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Former '99 GMC Safari owner here. Watch out for (common) front axle failures & other wheel problems. Replacements are near-unobtainium now and after two times
by busterarm 5y ago
Former '99 GMC Safari owner here.
Watch out for (common) front axle failures & other wheel problems. Replacements are near-unobtainium now and after two times having to do so in short succession we finally put ours in the junkyard.
Miss the hell out of that van though. Drove it fully loaded across the country 10 different ways a couple dozen times. Ran that thing to dust.
- tomcam 5y agoMan, thanks for the warning. Bought off the city at auction with 100,000 miles. Hoping it will give me another few thousand; I only need it maybe 100 miles/week.
- busterarm 5y agoGreat choice though. My thought processes for lumber hauling are a lot like yours. If it weren't for towing capacity I'd totally be looking at the longest Ford Transit I could find if I were buying new.
- tomcam 5y agoOf course the big Transit. That would be my preference. But it feels a little more sensible environmentally for me to keep an older truck going for my purposes. I am simply not that demanding a user.