you hadn't driven for a few hours before, it HAD to be plugged in for at least 2 hours to start. When I left the mountains I sold it to someone there. Bless his heart.
I love these things! I remember riding in the very back with no seat gawking out the back window with my oldest best friend and cousin as it was the only way to fit my four child family and my aunt and uncles four child family it this thing with over packed seats when we visited! It was great! Same interior and exterior colors! It was the the late 90s!
This car comes from a time where you could just spill fuel on the ground at the gas station on purpose say "Ooopsie daisy!" and walk away without anyone really caring for it.
BlackHawkBallistic Anyone includes the person that spills it and in other countries people really frown upon anyone that's using (often referred to as wasting by them) more fuel than them for whatever purpose.
13i0Hazard666 Ah, I've only been outside the US once and didn't drive so I didn't know that. I've seen people overflow tanks by accident before and I've done it myself and it's never been a big deal, I usually just curse a little if I overflow or laugh a little at the person that overflows but I've never judged someone because they spilled a little gas. I guess it's just a culture difference between living in the US and living elsewhere.
3v53? That would be a v3 engine, those old Detroit's the first number was the number of cylinders, the last number would be the cubic inches per cylinder, if it was in a v configuration it would have a "v" after the first number, if it was inline it would just be a "-" , and if it ended with "t" it had a turbo, if it was "tt" it was twin turbos
dj brannon People here usually think of the 90s "plastic era" when American cars' interiors were made mostly out of plastic (a lot of European cars had that as well anyway). I would absolutely love to have a big V8 as an engine. The displacement and over all size is a much more reliable platform than the small 1.4 Turbos we got here. I envy your cars and gas prices!
