So i was driving the other day and....

Suburbans are cheap now.

Suburbans are kinda' cheap now down in South Louisiana. Crawdaddy got his 1991 in good shape for $1500-I paid $2950 for my high mile-195,000 1998 in otherwise good shape with a trans rebuild at 185,000,and AC, intake gasket redone/rebuilt at 155,000 miles.
I've noticed lots of 1996-1999's with 100,000-125,000 miles for $3900 to $6000 (asking) in the paper and on Craigs List.Most are 2wd;there aren't as many 4x4's here in the south-no snow.
I've also noticed that some 2000's (5.3's) have dropped below $10,000(asking).Prices are definitely down because of gas prices.If you don't drive a lot of miles,they are a real bargain.I drive mine about 80 miles/week,and have been averaging about 15 mpg lately.I'll use about 250 gallons/yr.
You can buy a new GM motor-5.7-for $2500 delivered,so you can spiff one up(new motor/trans) for about $4500(new GM trans for $1800 delivered) with a good expectation of another 150,000 miles.If you need a versatile vehicle with lots of hauling room(evacuation etc), now is the time to buy.
Charlie

Right-TX is used Suburban Central

tbplus10 is right; TX is used Suburban Central.Look on Ebay-1/2 of the Suburbans on Ebay are in TX.The prices are pretty good in general,and they usually have a fair number of under 80,000 mile vehicles.Folks seem to run the wheels off Suburbans;they don't trade them in until they have 130,000 miles or so on them.
You can usually get a better deal buying from a private seller locally.Some private sellers ask waaaaay too much-asking,and expecting to get the same price they see a dealer asking.No way can you get a dealer asking price, they can finance etc,so they can get more for a vehicle.They also usually do a primo job of detailing-they can make any POS look pretty decent.
TX is a good place to buy.They also aren't the rustbuckets that come from the Midwest and NE.Sorry about the cheapshot(you guys from those areas) but 10 year old vehicles from those areas are frequently all but shot.Make sure you check the history to see if they have lived in the midwest/NE. I'm not sure just how far south salt is used, but cars from the snow/salt belt are usually rough.
Lotta car competition in TX-good place and time to buy a Burb.
Charlie

Some folks use the "Make me sell it" pricing theorem. Like this 1970 VW Bug for $5k! when you can have this 86 Porsche 928 for $5600? Of course given a choice, I'd pick the VW. At least I could work on it.:rofl: