Under $10K: We Buy Three Giant SUVs That Are Complete Crap - But Which One Is The Worst? 

"How much do you think I paid for this $4,000 Suburban?" "$6,000?" "No, $4,000!"

Love that Andre dressed up for his used Escalade 😆

As an Excursion owner and fan, that Escalade was the best bang for the buck.

I really love when people say "yeah, my car drives perfectly aside from the engine knocking and the transmission slip, the brakes, steering, bald tires, and broken struts"

I have a 7.3 excursion. Best truck I've ever owned. Has 291k miles and a brand new rebuilt transmission. I drive it everyday

TFL, I love these series. Please don’t ever stop doing this!

grabs my coffee, settles in for a good video... and its just a two minute trailer. I guess I have to do something productive with my life this morning now.

funny story how $10k in 2022 (season 3) is only worth the same as $5k was in 2019 (season 1)

The 2nd Generation of Escalade from 2002-2006 are Beasts. There are many with 300k-400k miles still going strong today. AWD and the powerful 6.0L LS based V8… 💪🏼

Suburban all the way. We had a 99 just like Tommy's carried about 5 ladders a whole bunch of roofing equipment four people and hooked up a severely overweight trailer with again more weight the truck screamed every time but it never let us down. It finally was retired with over 250k still running but severely beat up and rusted. Would buy one in good condition given the chance

As mentioned on several other YT channels, overtorque the v10 spark plugs to 27 ft lbs versus original spec 12 ft lbs and it's not a problem. V10 also used in industrial generators, pumps living a life of 3,000-3600 rpms for days at a time

Escalade took the rev battle, but the Suburban has the best idle sound. 16:00 I love that mad gurgling sound!

The weak link of the suburban is the 10 bolt rear axle. Otherwise it’s a solid rig. I’d take the Excursion though because it’s a rare beast with 3/4 ton frame and axles.

I'm digging the idea of an overlanding cadillac, definitely points for originality. Excursion is cool but it was never able to knock the suburban of its thrown so it'll be fun to see if it was actually underrated or a flop.

I like the sound of all three SUVs, but the V10 sounds the most different and interesting.

We had a 96 gmc 1/2 ton, same drivetrain as the suburban in the video. Went 520k kms before we sold it, next owner got it up to 700k kms. Original drivetrain

Gotta say I'm surprised by the V10 bark. Completely forgot that lump even existed. Nathan wins to me

I had a 02 Escalade and I loved the exhaust but damn that V10 sounds good!

Man. You guys could do a mainstream show with this kind of content. I love these series you do and I think everyone else does too! Go TFL!

I really like the sound of the old GM Vortec 350.

I love when Tommy pulls up the ball busting immediately begins. As much as I love the Excursion I think The Suburban is the best chance at getting through this challenge. Anyway let the ball busting begin!!!

I have the same year and engine Excursion but in Limited trim. That 2 valve V10 is a great motor. The seats are like love seats and the pulling power is ridiculous. I get 11-14 mpg, my wife gets 8. Apparently she drag races GMs all day.

As far as the Excursion goes, I think the boys at Five-star have some goodies for you. The V10 will never be a barn stormer but with just a tune many people get more than 30-40 foot pounds out of it.

I own a 99 Chevy Suburban with just under 200k. I’d check to see if the intake manifold gasket is leaking coolant on the driver’s side rear. I’d do a complete inspection of the brake lines for corrosion. I’d also run a couple of cans of Seafoam in the tank and one in the intake. Those L31s get a fair amount of crud build up. That fuel injection system has trouble with little poppet ball sticking open or closed. A good thing to do is pull the intake, replace the gaskets, and replace the spider injectors with a replacement system that moves the injectors to the runners. Also replace the cap and rotor. They tend to wear fast. Oh and your bushings on the driver’s door are worn. You can get a replacement kit that has the bushings and new pins for cheap. Get the spring compressor tool for the detent spring. You will never get it back on without the tool, and then the door won’t stay open. I got a spare hood release laying around somewhere.

All three of those rigs are more reliable than their newer counterparts

It looks like you have much more fun with the old beaters than the brand new 100k vehicles

Better than Saturday morning cartoons. Love this type series. Thanks guys

Love it! Can't wait to see the White Rim trail. Also like Toby. I could listen to him talk all day. That Caddy is going to do well. The White Rim trail isn't very technical so no need for low range. And with the much shorter wheelbase then the other 2 I think Andre might have a winner.

Eh, ill be excited for any video you guys post. Having a preview trailer just forces me to look at the time stamps and realize it just a trailer, either that or just be surprised by the short video, which takes me back a notch. It builds trust issues.

I owe a lot to the GMT400 and OBS GMs in general, I’ll always stand by those rusty, trustworthy old things

I have an 02 Escalade as a second car and I love it. I often find myself saying "The most powerful SUV in the world... 2002" when I get people at the stoplights 😂

That LS is a pocket rocket. There is a reason they put those in restomods.

Man that Caddy sounds pretty Mean.. winner Escalade👍

Suburban is American badass! When you all revved those motors the people in Boulder clutched their granola and ran outside to protect them trees!

Love these series, it reminds me the original Top Gear Series, with Hammond, Clarkson and May. Excellent job TFL team!!, keep it up!.

It's always out of gas🤣🤣 This was awesome, loved it! I have an excursion 7.3, a big old slug; but it will go on forever... All these vehicles are old beast's. Love them all!

These things are way to expensive for the age they have.

I love how Nathan always brings the best vehicle for what they're doing but always spends the most

The old top gear style challenge never fails haha love it

The caddy not having a low range going to be hard on that high mileage transmission.

Ford sounded great but that caddy is gunna detroy them

ESCALADE ALL DAY! Haha i love every series of this challenge so far its always funny to watch. Also have had 1 of each vehicle that have been brought in!

I have to admit, the V10 in the ford is an incredibly smooth engine. But the V8s sound better.

Oh my gosh I just cannot even wait to watch this, It is Saturday tomorrow and I think I will turn my 6:45 alarm back on.

As the proud owner of a Mint V10 Excursion Limited, I look forward to this series.

I’ve actually had a 7.3 diesel F-250, completely base model, roll up windows workhorse truck. Now I drive a GMT800 Yukon Denali, but in between those two I had a 99 GMT400 Sierra, with the 5.7. Funny that I had all three of these platforms back to back, so it’s great seeing them compete

Always love the series a few buck less. And all of your content. You are the reason I bought my 2022 ram 1500

As a Maryland native I follow and appreciate YAA and the Shefska's, you Colorado boys run a close 2nd!

That gm 350 just sounds so good even with the 13 miles of exhaust.

My beater is a GMT800 Escalade EXT, and it's been through just about everything (including 5 winters in Buffalo) - it's a rusty hunk of shit at this point but it's never failed to start in 6 years. That Escalade Andre bought actually looks to be in phenomenal shape and will run forever with some proper rust-proofing and regular maintenance

I would love to see an early 2000s 32 valve 5.4 navigator go up against the caddy. That might be neck and neck. I mean they only had 300 hp at that point but hey. Id still like to see it lol

3:00 "This is $4000 worth of 'Murica right here... and guess how much I paid?" "Um... $6,000?"

I feel like you mentioned the v10 spark plug issue on every video 400 times. It really was the only problem this engine had and it wasn’t that huge of a deal. Plus my mechanic friend said it was many times user error.

i used to have a 97 GMC Suburban SLE and it was great. On the highway we could go like 85 miles an hour and the engine is a a nice 1800 rpm, maybe even lower

The worst part about this? Having to wait for the next episode

Love this series, I live in Loveland Colorado, had a 2003 excursion, 03 Tahoe, blazer, jimmy, el Camino and Cadillac DeVille. Loved them all but my Tahoe was so cheap and easy, sitting on 33's. I think I bought it for 3,000 and put 3000 into it in3 years, I've driven it on every mountain from Estes to south park, you name it. Love it, cheap and easy.

I think Tommy's sounded the best. It had more rumble and less raspyness.

I have a 2000 excursion with the 7.3. Best SUV ever. 200000 miles and still going strong. Even gets up to 18 mpg on the hwy.

Yes I love this series I was looking to buy a v10 excursion now I can see how good it is

Looks like a gang of drunk teenagers puked all over the inside of that Suburban on their way back from a late 90's Guns and Roses concert.

That whole spark plug issue was way too overrated. All you had to do was make sure they were torqued correctly, and you'd never had an issue. Yes, it sucks checking 10 cylinders, but it's not really that big of a deal. Aside from that issue, those were very solid engines. That Excursion will easily top the mileage of both those GMs in the end, and probably not burn any oil doing so.

After I saw the guy dress up for the Escalade Hookney first time I seen this channel already love it 😆😃

You guys are better than "Whose line is it anyways"! LMAO!

Season 2 was the most interesting so far. Not because of strict budget, it was because of the cool interesting trucks and beautiful locations shown in the video.

As a Top Gear fan, it's pleasing to see how much influence that show had in car content. Love the series

I had one of those old suburans, a chevrolet though, and the interior was always like something died in it, there was a spider web under the seats, and we always had to be careful in that car cause it was a black widow web

Those were all really good engines from a mechanical standpoint. I love the simplicity of the good old Chevy small block but I'd prefer to own the 6.0. They make a lot of power and have a more refined fuel injection system. Both Chevys are easy to work on. The Ford is harder to work on but still very solid.

I have a 2000 ford excursion 6.8l v10. And it gets 14 city, and 18 highway solidly. Consistanty. I do run premium. 5w30 synthetic chevron oil, at regular changes, self done. with filter change. I prefer motorcraft, but have used fram before. If my mileage got that bad, I would be changing gas. Or figuring out what's wrong with it. Honestly!

I’ve been waiting for weeks for this series. Caddy won the rev battle

You know what would make all 3 of em sound better? The door alarm not going off when it's revved..

I have an Escalade on 33s and I can't wait to see the series hopefully I can take it to overland expo West.

Very fun and interesting content, almost 0 bs, 0 clickbait’s all in all great stuff guy’s

Nathan bought the best apocalypse vehicle ever made!

the excursions when released were amazing! i loved them then and i still miss that big bulky tank of an suv.

V10 for life!

For stock/factory sound, you just can't beat a classic GM 350 V8!

Had a '99 Suburban back in the day. Helluva road tripping rig. Fuel economy wasn't all that bad (avg 18 mpg with BFG LongTrail T/A).

I laughed so hard at every spark plug joke 😂

Escalade has the nicest rev.

Hahahaha I can't wait to see what the mechanic says. Awesome series, highly entertaining!

That 5.7 will always have my favorite exhaust note period.

I always love Tommy’s high pitched rants!! Great comparison

Honestly, the Escalade sounds the best.

My dad had a 2000 excursion with rhe V10. I loved that truck!

"Other than the rust it is 100% rust free" well that quote had me sold

Complete crap? These are literally the 3 best SUVs that ever existed on the market

Gotta love that door sag. It was bad on my '98 Sierra, especially on the passenger door. I got used to slamming the doors hard, so much that I would do it on other people's cars out of habit, much to their dismay.

The first gen Sequioa would have been a winner for this challenge.

The caddy for rev battle.

LOL those old chev/GMC doors are always hard to close cause of crappy door pins

Love the YAA promo! Between both of your channels I was able to buy a truck in this crazy market. Love to see my people come together!

I love that all of these were featured in TFL classics.

Love the Russian mobster vibe of Andre in the Cadillac, I was hoping that would be his choice. Swap that 6 L into the Suburban and that would be the perfect vehicle.

these series are amazing

This is bringing back some Classic Top Gear vibes with the cheap car challenges.

"Other than the Rust, it's completely Rust Free" LOLOL

That generation of Escalade is iconic. If it were black and those wheels came with the optional chrome finish, with the stock headlights and grill it would look 10x better. Love the series!

listeing to Andre's laugh at the 210,000 mile joke was worth the price of admission alone. Stay real dude, I'll keep watching.

A buddy of mine owned a Chevy 6.L I talked him into replacing it with a Ford V10 and he said he couldn't believe that the V10 was better on gas.

LoL When the escalade is the small sporty vehicle in a comparison! I grabbed one cheap, the rolling living room actually tows great!