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@@antz19coyote73 how exactly is the 4th gen a dud? This ought to be good

@@Ballen1182 the formula is my favorite 4th gen personally...the ls1 98-02 cars are extremely hard to find, they built so few and the manual ones are essentially non-existent. It's so weird the lt1 and 3rd gens saw more formulas than trans ams. For whatever reason, nobody bought the formula on the final cars. Which is a shame because they really are the best looking and I love having a sleeper!

@@tommyistommy especially with the 6-speed. Ppl aren't selling :/

@@Ballen1182 it's hard to even find them advertised, people always post them as a trans am or firebird which involves looking at a ton of V6 cars. I used auto tempest and had to drive 300 miles to get mine

@@tommyistommy yup! excellent 😎

@@RodFriesen-s3t I am not selling it at this time, it took years to find one this nice! If I do I will let you know

@@dannyhamby6334 I love hearing Tracker stories! They really are cool tough little SUVs

@@enriquesanchez-zs5tm appreciate it thank you!

@@Aziakkuu interesting! I didn't realize they were that limited when going low. I never really wanted my f bodies any lower, they already scrape the earth stock! Somehow corvettes are even worse! For beating on daily, they really do everything well. I was not expecting them to be such fun daily drivers, especially considering how the earlier f body cars drove. They barely feel related! Appreciate it, there will be more videos up soon on both of them

@@DarthMWAL appreciate it! I was very excited for this tire and also surprised that nobody else has any reviews, footage or impressions online. I'm nearly 5k miles in on these and still very impressed. They are as quiet as a highway tread tire, perform great in the loose sand/mud I've had them in and the fuel efficiency improvements have continued. I'm really looking forward to the winter performance, the Firestone Destination X/TS I had on prior were excellent in the snow

​@@tommyistommy same here. I am looking to buy the Bridgestone Dueler AT Ascents for my 2024 Toyota Tundra and nobody has reviewed them. I mainly drive on highway and don't do any off roading at all. I just need a non winter tire that is approved for winter. I live in Quebec, Canada where it's the law to have winter tires but I drive to Florida after x-mas and only return to Canada end of March.

@@cmambro5 I think these will work out well for you. They really track well on the highway, great steering response and quiet/comfortable ride. They are 3 peak mountain/snowflake and have a 60k mileage warranty even in the LT fitments. As soon as the snow flies I'll get back with winter impressions, based on the full depth 3d siping and tread design they should do really well. Bridgestone/Firestone seems to have figured out the right compound also, my X/Ts I had prior got me up the ski mountain 60+ days in 2wd!

@@tommyistommy Thanks :) Feels like it's the best of all worlds. I really want a non winter tire that is approved for winter so that I'm okay in Montreal, QC, Canada until the holidays. Looking forward to more of your videos.

@@Ace-44Thank you! Perhaps mine does not have the factory towing package...that would be a strange omission on a 2500 Suburban. It has a factory trans cooler which makes it even stranger that the gauge is not there.

@tommyistommy Yea that is kinda odd. Good looking Burb though! I'm pretty sure you can swap a cluster with a trans temp if you really wanted to. Just bought mine about a month ago. Haven't even got around to detailing it but already had the second row down and third row out in order to transport storage lol. I luv it!

@@Ace-44 awesome! The suburban really is one of the most practical and useful vehicles ever made. If you don't need a pickup bed, there's nothing better than a suburban for utility. I've gone years without owning a suburban and every time I don't have one, I wish I did. Camping, moving things, hauling people, towing...it really does it all

@tommyistommy I agree! Hope mine reaches as many miles as yours has and more! Good luck with yours!

@@trailrunnah8886 Thank you! They actually are 3 peak in all sizes, the specs on Tire Rack are completely wrong. The full depth 3d siping is very similar to the Firestone Destination X/T that I replaced them with, I'm looking forward to seeing how they do in the snow!

@@tommyistommy oh great, thanks for the info! Never thought I'd have Bridgestones on my list, but now they are. This 4R came with Dueler HTs when I bought it, they were horrendous in the snow. Oh, and I forgot to mention, rad Suburban! I love those, and the Hummer wheels look way better than I would have thought.

​@@trailrunnah8886OE tires are nearly universally terrible unfortunately. Manufacturers just want the vehicle to hit fuel economy targets and ride smooth for the test drive. Sure, there are exceptions on high end trims but normally the tire that comes from the factory was an accounting decision, not so much an engineering one. Thank you! I was not sure how they would look especially being a 22 inch wheel on an older vehicle. Gotta love GM going back to the old bolt pattern for absolutely no reason whatsoever 😂

They are 3 peak rated.

@@lauderdalechad thank you! The mpg is hand calculated, I have never trusted the dash readouts...and they didn't add that functionality until 2003. The trend has continued for 3k miles, I am just as amazed as I initially was at just how low rolling resistance these tires are

@@JohnDrivesAnything I totally get it, I'm running 215/75r15 Firestone Destination LE3s. They are a great street tire and do awesome off road and in the snow. Not super aggressive looking though! It's slim pickings in 15 inch fitments these days.

@@tommyistommy Im going to shop those 3 sizes. I think the DOT code when my tires were built are on the other side. If my tires are more the 5 years old I'm changing them I hope they are still under 5. Cooper HT3s These are $200 each tires! Cheapest tires I've found so far are $82 each!

@@JohnDrivesAnything make sure you check out some rebates coming out next month, September and October are the heaviest on sales and often you can get a T1 tire for a T4 price here shortly! I agree, anything over 5 years is just asking for trouble. Tires are outrageously priced now, I know I sell them !

@@Wicked_RotF30 Appreciate the follow, thank you! I think you made a great choice with the Suburban, they are definitely easier to work on than the 10th gen Ford platform. I had a 97 regular cab flair side 4.6 5 speed f150 right before I bought the suburban, doing a starter and plugs in that truck took longer than a motor swap in a GMT800! I use mine to overland pretty frequently, I don't even have it built out, I just bring a full size mattress and have enough room for it and all my stuff with the flat cargo area. The z71 package is great, they almost always have the shortest gearing, awesome roof rack, skid plates and the rear locker. If I was getting another half ton, it would be a z71 100%. Rust and transmissions are about the only things that kill these trucks Hope to see you out there enjoying it cross country soon 😎

@@Blue-wj3ik I am, they really perform awesome in everything I've put them through. I cannot believe the fuel economy improvement, they must be very low rolling resistance. Looking forward to seeing how they do in the snow, the tires I took off the Firestone Destination X/T performed so strongly I stopped running winter tires! Hoping for similar results out of the Dueler Ascent

@@JohnDrivesAnything and they say EVs are worthless....well maybe they are but they make for some sweet OEM take offs 🤣

Never!!

@@tommyistommy lol more vidjas plz

@@vonericsparks9517 EV wheels on a machine known to get single digits 🤣 it kind of is now that you mention it....blame GM they sent back to 8x6.5 bolt pattern for no reason at all on the Hummer and Silverado EV

@@Ctsbari that's what I'm running here! It looks a lot better in my opinion and clears everything without any issues. The speedo will be off by a couple percent but it's very minor. I have Firestone Destination XT tires and loved them for off road and snow performance. They were very quiet for an all terrain also. I will say, I put on a more highway focused tread recently and the fuel mileage is about 2mpg better. It wasn't so much the cost as the range I noticed!

Man you're right, I have bought jeeps, 4runners, amigos etc that never had the roof off...ever! If it's not snowing or triple digits, the roof is off anything I own

@@jasonvoorhees8545 thank you! It took a while to find one this clean, I appreciate the comment

@@JoeSmith-tu7vi the original WS6 hood is long gone, I sold it for an outrageous price (2k). I have a trufiber WS9 hood also which honestly is much better quality than OEM and actually functional. I'd highly recommend one of you're in the market!

The nostalgia is definitely strong with the tracker. What surprised me the most is younger people who love it...two kids in their early teens got out of a brand new V8 defender (100k+ vehicle) and told me how cool the tracker was. Nobody can resist the 90s graphics!

@@tommyistommy My youngest subscriber is 10 and he likes the Tracker. He tells me his mom always wanted one. The people who look like they love Trackers most is someone who bought it as a first vehicle or someone who got it as a first vehicle as a hand me down and too many comments from people saying theres were hit and totaled.

@@JohnDrivesAnything yeah they were a lot of first cars and often got people through a memorable time in their lives. It's awesome to hear a 10 year old still gets it! I find a lot of people think it's a kei car also. It's about as universally liked as anything I've ever owned

Utah is pretty really any time of the year you can make it! the road I went up has multiple ski resorts on it that I frequent in winter

It went awesome! I was going to add in their footage but it didn't come out too well with the wind noise. It's really insane how open air the tracker is. Without a roll bar in the back it's truly as open as it comes!

@@tommyistommy and no longer allowed to be sold in America lol

@@JohnDrivesAnything I'm surprised the tracker even got a second generation with all the rollover rules. GM put T-Tops on the new Hummer, I haven't totally given up hope on a new open air jeep competitor

@@tommyistommy We will never see something like this again!

Oh yeah the EV Hummer and the Renegade. Going back to that Renegade again! Maybe I should buy one for my nephew for his first car. I just really want to get my hands on a Renegade lol

They are so rare I questioned if they really existed! The only more elusive 2 door SUV is a 2nd gen Trooper RS

@@tommyistommy The universe provided that Dodge Raider I hope the Universe lets me run into a 2D Trooper. 2D 80s SUVs just look so awesome! I enjoyed seeing that Raider more then I enjoy seeing Exotic cars.

@@JohnDrivesAnything I'm not sure I'm going to put the roof back on this year! Hopefully you can find a second gen for more tracker content 😎😎

@@tommyistommy Skip to :30 I wanted this one so bad! It wasn't selling for like 3 months and I looked at it every day lol ruclips.net/video/YwPAZhBeSTw/видео.html

@@nothaviniteither I'm so sorry to hear that! Let's be honest...everyone has a jeep, the tracker is a lot cooler 😎 I hope you can get another one day and relive the good memories !

@@tommyistommy I appreciate that ,the insurance company paid it off and I went and got a slightly used Benz 190 ,so now I'm going to school in a Benz ,I went from the cool guy in a suped up tracker to the "man" in a Benz, so it kinda worked out well

I noticed lots of people with fond memories of their Trackers/Sidekicks lost it due to getting hit.

@@JohnDrivesAnything people seem to love to hit them, haters 😆😆😂

Thank you! I love these little things 😎

@@JavierBonillaC the Suburban is my definition of exceptionalism...the fact that they have made it since the 1930s without skipping a beat speaks volumes! That's awesome to hear you have one you love as much as I do. 120k miles is nothing on these trucks, my parents bought one new in 2001 and it's nearing 400k on original motor, transmission and driveline. I put about 15k miles annually on my Suburban, I'm over 200k already and I bought it with 178k 18 months ago. I do need to detail this one, will definitely try polishing the lights this time around! Thanks for watching 👍

lol, you have no idea about America. The government does a great job at using media to lie for them. America was created by criminals. Criminals made the laws. The miseducation system brainwashes kids with lies. Both dem and reps are the same evil and working together behind the scenes to push real agendas in and even more outside of America, that they use the military for, instead of going themselves to risk their own lives for their greed.

@@candykid5135 I love the square body Suburban! One of my favorite vehicles ever made. If you can keep the rust off, they really have no other downsides

@@expeditionjay thank you, I'll definitely check out your channel now! I agree, these cars never got a fair shake in my eyes. I've owned a lot of the Japanese cars of the era and a 4th gen is better at pretty much everything. GM was protecting the Corvette in many ways vastly underrating horsepower and performance metrics. What's most insane to me is how the Mustang outsold these despite performing horrible in comparison. I feel like the media and GM did a pretty bad job marketing these vehicles

@@JohnDrivesAnything no wrong answers with LS V8 and t56 😎😎😎

I've had both, there's no wrong answer here 😎

@@itsZylex I have two 4th gen Firebirds, my vote is pretty obvious 😎😎 you see a Vette on every corner, seeing one firebird in a day is rare!

@@JustinWh0a that's great to hear you're enjoying it daily! Certain things on these are unavoidable...the dash and most doors will crack. Sail panel will bubble on later cars...but who cares?! They really are a ton of fun to drive and look awesome. I'll have more videos up soon glad you enjoyed this one!

I had a 98, black with black AR torq thrust m wheels. I regret selling it badly. Didn't even have to. Sold in 2016, right before the value started climbing. Ugh. 6speed with tan leather, full SLP exhaust.

@@Ballen1182 black with tan leather is the best color combo! It's crazy how that car would sell for 3x what it did in 2016 today

@@tommyistommy that's the reason i bought it haha.. wasn't even shopping for a TA at the time. exactly, about price :/

@@michaelm3381 4th gen has my vote too! The 6th gens drive awesome, they hide their 3800lbs pretty well all things considered

I thought the 5th and 6th gen Camaros were bigger than 4th gens. Nice comparison video.

@@firebird5288 the 4th gen is actually about 4 inches longer than a 6th gen and 2 inches longer than a 5th! I had to look it up myself, the 5th and 6th gens feel like larger cars and definitely weigh a lot more

@@MattBerg-t3w I agree! I do not like the gmt900s as much, overall quality just went downhill. The newer ones continued to use weaker suspension comments while interior space was more compromised. I will have another video up soon enough of fitting another thing inside the suburban ...a full size mattress for camping!

@@tommyistommy just watch out for the trans case grenade at least that's what mine did I had to lock it in to get home and move around yard and there is one trans that isn't reliable but I think they was mostly in the 1500s but I'm also to the 97 Chevy trucks my very first truck was a 97 z71 Silverado which was same as a lt had leather

@@CB12345 Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and most importantly found your own Firebird to enjoy. LT1 cars are a lot of fun, the way the torque comes on early and the sound is amazing. The Camaro outsold the Firebird by 2 to 1, it was cheaper and there's a lot more Chevrolet dealerships than Pontiac ever had. I know I greatly prefer the taillights, seats, dash design and pop up headlights of the firechickens

@@firebird5288 wow! That sounds like a beautiful firebird...very few people kept them half as nice as yours. The y87 is pretty interesting, very unique and only the f body die hards usually know what it is exactly. The V6 cars don't get enough love, especially the 3800 ones. It's still 200hp, about the same as the sn95 V8s had until 1999! My buddies 5 speed 3800 Camaro was a stripper, no t tops, roll up windows etc and it would routinely beat a 96 mustang GT auto! In today's world, finding any nice F Body is worth it. Especially for t top off cruising, I wouldn't turn my nose at a v6 car especially a garage queen!

@@tommyistommy thank you for your kind words about it being a V6. And you're right again. People don't appreciatethe V6 cars. I know I never did. I never paid them any attention as I was always a TA guy. But being a Y87, it handles as well as my 96 TA did. When I first drove it I was thinking, "Is it normal for a V6 bird to feel and handle like my 96 TA did?" I'm glad I bought it. And I hear that often about V6 fbodies beating Mustang GTs of their time. I really should post a video of my car. I just finished your video. Thanks for sharing your birds with us!

@@firebird5288 I would love to see it! I think the appreciation for these cars is just starting. Especially the Pontiacs, they built far more C5s than 98-02 firebirds and C5s live a similar life to your car. Very few people kept a F Body nice even when new. I continue to be amazed at how well this video is doing, I'm just glad to be part of the F Body "renaissance"!

@@angeldiaz-gv8uk you are correct these are 2.73s, not 3.08s. I was confusing the ratios with trucks, some people would say I have too many cars! There's a reason 6 speed cars all had 3.42s....the gears are SO LONG. I'll get another video up showing how long before I regear it

I feel like the 93-97 cars are just much better built, a lot of that carried into the 1998s as well. Better materials, no sail panel issues, less common interior issues.

@@angeldiaz-gv8uk that is pretty impressive! Hope you can keep it nice forever 😎😎😎

Yep another 98 owner with no door cracks... 173k. And pre-LS don't have it

@@wob6776 I feel like a lot of the early cars were built significantly better. The 98s seem to have that carry over from LT1 generation!

@@tommyistommy That's true as far as door panels, bcms, sail panel paint, etc. The trade off, the interiors are far far worse on the 93-96 cars. And obviously engine is a thing

@@wob6776 while I prefer the ls1, the lt1 is no slouch. It's a bit heavier, a lot harder to work on but still makes great power. What is worse/different about the 93-96 interiors? I had a 95 formula many years ago and do not remember it being much different. The dash and seats were very similar from my memories

@@brandonhodnett5420 thank you! It's pretty wild how these cars get overlooked especially with handling. I'll have another video up soon with my formula on 200tw tires, its an animal!

$20,000 F-Body Out Accelerated the Mid Race Car engine NSX. Of course the NSX was the better car but as a Teenager when I was reading about F-Bodys it was insane. It was the same price as Turbo Eclipses, Preludes and Integras. Those cars were no contest against F-Bodies in a straight line. I have a 03 Z06 but if Corvettes didn't exist I would have a WS6 with a Gigantic Screaming Chicken Decal on the hood.

@@JohnDrivesAnything the 400 and 800s really have nothing stopping you from driving one for the rest of your life...besides rust

@@tommyistommy Party like it's 1999 with 6 of your friends ruclips.net/user/shorts60QWEdTi9jc

@@JohnDrivesAnything it's wild that the gmt800 is 20+ years old....I still feel like I see just as many as ever!