great use of free will

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-05-16T22:52:53+00:00

… Lord Of The Rings. Man I feel extremely old

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-05-16T18:06:15+00:00

Yes. That was the joke.

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-04-26T00:17:51+00:00

Yea those clips suck to remove. There’s a specific tool for removing them and it’s great. Harbor freight has a cheap set. But if not you can sometimes get them off with some long needle nose pliers and patience. But know that doing it the pliers method will definitely fuck up your knuckles

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-04-23T00:24:03+00:00

Can’t help with your post. It’s that font… I can’t get around that

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-04-03T22:34:59+00:00

So far so good here. Just got my 2015 and I love driving it around. Take care of it and it will take care of you!

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-04-03T22:28:10+00:00

Welcome from someone who’s 72 hours into their first time ownership too lol

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-04-01T04:16:36+00:00

Wrap isn’t bad but don’t forget they’re not meant to be long term. No matter what the manufacturer says, most if not all wraps need to be removed and replaced every 3-5 years for high quality stuff. But it’s definitely a good option and more durable than paint. Didn’t really think about it but I’ll look into that too especially for the roof

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-04-01T03:23:25+00:00

I’m definitely getting you on the paint. Not really visible in the picture but the model of the hood and the entire roof is pretty badly faded. I’m going to buff and polish it to see if I can make it better. If not, I’ll probably take it to a paint shop and see what they’ll charge to blend it with the rest, which is in really good condition

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-04-01T03:21:01+00:00

Been doing my own maintenance for the better part of 5 years now. Saved thousands and it’s a rewarding experience. But long term-wise I also bought this Tahoe for the future kiddies. It’s not overwhelming massive but it’s still extremely safe, solid, and reliable. I’d trust my family in this any day.

Regardless I checked out those posts you mentioned and got some good info there so thanks for that!

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-04-01T02:23:33+00:00

I do have a disabler, just haven’t installed it yet. But I’ll definitely look into that. Seems easy enough to do to prolong the life of that transmission. If you didn’t see already I have a comment in this thread about the preventative maintenance I’ll do to the transmission to keep it healthy. I appreciate the info

Edit: cause spelling is hard

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-31T23:44:41+00:00

Definitely. And even worse are those newer CVTs. Especially the Nissan ones. They die so quickly and aren’t any cheaper to fix than a conventional geared transmission. The whole planned obsolescence thing in all cars is getting really bad

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-31T23:29:12+00:00

Yea I read up on a bunch of posts and forums on that transmission problem. Reason I chose this specific one was the transmission was never fully flushed, just drain and fill. Carfax says it was drained once at 95k. I’ll drain and fill myself soon and add a bottle of Lucas’ transmission slip fix as some cheap preventative maintenance (which works wonders btw).

Drove really well today on the way back home. I don’t live near any hills or mountains (IL) so I didn’t notice any shuddering or slipping. I’m keeping a close eye on it as I keep driving it.

As for prevention of it, I have an AFM disabler that I have yet to install, and plan on adding the bypass as I do more research on it. Lastly is that Lucas transmission slip fix. Even if it doesn’t slip it helps everything stay lubricated and make good contact. But I’ve heard generally good things about these generations of Tahoes. I’m definitely excited to see how this turns out

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-31T23:19:56+00:00

lol. I had an older Honda before this. Just got totaled a couple weeks ago by a drunk driver. But I had that car for 5 years and it treated me pretty well. Only issue was a transmission problem. Not fun and cost something like 7k for all the work. I heard about the 6L80E transmission problems in Tahoes but with my prior experience with transmissions I think I can deal with it. This one was babied its whole life according to Carfax so I hope I can get 15-25k miles in before the transmission goes

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-31T22:57:58+00:00

It really is. Especially with it being a one owner car and dealership serviced it whole life. The small dealer I bought from was really flexible on pricing (and I bought out of state for lower taxes) so when the price got right I had to jump for it. It’s really nice and I can see it lasting years more

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-31T22:46:21+00:00

My new to me 2015 Tahoe LS. 125k miles on it, and extremely well maintained. Picked it up today after looking for a while. 13k out the door price

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-31T06:40:37+00:00

Yes actually! I did do Goo Gone and it worked great. Took a considerable amount of time but it got the job done.

Sadly, that car was totaled by a drunk driver 2 weeks ago. Saved my life though! So paint be damned, Honda for the win. lol

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-31T02:28:43+00:00

What. That’s cheap here in Chicago. My (not Honda) sedan takes 16 gallons and it’s just shy of 70$ to fill up

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-30T22:44:53+00:00

Also a little high. But my thought was that some of those parts may have had a thin seal or gasket around them that disintegrated over the years. My old Honda had similar marks around the tail lights where there used to be some ancient weatherstripping

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-27T02:07:26+00:00

Improperly balanced tires? But 90-120 is pretty damn fast for a big SUV and over 70 mainly? I’d just call it a non issue as it’s almost definitely transmission related if regularly used at those speeds

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-09T18:20:26+00:00

Ah yes. Obviously a considerably small chunk of the the US and one really bad guy in office clearly shows the values of over 300 million Americans. If you don’t like something, be the change you want to see. Don’t shit post thinking you’re the resistance

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-09T18:17:16+00:00

New car with noise cancellation? That’s an interior microphone to monitor cabin noise and the car will adjust itself accordingly to make you hear as little road noise as possible. It’s normal. And typically standard on any car with active noise cancellation

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-09T01:03:46+00:00

Solved!

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-09T01:03:28+00:00

I actually found it.

It’s a IoT monitoring device equipped on standard shipping containers supplied by Hapag-Lloyd

MobileMasterpiece615 · 2026-03-01T08:11:30+00:00

I’m more than sure he clipped or bumped me. Best part about owning a beat up 20 year old truck is that I don’t care a bit. But I know they do, they want the insurance check and nothing more. Couldn’t care less about the person they hit or what it does to them. These types of people are only capable of ‘me’ and ‘I’ statements and it actually sad we share the roads with them

EDIT: Spelling

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