The Chevy Tahoe Hybrid Was a Truly Terrible SUV 

Imagine renting your car to some dude and later discover that it received a proper roast on YT

Rents car out. Makes a few bucks Sees RU-vid notification Sees car getting roasted af....

imagine renting out your nice hybrid Chevy Tahoe to someone on Turo just to later find a video on RU-vid of a poorly dressed man making fun of it.

"Hybrid" was to the late 2000s as "Turbo" was to the late 1980s.

Turo: A company that lets you rent someone’s terrible car and then make fun of it on RU-vid for profit.

Owner: “Wow cool! Doug rented my car it’s gonna be on RU-vid!” *The Chevy Tahoe Hybrid was a truly terrible SUV* “:(“

There's a person about 2 blocks away from me who owns one of these. I've always wanted to ask about it but I'm scared to talk to someone who bought a Tahoe hybrid

I find a 25% increase in mpg really impressive especially for such a big car with a V8.

Chevy: we need a fuel efficient new car Also chevy: 6 liter V8

3 million subscribers and still only 2 T-shirts. Doug needs to wear three.

Doug forgot the reason for the over the top "Hybrid Badging" was for parking. Every downtown in the East/West coast around 2008ish had "Hybrid Only" parking. This was to prevent the Prius crowd from double parking or slashing your tires in the special parking spaces.

“Let me pop a quick H on this car, that way we all know it’s filled with hornets.”

Legend says that Doug sneaks into the back of random people’s cars in a parking lot just to play with his Jeep renegade toy... 12:10

When a gm car has it's reverse lights on and there's nobody in the car I fall for that every time

Fuel efficiency? Lets give it a v8

12:08 Doug's new RU-vid premium kids show. Lmao.

That rear wiper motor is dying. Source: Am GM technician

The owner of this Tahoe Hybrid must be over the moon that someone finally rented his SUV on Turo...

6 LITER V8 hybrid 🤦‍♂️ Only GM could done something like that

I bought a 2008 Tahoe Hybrid back in 08 and still have it today. It's a great vehicle. I had the dealer take off all the hybrid stickers before I drove it off the lot. Still running strong.

That engine bay looks like it spent a bit of time fighting in Iraq

"It accelerates surprisingly quickly..." 1 out of 10 for acceleration on the Doug score. "You can't even fit a backpack in here..." 9 out of 10 for practicality on the Doug score. No one cares much about the Doug score, I know, but maybe someone should check and see if he's developing Alzheimer's.

Exterior: freshly detailed Engine: buried in Hoovie's backyard for the last year

I score Doug's score a 0 out of 10. I have a 2008 Yukon hybrid and I truly love it. You turn off or adjust the exit lighting. If you drive 10,000 miles per year, you'll save more $ that the hybrid premium in only a few years. He makes fun of 4 MPG savings for about $9,000 price premium. This is thoroughly a red-herring argument. The bigger 6.0L engine is needed when you're on the highway and it kicks into 4 cylinder mode - very good mileage, too. If you can't fit your backpack in the rear, try the side door - you probably would use the side door with your car too. The reason to get a Yukon is because you want a full-size comfortable ride for several adults. If you you start with the H badging you'll have nothing to stand on. The ride is quiet and soft. My rear wiper motor - we'll I can't hear it - so it's the motor from hell for him .. and he didn't even bother to buy the vehicle. Nobody ever complained about the passenger front foot room - ever. The turn-signal all-in-one combo knob - it takes one day to learn it and remember - no different than most cars which have some sort of multi-combo knob. I don't have a problem with the lit dashboard colors. Just drive it and the vehicle is smart enough itself. If you're hard on any car, your economy will suffer. Taking the 3rd row seats in and out - no problem. The rear door... we'll he made a comedy routine out of nothing. What a silly boy. I won't watch any more of Doug's comedy shows - WHY? 1. He has no vested interest in the vehicle - which makes him mostly wrong in his assessment. 2. He doesn't use it for a long enough period of time to make a REAL list of problems. 3. He would never buy the vehicle (in this case a TAHOE) because he just isn't a Tahoe/Yukon kind-of-guy. 4. He makes fun and ridicules all the things which are not the reason the vehicle is a Hybrid. 5. He missed many of the other more important features or nice touches...for example: built-in AC (120V) adaptor, tire inflater, backup camera, tow capability for the largest trailers, comfortably seat 6/7 large adults, separate ventilation controls for rear seating, separate climate control passenger side. super easy ingress/egress. Doug gets a score of 0/10

"Chevy Tahoe Hybrid connoisseurs" a phrase no one has uttered ever...

Person: oh sweet Doug's using my Tahoe, I wonder what he'll do with it. Doug: 12:12

Imagine renting your car out on turo and seeing this guy roasting your suv while playing with a Jeep renegade in the back 😂

If you drive it right, you actually can save 7-10 mpg. This involves a lot of gentle pedal work, coasting to stops and pretending you're cornering on ice so you use regen brakes more and tire scrub less. But it works, especially if you idle a lot.

Who buys a 6L V8 and cares about fuel economy

I bet the battery was actually only there to power the beer refrigerators and microwaves people actually wanted in these vehicles. But the battery was so big they were allowed to class it as a Hybrid.

So... a few things. 1. That rear wiper is very broken. 2. The "coin slot" is where the 4wd selector goes, this one doesn't have it. 3. The turn signal stalk is really simple. If you just take 30 seconds to look at it, the pictures are very clear and easy to remember I love how consolidated the controls are so you don't have to go on a damn easter egg hunt when you want to wash your rear window... 4. If you just hit the lever on the 3rd-row seats, they fold themselves forward giving you a huge cargo area. 5. The removal of the 3rd row is not "quite a process". You just literally pull the handle. They even have rollers to help guide for installation and removal. A dog could actually do this. 6. I hope your bit about closing the liftgate was intentional, because I know you're not that dull. The strap is to help the vertically-challenged reach the actual handle. This is very obvious. If those are appropriate lifters, the gate should pretty much close itself once it's ~75% down.

13:21 my family owns a 2013 Mercedes Viano with the same “loop” to close the tailgate, what I do is pull on the loop, and when the tailgate is low enough, I push on the tailgate to close it

Doug, the type of guy that helps his ex girlfriend move into her new boyfriends house

It won a Green Car of The Year.... THIS won an award associated with economy and 'saving' the planet... Only in the US

Doug: "Let me review your cool car!" Also Doug: "Your car is bad and you should feel bad"

10:51 Doug is the type of guy who rents a Tahoe and then complains it's not a Suburban

They were huge in the Washington DC area because of the allowed usage of hybrid vehicles in HOV lanes. It was worth the thousands more to avoid traffic.

Go to a junk yard. Get another cup holder insert. 4 cup holders baby. Big brain 🧠

I remembre the Top Gear staff laughing at the fact that it was “Green car of the year” in the US but it had a 6.0 L V8 😆

Important things to note: 1. The CD player doubles as the DVD player, so you don’t need to plug a separate one in. 2. You can tip the rear seats up to gain a flat floor minus a few inches at the front, where the seat sits. This prevents having to remove the seats all of the way. Speaking of, the rear seats can come out by pulling a lever.

Doug the type of guy to change the oil every 3000km in his electric car.

Video title: The Chevy Tahoe Hybrid Was a Truly Terrible SUV 19:17 "It isn't a terrible SUV. I think it's actually a pretty good vehicle."

11:00 "for our global viewers" wow he really is thoughtful "3 feet longer" :/ never change doug

What your missing is that the normal Tahoe comes with a 5.3 and this is 20 combined with the 6.0. The 6.0 in the Escalade in 2008 had. A combined 14mpg. So it’s a bump of 6mpg.

1. The wiper in a Tahoe is not that loud, that one is messed up 2. 10:27 the "coin slot" is where the 4WD controls go, that one doesn't have 4WD

Doug is the type of guy to write “THIS was doug demuro” on his gravestone when he dies

Doug; the type of guy to never modify a car in GTAV.

When comparing MPGs, percentage is a lot more relevant. Especially when the MPG numbers are in the low 10s - 20s region. A 4 mpg gain from 16 to 20 is worth so much more compared 40 to 44.

Maybe we should stop making fun of the Toyota prius and make fun of the Tahoe hybrid.

This isn't the Chevy review we were hoping for.

Doug is a type of guy to give get well soon card to a person on their funeral

Doug: "Pretty decent buy today" Also Doug: "Truly terrible SUV" ok buddy

Doug said "hybrid" 79 times in this video (80 if you count "hybridize") That's an average of one "hybrid" every 17 seconds. Somehow, Doug managed to go 7 minutes, 27 seconds (from 7:50 to 15:16) without saying "hybrid" at all.

GM made these for governments. So those folks can say “We drive hybrids”

SUV: Gets 20mpg highway and very little cargo room Doug: Practicality is 9/10

12:10 imagine having almost 4 million subs and 1.3 billion total views and still play with your toy Jeep Renegade and make noises lol this dude is just awesome

"this vehicle has more hybrid badges than actual extra miles per galon" lol

Doug, after clearly fitting his backpack in the trunk: "I can't even fit my backpack in the trunk."

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this in the thousands of comments, but the strap on the tailgate is probably there so that the hatch can be closed from the inside. I have a GMC Envoy from this era with the same feature, and I have actually used it for that purpose several times.

The Tahoe hybrid is a 6 litre v8 powered SUV with a 9v battery stuck to it and Chevy calls it a hybrid

Says: "for our international friends" Proceeds to still use imperial units

12:12 his mind must be a wondrous and joyful place

Hey Doug you missed a couple things. The in-dash stereo could play dvds for the screen in the back. You could actually have the kids listening to the dvd with headphones in the back while the parents listened to the radio in the front seats all with the same stereo from the dash. 2nd, You could fold the third row seats up towards the middle row without removing them to give you a much larger load area in the back. Same in the suburban.

*states car length in inches* ‘Put a way that our global viewers can understand...’ *uses feet relative to a Golf* Oh, Doug...

Why aren't we talking about the Lexus LS hybrid that got 1 mpg better for an extra $40k?

"it is 202 inches long. To put it in a way that global listeners will understand it is 3 feet longer than a VW golf" - I don't think that solves the problem

The Doug scores make me wonder if he's secretly fighting Alzheimer's or ADHD

Your reviewing a Tahoe with over 130,000 miles .. you can’t judge the suspension it probably needs shocks at that mileage

*Advertises how a person can rent great cars from turo Rents a tahoe hybrid

Doug the kind of guy who doesn't know how to use a strap on the back of a tailgate apparently...

"Yeah, I've got a hybrid" "What kind of economy you get?" "20 MPG" "👁👄👁"

The Expedition and Tahoe's have had indicators in their mirrors for 20 years. Come on now Doug, you know better.

Now we need a review of the 2009 Chrysler Aspen Hybrid.

Well if you really wanted 3rd row seating with more cargo storage you would get the longer Suburban.

I Work at a university police department we have one of these and it honestly is perfect for our use case. Save money in gas and protect the engine while we idle 80% of the day.

Buying an SUV because its a hybrid is like going to McDonald's for a salad.

Doug is the type of guy to do a car review in a no parking area

Fuel efficient cars Europe: 3 cylinder .8 /1.0L engine Fuel efficient cars USA: 6L V8 😂😂

"I know what a hybrid is, it's like country AND western"

11:05 Doug: *addresses global viewers* Also Doug: *uses feet*

My mother had one of these lol. I should've known it was trash. Thank you Doug for your awesomeness.

doug: *makes comparison with vw golf so europeans can understand* also doug: uses foot to describe how much longer the tahoe is

"The trunk space is ridiculously small, I give it a 9 out of 10"

I owned one and loved it! One of my favorite features was you could put a fitted air mattress in the back and run the a/c all night like a camper and the car would auto start when it needed to charge the battery which was very little. Towed my boat great, had decent gas mileage, and was pretty quick for a full size suv. Have to disagree with Doug on this one.

The biggest quirk about it is the fact that someone actually cared for this thing after all these years.

your not thinking like a short person. the loop is if you cant reach the trunk you pull down slightly then grab the back.

30% increase in city mpg is actually huge especially in such a big heavy truck type vehicle. I'm honestly impressed they did this over 10 years ago.

Your process of closing the hatch door was pretty stupid. Nobody would try to close it that way.

40% better city fuel economy than the base model, I don't know what y'alls issue is with this thing. 40% improvement is MASSIVE, and more than Toyota gets from hybrid-ing the Camry. MPG is not a linear number, so this comparison is just ignorant. Gallons per mile is a linear figure that's more applicable.

I remember seeing this on Top Gear’s “News”. Where it apparently won the “green car of the year” award in America and it was judged by Jay Leno, Carroll Shelby and Jean-Michel Cousteau. “I KNOW WHAT A HAIIIIBRID IS, IT’S LIKE COUNTRY AND WESTERN” Ah the good old days of top gear

The wheels are magnesium, they are so the static electricity from the road friction doesn’t fry the hybrid system, I work for Chevy and had to take a course on it

Rents their car out on Turo. Doug: look at this terrible car from Turo

Doug I like your videos alot but the tailgate loop scene kinda has me shaking my head. It wasn't for fully closing the hatch like you are trying to do. It was so shorter people could reach to pull the hatch to a reasonable height and place their hand on the hatch itself to close it. Maybe it was a joke that went over my head but after that I couldn't take the rest of the video seriously at all.

For the cargo space, you need to buy the Suburban. GM!

I am going to go buy a really unique vehicle and list it on Turo just in hopes that Doug will review.

Doug the type of guy who have 3 Million subscribers! Congratulations Bro!

I want a whole video of just Doug playing with his tiny cars

One thing I love about gm is how they put v8s in everything

Misrepresentation of the Renegade, clearly with those manuvers, a real Renegade would have developed multiple transmission gearing probability errors.

This must be Doug's first time in any gm vehicle in 20 years. Lmao