The wife’s Suburban is finally gone!!!

Many of you have read many of my rants on that old Suburban we had. When I was not fixing something it was a good looking vehicle and a great highway traveler.
However it was plagued with issues pretty much from the get go. Thankfully I was able to do all the work. We had it for almost 7 years and it was just tired.
So been shopping for the last month for a Suburban, Yukon XL, or Navigator.
We were super picky in what we wanted. 3-4 years old under 70k miles, heated steering wheel, black interior, heated/cooled seats, rear seat entertainment, and no black, white, silver, or light grey under $55k.
Yes a tall order but doable with some searching and traveling.
Found a couple Denalis that fit the bill with one of our good friends here went and snapped some pictures to me. Unfortunately when I called to deal it was sold.
I then located a 2022 Lincoln Navigator L Reserve loaded to the gills. Way more than any 2021 or 2022 Denali I could find.
Fresh off a 3 year lease (one owner) fully serviced and maintained by the selling dealer (who I bought from). I’ll even say overly maintained as they did a lot of the added intake and injector cleanings which I won’t complain about.
Has some pretty new Pirelli Scorpion Verde tires which a buddy says perform amazingly on both his BMW X5s.
Has a bit over 60k miles which is a little higher than I wanted for a 3 year old vehicle but with the meticulous service records and a bit of the factory powertrain warranty left I was still able to purchase the Lincoln ESP warranty that covers me for another 60k miles on pretty much everything including all the electronic gizmos which is good because these seats are THIRTY WAY adjustable and fully massaging seats. Just does not cover wear parts.
Also came with 3 years of Blue Cruise (Ford/Lincolns self driving system) and connected services. This thing is an absolute treat to drive it’s like a space ship almost.
Yes, the Achilles heal of the 3.5L Ecoboost is the Cam Phasers. For whatever reason Ford just can’t get them right. But ohh well the warranty is less than what my buddy just paid the dealer to do the Cam Phasers at a steep discount.

So going to keep it pretty simple since it’s the wife’s.
Bigger Livernois intercooler just to keep intake temps down especially here in the summer. In the summer it can drop intake temps by 100*
Aluminum trans pan to help cool the trans fluid and also has a drain plug so draining the fluid is way easier.
Black Grille
Full Ceramic tint all around.
Paint Correction and full ceramic coating.
Woolwax undercarriage and rocker/fender void application.

My buddy’s brother is one of those Instagram/Youtube people that’s in pretty close with the Ford Performance folks.
So a factory backed tune may be a possibility.

The truck is Starlight Grey Metallic which is beautiful from a distance it’s just super dark grey but up close it has green, purple, and silver flakes.
It looks like the shimmer of the Milky Way.
Pictures do it no justice.
It’s funny I called it a space ship and my kids asked if it was named after the movie (bonus points if you know the awesome 80s movie reference).

This is just a picture I grabbed off the interwebs but looks exactly the same. Made the 3.5 hour drive one way after work lastnight so did not get home till super late and the wife is out and about tonight.

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