The Suburban is an all around good truck. We have 4 children and all 6 of us fit nicely in the truck. The options are great in it. The automatic four-wheel drive if left on while driving will burn up the 4 wheel drive motor. That was a pain in the rear to fix. The engine did go out at 145,000 miles. We had to buy a new motor, in which that motor went out after 2 weeks but GM did replace it for free. The truck gets around very well in snow and ice. The gas mileage is not the greatest. Mine is currently only getting 11 miles per gallon but that is expected out of a V8. I feel very safe driving the vehicle with my family in it. The truck does not do the greatest if hauling a heavy load. But, that is also to be expected. It does handle fairly well pulling a load it just takes more acceleration to make it up a hill.