On Mon Apr-23-2012 06:36, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RW> 23 Apr 12 09:31, Roger Nelson wrote to mark lewis:

 RW>> I wish they would have settled their 'peeling' paint problem of the
 RW>> late 80s...my 88 IROC peeled the water based paint off in about 4
 RW>> years...

 ml>> i've got a '95 dodge dakota with the peeling paint problem... over
 ml>> the hood and the front of the roof... it has the grey primer
 ml>> showing...

 RN> We had a '99 "Beemer" with the paint peeling problem.  I thought it
 RN> was because the car was somehow under some kind of chemical spill,
 RN> since it was only on the hood, roof and trunk lid, but the SIL
 RN> decided to trade it anyway for an '02 Tahoe, which in my opinion,
 RN> doesn't ride as good as the '99 Yukon.  Maybe Roy knows the answer to
 RN> that.

 RW> Sure. The Tahoe is a foot or so shorter than a Suburban/XL and
 RW> probably has bad shocks on rear coil springs. The Yukon, if it is
 RW> an XL, is leaf sprung or the same as a Suburban. The extra weight
 RW> of that 'foot or so' gives the Suburban a better feel to the ride
 RW> quality. But I'd buy a Tahoe over a Suburban or XL any day. On some
 RW> concrete paved roads, the longer wheel based Surburban will tend to
 RW> 'hop' over the road joints, while the Tahoe with the shorter
 RW> wheelbase won't.

The ride in the Suburban or the '99 Yukon XL was much smoother than the '02
Tahoe, but far be it from me to suggest it has bad shocks or coil springs
because the SIL and I have already had that conversation and the only thing
we agreed on was that the Tahoe steered easier.  (-:

Thanks for the answer.


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+