Waste of money for a glorified Chevy. You'll spend a ton of cash on gas too! My opinion is to buy an old beater 4x4 for about 4 grand. I bought my 6 cyl. F150 for 6 grand with 72k miles. I've had the truck for over 4 years now and it runs great! It's the best truck I've ever owned, meanwhile, the Xfire sleeps in the garage until the sun comes out. The truck has over 110k miles on the clock now. Trust me, if you go this route, the beater will pay for itself over and over again. Do you really want to drive a 60,000 dollar truck in the snow, salt, ice, and other crap? Just my $.02. Unless you are all about frontin' and showing off even in the winter weather, bypass the Escalade idea. Besides, you won't get crap for trade in right now.