28 Apr 12 09:17, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN>> The Yukon XL doesn't look that much bigger than a Tahoe.  Of course,
 RN>> if I believed everything my SIL tells me, I'd have to be a loonę.
 RN>> (-:

 RW>> Hmmm. Take a look at the rear passenger door. If it is straight up
 RW>> and down at the rear, it's a Suburban or Yukon XL. If it is blended
 RW>> and curved to match the front of the rear wheel opening, it is a
 RW>> Tahoe or Yukon...you should be able to see the difference in
 RW>> vehicle length from the rear passenger door to the rear bumper. The
 RW>> burbs are about 12-18 inches longer than a Tahoe or Yukon in that
 RW>> area.

 RN> It's blended on the Tahoe.  The Yukon XL is no longer my daughter's
 RN> and her mother has the Suburban because her mother's Chevy broke
 RN> down, but I'm pretty sure the doors on both were straight at the
 RN> rear.

The Tahoe/Yukon are built on a 117 inch wheelbase and the Suburban/Yukon
XL are built on a 130 inch wheelbase. If you had one of each on site to
compare, the obvious differences would be immediately noticed.

 RN> Something about the starter on her mother's car overheating and my ex
 RN> told me it was going to cost her $500 to fix it.

Wow! A re-manufactured starter doesn't cost more than $40-45. That's an
awful lot of labor charged to R&R a starter.

 RN> That Chevy has been sitting for over a year now and I'm almost sure
 RN> the engine isn't going to be functional when and IF she has it
 RN> repaired.

Why non-functional? Something else wrong with it?

 RN> I'm naturally skeptical of anything my ex tells me about anything.
 RN> She is no longer the same woman.

What do women know anyway?

 RN>> Ah!  I don't know why, but I misread your message or thought you
 RN>> meant a 1982 model and not a 1972.  I would have realized right away
 RN>> what my mistake was.

 RW>> Two different body styles, the 72 shared the same style with the
 RW>> 67-71 but got rid of the 'wish-bone' coil spring rear suspension
 RW>> and aquired leaf springs.. The 73-85 pickups got ugly in 73 (fat
 RW>> fendered) and didn't start to look good again until the late 80s,
 RW>> when they got the leaner looking body with the taller taillight,
 RW>> like the 67-72s.

 RN> I had a '84 C-20 with saddle tanks, so naturally I became a part of
 RN> that class-action lawsuit.  I wasn't even given the choice to opt
 RN> out.  While the lawyers in the suit got (not doubt) hefty pay checks
 RN> from the settlement, I received, and this is no joke, a certificate
 RN> worth $200 toward the purchase of a new truck with an expiration
 RN> date!  I burned it.

A local (San Marcos) Chevy dealer was looking for trade-ins because they
were low on used truck inventory. I got one of those stupid certs too.
Called the dealer and offered my 'trade in' to him for $15k tradin value
on a new one. Needless to say, I burnt my cert too.


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