Collectable for being a hilariously overpriced Tahoe?
Cadillac Escalade as a Collectible
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A Tahoe playing dress up is not, and will never be collectible, period.
Unfortunately the Escalade also has a reputation as a ghettomobile. Not the best image.
i have a black on black 2021 escalade esv premium luxury and this truck is honestly crap and more inferior than superiors compared to the 2000-2006 ones and i kind of regret buying it. the front styling took a hit and the only thing thats better than the last generation is the turn signal. the old escalade had a little orange bulb at the bottom while this has a longish turn signa; bar that doubles as the daytime light other than that the styling of this new one took a hit. the exterior and interior quality is terrible. the corners on the leather seats have like slugs or slag and the stitching is crap. my leather seat mistubishi outlander is much better made.
This truck isnt comfy to drive. seats are flat and hard, no arm rest, stupid small steering wheel and the gas pedal is too sensitive even in comfort mode and gives a fake sport feel which i disdain. the software is convoluted and badly designed and this **** thing lags more than the $40 android phone i got in 2019 as a temporary. I've had it for 11 months and just passed 3k yet my venerable 05 xl denali keeps being the better of the two. I've driven around to get offers but the most I've gotten is 87k but i paid 92k for it and eh i may bite the bullet but my wife just wanted something new and the burb and xl denali were basically the same price. even she doesn't like it but still wants something nice to have in the driveway as the 03 and 05 are looking as tired as they are.
i highly doubt this rolling pile of laggy GM computer crap will ever be a collectible. so many flash nand storage chips everywhere left and right to corrupt. the computers in my old trucks are very very simple and hardly have to keep re writing and used more reliable nand type. this is a monster i don't want to own beyond 10 years.
This truck isnt comfy to drive. seats are flat and hard, no arm rest, stupid small steering wheel and the gas pedal is too sensitive even in comfort mode and gives a fake sport feel which i disdain. the software is convoluted and badly designed and this **** thing lags more than the $40 android phone i got in 2019 as a temporary. I've had it for 11 months and just passed 3k yet my venerable 05 xl denali keeps being the better of the two. I've driven around to get offers but the most I've gotten is 87k but i paid 92k for it and eh i may bite the bullet but my wife just wanted something new and the burb and xl denali were basically the same price. even she doesn't like it but still wants something nice to have in the driveway as the 03 and 05 are looking as tired as they are.
i highly doubt this rolling pile of laggy GM computer crap will ever be a collectible. so many flash nand storage chips everywhere left and right to corrupt. the computers in my old trucks are very very simple and hardly have to keep re writing and used more reliable nand type. this is a monster i don't want to own beyond 10 years.
only if its old and has crappy peeling flash chromed rims with crappy music blowing out of it, a new bone stock one like mine isnt ghetto.
Older restored trucks look cool. Might as well be an Escalade or a King Ranch. It just needs another 10 years or so.
Those require the cab come off the chassis for serious engine repair/change.
Like the other large Ford guzzlers, that labor cost alone takes these olde pigs off the road far faster when they break in major ways.
Already seeing it with old Powerstrokes & third or fourth owners. They were littering the streets here a few years ago.
Once the major failure occurs in twenty year old three ton barges, it's off to the re-smelter.
Generally for a vehicle to attain collectible status it has to be rare (or somewhat rare), offer cool or unique styling as well as performance, and it had to of been quite desirable from day one. So it's rather hard for a non performance model or variant to make the cut. If you're looking for a some collectible cars to invest in I'd suggest an S2000 or an ITR.
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Our sister Mini dealer used to use an Escalade as a shop truck for hauling garbage/tires and pulling dead cars into the shop. Wasn’t even worth dumping at auction.
Our sister Mini dealer used to use an Escalade as a shop truck for hauling garbage/tires and pulling dead cars into the shop. Wasn’t even worth dumping at auction.
Collectibility is about scarcity and some actual intrinsic value. These are hardly scarce, nor that significant. I’d get it if this was the first of the more recent big luxury SUVs but that concept preceded the Escalade. With options from Range Rover, Mercedes, Lincoln and Lexus that are superior. I’d wager earlier platform twins like the Yukon and Suburban are will be more desirable as luxury doesn’t age as well as utility orientated interiors (especially with GMs interior quality of that era).
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I would say it's no more collectable than a Ford Excursion or a Suburban. I just don't understand how everyone thinks their vehicle is a collector's item. I thinks it's because too many rust buckets from the 60's have been restored and maybe people think this will go on, and on and on for many generations. Personally, I have my doubts simply because Cadillac parts are quite expensive and I just don't see people fighting for an old Escalade for collectability.
IF these "statusmobiles" shared a significant number of parts with other trucks, thus making them easier to maintain and drive, it'd contribute to "coolenss of ownership".
Borderline or poorer wannabe collectors could be attracted. Alas, these vehicles are finicky tanks designed with disposability in mind.
Remember, there are cadres of folk around who'll, "never buy a GM car".
The dull brassiness of insulting GM 'luxury' is hard to overlook.
Maybe an historically themed "Trio Display":
An Oldsmobile Bravada, a Cadillac Escalade and a cube of compressed garbage from a shopping mall?
Borderline or poorer wannabe collectors could be attracted. Alas, these vehicles are finicky tanks designed with disposability in mind.
Remember, there are cadres of folk around who'll, "never buy a GM car".
The dull brassiness of insulting GM 'luxury' is hard to overlook.
Maybe an historically themed "Trio Display":
An Oldsmobile Bravada, a Cadillac Escalade and a cube of compressed garbage from a shopping mall?
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You bring up a very good issue. Tire sizes. So many vehicles produced after the year 2000 with so many tires, I sense getting tires for some cars built after MY 2000 may be a issue. My 2002 F350 with 16 inch "E" rated tires are becoming hard to find. On the W220 MBs produced from 2000-2006 the 18" tires are not stocked anywhere, and only made by a handful of manufacturers. Not sure those manufacturers will keep making the tires for the W220 with 18" tires.
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or the V10 gas......
