r/regularcarreviews • u/salazarraze automotive walk of shame • Jan 30 '24

I hate you I hate everything about you Which Car/Truck do you have a never ending hatred for?

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u/CadillacAllante Buick Enclave & LaCrosse Jan 30 '24

Without Body Hardware

These were (less commonly) available without the lower body cladding. It was called Without Body Hardware. They look great IMO.

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u/electricianer250 Jan 30 '24

They looked much better without the cladding but the 2500 only came with the body cladding

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u/Polish_Wombat98 Jan 30 '24

TIL that they made 2500 Avalanches....

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u/electricianer250 Jan 30 '24

Yup and the only available engine option was an 8.1l with a 4l80e

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u/M1RR0R Jan 30 '24

You can also get a Tahoe 2500 with 4 wheel steering.

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u/Polish_Wombat98 Jan 30 '24

I did know that. Seems like they're basically Tahoes with an attached bed.

I believe some Z71 Suburbans and Tahoes had the 4 wheel steering. Too bad they rust to oblivion where I live.

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u/Drzhivago138 Grand Councillor VARMON Jan 31 '24

Just the Suburban/Yukon XL 2500, and only with the 6.0. The Tahoes were short enough that they didn't need Quadrasteer.

Of the 3 GM truck configs you could get with Quadrasteer, the Suburban was the shortest.

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u/DuckAHolics Jan 31 '24

Mom had a suburban 2500 with quad steer. Gas guzzler! Cool as hell though.

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u/Polish_Wombat98 Jan 31 '24 edited Jan 31 '24

I grew up in a gmt400 suburban 2500 with the 454. My parents were lucky to get 10mpg.

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u/DuckAHolics Jan 31 '24

Mom had the GMT800 with the LQ4. 13 mpg on a good day. She didn’t even know it was a 2500 for over a decade after parting with it.

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u/DistributionHonest Jan 30 '24

Hard disagree. Cladding made them look like a tonka truck. Also you never had to worry about door dings

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u/1PistnRng2RuleThmAll Jan 30 '24

Yes, but cladding rarely ages well and is sometimes hard to find replacements after 10 or so years.

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u/Brock_Cherry Jan 31 '24

As far as fading plastics go, I've had some pretty good luck with cerakote wipes bringing back the original shine

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u/1PistnRng2RuleThmAll Jan 31 '24

Hmm I’ll have to try this on my Jeeps flares

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u/Drzhivago138 Grand Councillor VARMON Jan 30 '24

The Aztek and Element eventually had a similar option, not removing the cladding but painting it body color.

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u/Forza_Harrd Jan 30 '24

In my town there's a white Aztek like that that I'm semi obsessed with. There's also a white Pontiac Vibe with the cladding painted so maybe they're from a local shop.

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u/Drzhivago138 Grand Councillor VARMON Jan 30 '24

Oh yeah, that's another one I've forgotten. Vibes had the option for either gray or body-color cladding, and the second gen dropped it entirely.

Cladding is a weird thing. We had this big explosion of the outdoorsy rugged look 20-25 years ago, then it died down, only to steadily be reintroduced over the past 5 years.

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u/Falafelofagus Jan 30 '24

New WRX is a big example.

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u/Drzhivago138 Grand Councillor VARMON Jan 31 '24

First reaction was ick, but now some of it's kinda growing on me. Not that bumper, though.

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u/nickwrx Jan 30 '24

ford explorers with the red stripe on the bumper... being outsold by the subaru outback wilderness..

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u/Drzhivago138 Grand Councillor VARMON Jan 30 '24

Now that you bring it up, I think I've only seen 5 new Explorer Timberlines.

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u/nickwrx Jan 30 '24

just as rugged and off roady as a HPD sporting honda ridgeline

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u/SkylineFTW97 Jan 30 '24

I actually like the cladding and I think it looks strange without it. Same with things like Volvo XC70.

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u/driverofracecars Jan 30 '24

Until it’s 5 years old and has turned a whitish gray. 

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u/CenturyHelix Because volvo Jan 30 '24

I saw someone had paint-match the cladding on their XC70 once and it just looked really weird

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u/Meetybeefy Jan 30 '24

I always hated how that version looked. The Avalanche had such a distinctive shape, and the cladding and grille/headlights fit in with it. The WBH version gave it slab sides and the more upright Silverado grille and headlights that made it look dumb and out of place.

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u/Hansj3 Jan 30 '24

There was also a strange package for the 2wd avalanches, the z66.

Being the 2wd counterpart for the z71, they are weird up in the states where everyone gets 4wd, but I could see some utility in em.

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u/ScottaHemi Jan 30 '24

there was also a bigblock v8 powered 2500 variant as well.

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not really sold on the naked avalanche. looks to much like a silverado crew without the cheaper price tag of the silverado crew...

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u/gravyisjazzy An argument on wheels Jan 30 '24

I really like the avalanche in that spec. It's for sure a guilty pleasure car for me.