Sell my 03 for 07? Thoughts?

Interesting had no knowledge of the DOD or AFM i believe if i researched correctly. Honestly im never comfortable being a part of technology thats still in infant stages so to speak. Apparently this cylinder deactivation results in 5% fuel savings? I put on about 5k miles a year so think this turns out to be $2.50 a month in savings. Ummmm yeah ill pass lol.
As for all this new technology i have a 15' 335i and the stupid thing turns off when you stop. Fortunately you can turn this feature off bc imo its so silly. Id rather spend a few more bucks in fuel for proven technology. This is just me

Btw - i found a pair of 2nd row captains chairs thinkng about swaping them w the bench. Which is one of the reasons why i wanted a denali

If you have a BMW you know the pain associated with having cutting edge technology I just replaced the electric water pump in my 335xi, to the tune of $550 just for the parts.

Rumplemenz said:

Interesting had no knowledge of the DOD or AFM i believe if i researched correctly. Honestly im never comfortable being a part of technology thats still in infant stages so to speak. Apparently this cylinder deactivation results in 5% fuel savings? I put on about 5k miles a year so think this turns out to be $2.50 a month in savings. Ummmm yeah ill pass lol.

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Seems like a lot more than 5%, more like around 20% better. I think it was this thread I posted earlier where I had a 2015 Suburban as a loaner for a week. 25 MPG averaged over the week with 80% highway driving. My Escalade won't get more than about 17 MPG average on the same commute.

The technology isn't in its infancy anymore. The 2015 I drove was so smooth switching between V4 and V8 mode that I "think" I felt it switch a couple of times when I was trying to notice the switch. I think the technology has been around since 07 on the on the 5.3L trucks, Earlier on the 5.3L cars (06 maybe)?

I think the Escalade got it in 09.

Wake said:

Seems like a lot more than 5%, more like around 20% better. I think it was this thread I posted earlier where I had a 2015 Suburban as a loaner for a week. 25 MPG averaged over the week with 80% highway driving. My Escalade won't get more than about 17 MPG average on the same commute.

The technology isn't in its infancy anymore. The 2015 I drove was so smooth switching between V4 and V8 mode that I "think" I felt it switch a couple of times when I was trying to notice the switch. I think the technology has been around since 07 on the on the 5.3L trucks, Earlier on the 5.3L cars (06 maybe)?

I think the Escalade got it in 09.

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gotchya i was just going off what GM claims.... but even if its not really infant anymore id just rather have a regular engine so to speak. The more they strive to implement newer technology into their fleet the more issues the consumer has a chance of having down the road.

Anyway as for the 2nd row captain chairs i thought i was going to get turns out they were a different color and from a tahoe not suburban .

But i tell ya every time i drive the 03 im just so confident in her. Such a great machine for sure.

..............anyway glad i made this thread.. everyone helped me alot and now I feel like im not cheating on my yukon anymore lol. Shes just been so good to me it would be silly to let her go. Now im lookin for some captain chairs for 2nd row... found a pair just have no clue what the value is on them.. but suppose thats another thread.