Big Blue: 2005 GMC Yukon Denali

[Jake]

To me, the car looks just about right. Maybe a hair more forward. Not sure why people gave you so much flak on FB about the WDH. It's a smart choice, especially since it was free. Glad you finally got a trailer. Now you can really go all out and not worry about getting home.

Do you get a locking center diff with the Denali trim? AWD with no lo seems kind of like a downgrade from 4wd if you ever get stuck.

Yeah, if the trailer wasn't covered in snow and sand and stuff, I could have seen where Paul parked his E46 on it - the paint is worn away a bit. I think DJ and I got it pretty close, though.

Jeff giving me flak was just Jeff, that's how he is.

The Denali has a LSD in the rear, and I'm pretty sure the center diff is not a true locker. The front/rear bias is normally something like 38/62 until slip occurs. It's not ideal vs. a true low range, but I'm happy to be able to just floor the skinny pedal and let it spin all four wheels as I crash, instead of having to push a button on the dash before doing so.

I did have "a time" parking the trailer yesterday afternoon... the trailer lot is gravel and was covered in snow, which after several hours of 50* weather, was starting to kind-of melt, kind of. Suuuuper slushy. Had to turn off traction control and give it an uncomfortable amount of throttle to get the trailer back where it belonged in the space.

At least I know the AWD works now.