chevy traverse/buick enclave/GMC Acadia

which one did GM discontinue? what's wrong with a Tahoe or burb? them others won't pull your trailer.

We got a '16 Traverse in July of '17. It seemed perfect for us, had 48,000 miles on it, so the price was good! We love the vehicle, size, power, handling etc! I had not done my research-I knew the early ones had engine issues, I assumed that had been worked out! It's got an aluminum engine-ours uses 1 quart of oil every 2000 miles! Sid Dillon would not respond when I asked WTH! Went to my mechanic and asked him to put a motor in it-he found a TSB from Chevy stating this is considered normal! My mechanic suggested I drive it, on the road and local, just add a quart when needed! I plan to drive it till it dies, not sure I could sell it like it sets now...!

HUGE blind spots.  Access to the back seats not for the faint of heart.  In that regard, I would call it a step down from a mini van, rather than a glorified mini van.  If you have a hill into your driveway, absolutely get all wheel drive.  I was not a fan.

All three are based on the C1XX platform, the Acadia is built in Spring Hill Tennessee, and the Traverse and Enclave are built here in Lansing, Michigan. I'm not a big fan of anything GM, but now might be a great time if buying new because there are acres of them parked here bumper to bumper and door handle to door handle which is an indicator that the market is down and they are over producing. I'm guessing probably at least fifty acres have been filled like that in the last two weeks, usually a temporary situation until they get the supply chain slowed down, but historically when this happens word goes out to sales to start dumping them.

Two things I look out for and before long it will be impossible to avoid and that's  start/stop which can't be locked out and turbo's.  It's also a matter of car versus truck, with a frame.  I've had both and for highway comfort the Yukon is better than the Enclave except for price new and slightly lower gas mileage.  You can have bad luck with either.  I have 2 GM's with 3.6 engines and they use no oil in a 5000 mile oil change.

6ft long timing chain that seems to wear out.   $2300 to replace

I thought the same wayafter having a Jeep back in the 70's said would never have another - then drove looked at the Jeep and drove one - bought it . 

From one cowboy to a want to be, we are on our second Acadia. It is a 2013 Denali and love it. At 70 mph on the interstate, it feels very stable. I have always wanted to race a Corvette with it. It will lose, but it will put up a good fight. It feels like there is no top end. 

Buddy of mine bought a brand new jeep Cherokee in 1984. Had a GM V6 engine. It was gutless to say the least, and I pretty much swore that I'd never buy one. Along came the nineties, marriage, and children. My wife had this worthless POS hyndai Precis car. With that thing, you had to shut off the AC to climb a steep hill, because it didn't have enough power to turn the compressor and pull itself. Then winter came and it's real weak points showed up. So she called me up one day when I was at work, and tells me that on break time I should go accross the street to the car dealership and look at this 92 jeep Cherokee four door, to trade off this hyndai on. Now I had memories of this 84 Cherokee of my buddies, and decided to just go look at it, drive it, and tell her that there was something serious wrong with it and we shouldn't buy it. But, when I was driving it, the first time I put my foot to the floor, I said "this baby is coming home to papa!". It did not have that gutless V6. It had some four litre, fuel injected straight six that ran like a scalded dog! Long story short, we bought it, had it for a good number of trouble free years. In that respect, I am a little surprised that my wife doesn't want to even take a look at a jeep now. Darrel

Just my 2 cents. And we all know what 2 cents is worth today.

I like them, they're great for repairs, even at warranty rate. To give an ideal I can drop the drive train out the bottom and replace the timing chains in 6 hrs. Warranty time is about 12. I've fixed enough 3-5-R waveplate failures in them I can replace them in the chassis in about 4 hrs. I like the styling of the Traverse, but we got an Explorer instead.