Got her a 2017 GMC Acadia SLT2

[Black02Silverado]

Also...don't let size fool you the Acadia had more interior cargo room than the Tahoes of those years too...we were shopping both

Yep we looked at new Tahoes today, too.
Screw it, I ordered a maxed out SLT2 Acadia in Red
Momma did not like the Denali wood

Yeah, Susan didn't like the Denali Acadia either. We loved our SLT2. Pretty much had everything but NAV. Which we use our phones anyway.

Now the Burb is a different story. LTZ basically comes with everything so we got NAV and the Bluray player second and third row. Also to get the AC seats we had to get the LTZ, it wasn't offered on anything else. GM knows how to get you into an upper model.

Nice color choice!

Thanks to all, I appreciate it.

Nick, I assume the same rules apply, as far as you know, on the oil changes? I can't see anywhere that there are any design changes on the engine.

Yes, they didn't change much on the engine design. I would keep it at 5k oil changes. You might want to do a UOA once you get about 15k on it to see how it is doing. Anything earlier is a waste with break-in materials still in there.

I changed the Burb out at 500 miles, then again when it was at 2k. I usually do it again at 5k but I had found some Mobil 1 Extended Performance 0w-20 for a $1 a qt and used it and ran the OLM down to 3% and it was at 7,300 miles. Had the dealer do the one of two free oil changes and tire rotations then. Will take it back again at 5k to have my last oil change and tire rotation, then move it on over to AMSOIL Signature Series 0w-20.

I like that it takes 2 gallons. Easy peezy, just dump in two gallon jugs of 0w-20 and done. No qts to mess with.

 

[PenguinLTZ]

Also...don't let size fool you the Acadia had more interior cargo room than the Tahoes of those years too...we were shopping both

Yep we looked at new Tahoes today, too.
Screw it, I ordered a maxed out SLT2 Acadia in Red
Momma did not like the Denali wood

Yeah, Susan didn't like the Denali Acadia either. We loved our SLT2. Pretty much had everything but NAV. Which we use our phones anyway.

Now the Burb is a different story. LTZ basically comes with everything so we got NAV and the Bluray player second and third row. Also to get the AC seats we had to get the LTZ, it wasn't offered on anything else. GM knows how to get you into an upper model.

Nice color choice!

Thanks to all, I appreciate it.

Nick, I assume the same rules apply, as far as you know, on the oil changes? I can't see anywhere that there are any design changes on the engine.

Yes, they didn't change much on the engine design. I would keep it at 5k oil changes. You might want to do a UOA once you get about 15k on it to see how it is doing. Anything earlier is a waste with break-in materials still in there.

I changed the Burb out at 500 miles, then again when it was at 2k. I usually do it again at 5k but I had found some Mobil 1 Extended Performance 0w-20 for a $1 a qt and used it and ran the OLM down to 3% and it was at 7,300 miles. Had the dealer do the one of two free oil changes and tire rotations then. Will take it back again at 5k to have my last oil change and tire rotation, then move it on over to AMSOIL Signature Series 0w-20.

I like that it takes 2 gallons. Easy peezy, just dump in two gallon jugs of 0w-20 and done. No qts to mess with.

Gotcha.

The 0w20 thing freaks me the hell out

Oh, and Nick do you know about the longer filter that is mentioned on some of the forums? If so, does Amsoil sell it?

 

[PenguinLTZ]

Who makes a supercharger for it?

I think these are the wheels we got. It is supposed to show up on a car hauler on Thursday, just got the call from the dealer

 

[geektoad]

Also...don't let size fool you the Acadia had more interior cargo room than the Tahoes of those years too...we were shopping both

Yep we looked at new Tahoes today, too.
Screw it, I ordered a maxed out SLT2 Acadia in Red
Momma did not like the Denali wood

Yeah, Susan didn't like the Denali Acadia either. We loved our SLT2. Pretty much had everything but NAV. Which we use our phones anyway.

Now the Burb is a different story. LTZ basically comes with everything so we got NAV and the Bluray player second and third row. Also to get the AC seats we had to get the LTZ, it wasn't offered on anything else. GM knows how to get you into an upper model.

Nice color choice!

Thanks to all, I appreciate it.

Nick, I assume the same rules apply, as far as you know, on the oil changes? I can't see anywhere that there are any design changes on the engine.

Yes, they didn't change much on the engine design. I would keep it at 5k oil changes. You might want to do a UOA once you get about 15k on it to see how it is doing. Anything earlier is a waste with break-in materials still in there.

I changed the Burb out at 500 miles, then again when it was at 2k. I usually do it again at 5k but I had found some Mobil 1 Extended Performance 0w-20 for a $1 a qt and used it and ran the OLM down to 3% and it was at 7,300 miles. Had the dealer do the one of two free oil changes and tire rotations then. Will take it back again at 5k to have my last oil change and tire rotation, then move it on over to AMSOIL Signature Series 0w-20.

I like that it takes 2 gallons. Easy peezy, just dump in two gallon jugs of 0w-20 and done. No qts to mess with.

Gotcha.

The 0w20 thing freaks me the hell out

Oh, and Nick do you know about the longer filter that is mentioned on some of the forums? If so, does Amsoil sell it?

I run the longer filters on ours, I run Wix filters, so the long one is the 57045 if you want a part number to cross reference.

 

[PenguinLTZ]

I run the longer filters on ours, I run Wix filters, so the long one is the 57045 if you want a part number to cross reference.

Perfect, thanks! Owners manual says 5w30 preferred, thank God.

 

[PenguinLTZ]

I ordered the Canvas Back cargo liner set. Should be Mastiff and Great Dane proof, for a while

 

[Black02Silverado]

Also...don't let size fool you the Acadia had more interior cargo room than the Tahoes of those years too...we were shopping both

Yep we looked at new Tahoes today, too.
Screw it, I ordered a maxed out SLT2 Acadia in Red
Momma did not like the Denali wood

Yeah, Susan didn't like the Denali Acadia either. We loved our SLT2. Pretty much had everything but NAV. Which we use our phones anyway.

Now the Burb is a different story. LTZ basically comes with everything so we got NAV and the Bluray player second and third row. Also to get the AC seats we had to get the LTZ, it wasn't offered on anything else. GM knows how to get you into an upper model.

Nice color choice!

Thanks to all, I appreciate it.

Nick, I assume the same rules apply, as far as you know, on the oil changes? I can't see anywhere that there are any design changes on the engine.

Yes, they didn't change much on the engine design. I would keep it at 5k oil changes. You might want to do a UOA once you get about 15k on it to see how it is doing. Anything earlier is a waste with break-in materials still in there.

I changed the Burb out at 500 miles, then again when it was at 2k. I usually do it again at 5k but I had found some Mobil 1 Extended Performance 0w-20 for a $1 a qt and used it and ran the OLM down to 3% and it was at 7,300 miles. Had the dealer do the one of two free oil changes and tire rotations then. Will take it back again at 5k to have my last oil change and tire rotation, then move it on over to AMSOIL Signature Series 0w-20.

I like that it takes 2 gallons. Easy peezy, just dump in two gallon jugs of 0w-20 and done. No qts to mess with.

Gotcha.

The 0w20 thing freaks me the hell out

Oh, and Nick do you know about the longer filter that is mentioned on some of the forums? If so, does Amsoil sell it?

I run the longer filters on ours, I run Wix filters, so the long one is the 57045 if you want a part number to cross reference.

Yes, AMSOIL's filter is the Ea017. It is long like the PF63. Like I said before, I was going to run the Ea017 to 10k, changing the oil every 5K but had a bunch of PF63 filters to use. Now the Burb takes the same filter so I'm good to go.

As for the 0w-20 making you nervous, don't be. UOA's show it protects well. Hell, when they come out with the 0w-15, which I understand is in the works, could be wrong. I'll jump right in on it. I ran 5w-20 in my 2002 5.3 and the UOA came back great. Same protection that I was getting with the 5w-30. All wear metals stayed the same some even less IRC.

Walmart is discontinuing selling the Bosch Distance Plus filters. They are marked down from $10 to $5 here, some places even down as low as $1 a filter. It is a good filter for 5k intervals, so check out your local Walmart for the D3532

 

[Zembonez]

I ordered the Canvas Back cargo liner set. Should be Mastiff and Great Dane proof, for a while

You sure it's rated for that much weight?

 

[PenguinLTZ]

Good to see you too, Jim. Fucker.

 

[dietz4ibanez]

I was surprised that the '17 rated it's towing capability down to 3500lbs. Not that you or I would have a problem with it but ours is rated for 5200lbs.

Not that its a big deal I was just surprised​.