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While I like the 3.0 diesel, if your wife does a bunch of in-town, short drives, I'd be concerned about the DEF regeneration cycles. My wife’s daily commute for work is 24 miles round trip. 2 stop signs and 1 traffic light. It’s 1 hour from our house to Tuscaloosa, Tupelo, MS, Columbus, MS, Birmingham and the Shoals, nothing in between.
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Wouldn’t have the Volvo if it was given to me, been there, done that. There is a reason that Volvos and Range Rovers are dirt cheap on the used market. I can leave tomorrow and drive to California and back in my Lexus LX with 179,000 miles on it and have ZERO issues. Probably couldn’t do that with a new Volvo, Range Rover or Jeep Wagoneer.
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One of the new Lexus suv's is having issues. Think it may be that one. Rough ride, plastic on outside is melting, hood vibrates going down the road. That concerns me as well as the issues that Toyota has had with their new twin turbo V6’s.
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They isolated the engine problems on the Toyota. Most all of them passed mid 23 are fine
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If she is not familiar with diesel I wouldn't even think about putting her in one. Gas in the diesel tank, diesel in the def tank..... they are not mechanically inclined creatures.
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While I like the 3.0 diesel, if your wife does a bunch of in-town, short drives, I'd be concerned about the DEF regeneration cycles. I have @ 52K miles on my 23 Sierra with the 3.0 Duramax and it has not done this once.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
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diesel @ 3.60/ gallon means 100$ fuel stops + DEF = not my idea of wife's daily driver .. It balances out. I get 28-ish mpg with my 3.0 it’s worth the extra bit for fuel. Most full size’s get about 20. Unless I’m towing, def just about in sync with oil change for usage. It gives you a 1000 mile warning. Little higher maintenance schedule than a gas one, but it seems worth it so far. Exactly. And a 600+ mile range between fill ups is very nice when traveling. Sure beats the hell out of the 13mpg I get on the interstate in my gas 6.0. I’m just glad it has a large gas tank. It does hurt at the pump sometimes.
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The worst thing the EPA ever did was restrict the high milage baby diesels.
My wife has a 2023 Ram 1500 4WD with the 3.0 v6 diesel. Worst mileage we have seen since new was when we pulled our 14 foot enclosed trailer to Mississippi and back. Only got 17 MPG on that run. Usually get about 25 MPG around town, and I have seen up to 32 MPG highway.
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If she is not familiar with diesel I wouldn't even think about putting her in one. Gas in the diesel tank, diesel in the def tank..... they are not mechanically inclined creatures. She sometimes drives my RAM 2500 with a Cummins
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I'd get a Denali with the 3.0. The new GX looks good but I have heard a fair amount of complaints about the twin turbo v 6's and also that they ride quality isn't up to Lexus standards. This issue would be the same with the Sequoia. That being said the 3.0 Denali is potentially prone to issues also.
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diesel @ 3.60/ gallon means 100$ fuel stops + DEF = not my idea of wife's daily driver .. It balances out. I get 28-ish mpg with my 3.0 it’s worth the extra bit for fuel. Most full size’s get about 20. Unless I’m towing, def just about in sync with oil change for usage. It gives you a 1000 mile warning. Little higher maintenance schedule than a gas one, but it seems worth it so far. Exactly. And a 600+ mile range between fill ups is very nice when traveling. Sure beats the hell out of the 13mpg I get on the interstate in my gas 6.0. I’m just glad it has a large gas tank. It does hurt at the pump sometimes. The baby diesel only gets @ 22 mpg when your loaded down for hunting and running 90+ MPH through Texas and Oklahoma. 😆 Still pretty good IMO. Unfortunately, the adaptive cruise control will not work above 95 MPH. 🤣
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
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I know of two Denali's here in Huntsville that have been stolen by professional car thieves. They can unlock it, disable your OnStar, and drive off in less than 5 minutes.
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I know of two Denali's here in Huntsville that have been stolen by professional car thieves. They can unlock it, disable your OnStar, and drive off in less than 5 minutes. Pros can steal almost any vehicle. Friend had his F250 Platinum stolen from the parking deck at Atlanta Airport a couple years ago while he was on a cruise.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
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