1998 Chevrolet Suburban LT: Regular Car Reviews

It smells like your friend's dad.

00:00 Intro
1:10 Human Goo
2:46 Practicality
5:05 Small Block
8:22 Money Laundering
11:20 Wide Demographic
13:20 Treasures
14:32 Tommy Fenstamacher
15:08 Kunkleman Chevrolet
17:56 Anyway

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[IRUKANJI]

Imagine getting in a fender bender with this guy and he pulls out the 25 year old Chevy Suburban care Kit, pops the seal on that disposable camera and he takes pictures of all the damages with it.

[aaronswink]

Kunkleman Chevrolet: Where you can buy your stolen Suburban catalytic converter back!

[OBC-radio]

My dad was a GM engineer, a loaded GMT400 Suburban IS my childhood. Between 1995-1999 he purchased either a new Suburban or Tahoe every year. He liked them so much, he even started purchasing them for my mom too. At one point they both owned 1998 Tahoe's at the same time before upgrading his to to a '99 Suburban before the model change to the GMT800s (which he hated). In the land of $0.91 a gallon gas, our family's carbon footprint was a size 14-1/2... Now in my 30's and fully embracing dad-mode, my fiance was appalled when I both started embracing the comfort qualites of wide New Balance shoes, and tracked down a '99 Suburban as a weekend hauler. Even though we don't yet have kids, I feel as if I have finally arrived to the next stage of adulthood as I was raised under the ethos that DAD DRIVES A SUBURBAN.

[dj_laundry_list]

I thought that smell was just my dad not cleaning the truck for 26 years and hoarding old wendy's napkins, but alas, RCR shows me I'm not alone at all

[cesariojpn]

Chevy Suburban: When you want to cosplay a Federali without going thru an alphabet agency to gain that privilege.

[DrBananananananananananananana]

Bout time RCR got back to DOING REGULAR CARS.

[joeconti]

Kunkleman Chevrolet has some serious Big Bill Hell's vibes now

[kdzr]

I visited the USA once and was quite bewildered when I first saw a Chevy Suburban. And then came the realisation that people across the pond use such gigantic beasts for doing basic stuff like the grocery run, while we europoors manage with cars such as the ford mondeo or opel Vectra. But then I visited Tokyo and saw someone rolling in an Escalade and realised that the taste for such huge vehicles is universal all around the world. Have to say that those magnificent beasts have grown on me, but I still can’t picture myself driving such a car.

[AkaIceBear]

My mom has had a 98 Suburban for like. 15 years. Thing has 325k on the clock with the original motor and transmission. No rust, despite being in the Midwest. Thing is a gas guzzling tank, but refuses to die.

[TurboFrend]

Tommy Fenstemacher AND Kunkleman Chevrolet‽ Y'all are spoiling us!

[dougsmith]

Cassette *AND* CD player?! To 14 year old me in 1998, this was a standard of living that I only dreamt of!

[BokBarber]

There's the smell of the interior itself, but also the very specific smell of the first time you crank the heat every winter in these things. It was like a "not vomit but somehow reminds you a little of vomit, mixed in with burning dust" smell.

[TechTubeHDReviews]

My dad had not one, but TWO black suburbans back in the 90's. A '94 1500 and a '96 2500. They were his work trucks, they allowed him to make a living and build our family; those suburbans are effectively the reason that I am here today. They were also our family haulers; they took us all around the US, towing a uhaul trailer of our belongings. I was approximately 3 minutes away from being born in the back seat of one of them before reaching the hospital. I practically grew up in these suburbans, and now, I have the silhouette of a suburban tattooed on my arm. Safe to say my dad was one hell of a suburban-loving dad, and he made a lifelong suburban-loving son.

[TheDigileet]

20:26 The trucking industry still uses those. My company gave me a disposable camera when they hired me in 2018. They said investigators prefer film pictures whenever possible because those are a lot harder to falsify than digital.

[bynrdskynrd]

My uncle opted for the 5 speed on his "97, with a 454. Took 6 weeks for delivery. Always 18MPG, even when full of people and towing an 18' camper.

He still has it.

[chrisstevenswrites]

The Kunkleman ad has me in tears. I haven't laughed that hard in a minute. Also, I think it's great that once in a while, you can still save something from the crusher for a small price and get some enjoyment and reliability out of it.

[wheezin_mtnbkr]

I recently saw a couple pull two 12’ kayaks out of one of these like it was a magic trick.

[Bepisx]

Hey RCR, thank you for reviewing my 1998 Tahoe 5.7. Im so glad you like it. They don’t makem like THIS anymoar!

[nickscapellato]

That old Fenwick Island sticker got me right in the feels. My Uncle had a similar Suburban growing up, he and the family would pack it to the gills and drive it to Bethany Beach, Delaware. I thought it was the coolest vehicle ever since it had a custom tube TV and VCR in between the front seats in the second row nor had I ever ridden in such a big thing other than a school bus!

[amerigo]

Had a 2003 Suburban 2500 with 4WS - 4 Wheel Steering and 4WD. The heavy duty frame, 8-lug wheels, and beefed up transmission with extra cooler made it a good trailer towing beast. The base transmission on the Suburban 1500 with the 5.3 liter V-8 would frequently burn out from towing. My trailer was 6400 pounds and 30 feet long and the 2500 version held up great.

We hauled four children around in that Suburban 2500 which everyone remembers fondly. When I sold it for what Kelly Blue Book said it could pull in at best, I had four guys clawing each other to see who would get it. The buyer paid my asking price and didn't even test drive it. It was the second to last 3/4 ton K version Chevy ever sold.