Real Life MPG 5.3 / 6.2

tall cool thing · Mar 11, 2022

I wish i could drive 70, but cant do it. Like the speed as of now. 20 mpg is awesome for a vehicle this size. Have to say the 6.2 is a lot of fun to drive. Before I bought this vehicle, I drove my in-laws yukon with 5.3. Never was much impressed with the motor. Fine for basic driving, but nothing to say wow, this is fun. Had several ram trucks for last 10 years or so. Anything mpg in the upper teens is good for me, all I have seen for that long. The tahoe is a much bigger vehicle, so pleased with the mpg and the vehicle overall. Glad I made the jump to the tahoe.

Mar48 · Mar 11, 2022

I was shocked to see I'm getting like 12 MPG around town... but short drives... maybe 17 on a combined one, but definitely not 15/20

Astanwyck · Mar 12, 2022

Dcmaynor said:
The real deal is to manually check and not solely believe the vehicle display. I have an fuel app that does it for me. I can look at the logs to compare brands and seasons as well.

What app is it?

Reddevil96 · Mar 12, 2022

My last 1700 mile road with maybe 10-15% city time averaged 19.5 and I held 80-84mph while on the interstate. Around town if I enjoy my self its 10-12mpg, but if I drive like grandma 14-15mpg is doable. I also follow the owners manual recommendation for high speed driving to run 39psi tire pressure, actually tread contact is just about perfect, so the door saying 36 is absurd.

Im in a 21 XL Denali 6.2l at time of the trip it had 1000 miles with 2 adults a 2 year old and luggage, currently have 3000 miles

ljn21 · Mar 12, 2022

Astanwyck said:
What app is it?

Probably Fuelly

kcb14214 · Mar 13, 2022

So my wifes 2022 Yukon w the 6.2l is getting 15-16 which is under what the 2018 we traded in got.

RST Dana · Mar 13, 2022

Astanwyck said:
What app is it?

‎Fuelly: MPG & Service Tracker

‎Easily track your vehicle’s fuel economy and vehicle maintenance records. Set up reminders to keep on top of maintenance tasks such as oil changes and tire rotations. Fuelly makes it easy for you to save money with gas mileage calculations (MPG) and service reminders. The Fuelly app...

apps.apple.com

xycrazy · Mar 13, 2022

kcb14214 said:
So my wifes 2022 Yukon w the 6.2l is getting 15-16 which is under what the 2018 we traded in got.

Is that the XL or regular version? What's her driving profile? Mostly city?

tom3 · Mar 13, 2022

Real world mileage on our 2019 with the 5.3. Probably 60 to 65% highway and the rest mostly urban city driving, not red light to red light on every city block. Since new, now at 17K miles with the DFM mostly in operation. 22 mpg total average, 18 mpg in city driving. Get about 24 mpg highway at legal speeds with vacation loading and just the two of us. Run BP Silver gas constantly. Fluke 50 mile average best readout hit 30 mpg last year.

TrueAt1stLight · Mar 13, 2022

I took a 350 mile round trip in southern MN and averaged 20.9 MPG at 90:10 hwy:city miles, at 70-75 MPH hwy. I lowered my speed by approx 10 MPH on the hwy and was really pleased to net this! My vehicle is a 2022 Denali standard wheel base with the only mods I’m running Michelin Defender tires.

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