My husband totaled our Avalanche last week. We loved it so much we are looking to replace it with a newer model. It was a very comfortable and roomy vehicle that rode like a car instead of a truck. We loved how the back seats would lay down and you could extend the bed of the truck. The notch on the side of the bumper to help you step up onto the bumper was great. Some people did not like all the plastic on the side of the vehicle, but we did. It prevented the vehicle from getting chips and scratches along the bottom sides of the vehicle. You sat up high when you rode in this vehicle. The non-skid mat in the back was truly non-skid. If you put something on the mat it pretty much stayed where it was put. Now, that's great for keeping things from rolling around, but not so great when you need to push something big/long/heavy into the back of the truck --- things just did not slide on that mat. It was difficult for me to see well when in reversing this vehicle. So I was always careful where I parked. We hauled many things in the back of this truck over the years. Building materials, trash, tree limbs, firewood, and furniture have been hauled around in the back of this truck.