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The first year the 1.5T was out it was burning up cylinder heads in the Malibu and Equinox, sometimes requiring complete engine replacement. GM addressed the issue pretty quickly and I think it's been put to bed. Other than that, they are just as needy about on-time oil changes as any small displacement turbo trying to move 3800lbs vehicles, but seem fairly reliable.

Rather than have a new one of these every month, lets just all pile into this one thread and keep it going. I'll start with a recent RARE spot I made here in Pittsburgh that has gotten super popular on CheersandGears's Facebook Page. I spotted this super rare Saab 9-4x running around Pittsburgh the other day. Built off the same Theta-Premium platform as the 2nd Generation Cadillac SRX, this one seems to be used as a daily driver. It was built in Mexico, and only 814 copies were ever made.

So again, an analysis where you have not actually seen, sat in, much less driven a GM product but apparently it's reason enough for you to $h! on it. Why am I not surprised.

Last week we had some nice weather. time for some 2-wheel therapy

The issues with the current traverse and co are largely around the V6 and timing chains. That’s no longer an issue here with the 2.5T. This engine is just a slightly smaller version of the 2.7T in the Cadillacs and Trucks. It seems to be pretty reliable.

I know it's been since 2015, but this thread still gets a lot of hits from Google (and Pinterest!??). I still think it would be neat to have a Thoronado. I need to win the lottery and do it.

Ah, that generation is such an odd duck, but people liked them. They were solid and pretty reliable, but the seating position is odd and they have an unusually high step up for a unibody crossover. It was an unusual deal breaker for me that I noticed the first time I got into one. We had them as fleet vehicles at the last job and it was bad in winter because weather gunk would build up and then you'd get it on your pant leg getting in and out. Take a look: Compared to:

Bet it started with a 9.

Yeah that is kind of nuts that you need to make $100k a year to afford a new car.

$42k to start, no thanks. The old Traverse/Enclave/Acadia with the 3.6 are known to not be reliable, I don't know if this will be any better. But what I do know is the Highlander and Grand Highlander will be more reliable and either of those or a Telluride or Palisade is a better option than the Chevy/GMC or Ford Explorer for that matter.