Yesterday I drove from Raleigh, NC, to Atlanta, GA, (roughly 407mi) on one tank of gas... I averaged right at 19mpg traveling at an avg speed of 75mph. Also worthy of note, I had three+me adult passengers and all their luggage. I'm quite impressed with how efficiently and comfortably this ute tackles road trips. Safe travels to you all, and HNY!
Road trip! Decent MPG...
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PokerMunkee
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That's awesome. Our Durango gets 15 on highway trips loaded up. And it handles horribly. Cant wait for the upgrade!
You will be surprise if you go longer distance in June i use 71 gls inbound Orlando and now only use 66 gls the only difference is the blackbear tune.
this time i have the 22" rims and more weight 1085 miles total people= 7 can't complain about.
imnohero
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Nice. I drove Greenville, SC to Tampa yesterday and averaged about 19mpg. I need to look and see exactly but it was right at 19 average when I was 60 miles out. I'm driving a rental Yukon XL SLT.
Rush, makes me feel better knowing you got that kind of mileage with the larger wheels.
ccapehartusarmyINF.(ret)
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19 mpg ? i thought those new spaceships had warp reactors
greg_tahoe84
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My tahoe's best MPG was 23.9 mpg down the highway roads of GA. It is awesome. My trip from Miami to Augusta went from 2 tanks with the old avalanche to a tank and a quarter. Love the refined 5.3.
That jives with what I've noticed on my freeway drives. If I set the adaptive cruise at 65 (the speed limit here is Boregon) I average over 23mpg. When I set it at 74 I get just over 20. It's mind blowing to think of that kind of economy comping from a 6.2 liter engine. I can only imagine what the 5.3 is going to be able to do once it's mated to the 8 speed.
You will be surprise if you go longer distance my with 7 people plus gear, was 66 gallons from NJ to Orlando. And 62 from Orlando to NJ. Is hard to believe that but is real. [emoji385] [emoji618]
I think the bigger question is how fast where you driving. My drives were only 120 miles or so but when I got 23.4mpg I had all three kids (in car seats which I can only assume are made from depleted uranium), my wife, both dogs and stuff for all of us in the car. But I had the cruise set at a grandma-like 65.
78 mph top and 70 minimum but must of the time 78 mph.
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1085 miles
George C
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All I know, and want to know is that our new vehicle's cruise can hold gear on almost any incline at speed without down shifting. What a difference from our last Tahoe.
Thrilled to death...
I'm not sure what MPG is.....And couldn't care less.
Thrilled to death...
I'm not sure what MPG is.....And couldn't care less.
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Hey George you will be surprise in a flat road like in south Carolina when the acc is on the car accelerate in 4 cylinders is crazy.
89% of the time
I agree with you, I really like the ACC. I wish it could go to 0 like the Escalade does but other than that I don't have any serious complaints.
imnohero
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Here is the trip from Tampa to Greenville, SC this past Friday. What should've been a 8.5 hour trip took 12.5 due to traffic. It was stop and go about all the way back. 85mph one minute and then 20mph the next. I got pretty good mileage all things considered. I was driving a 15 Yukon XL SLT with the 5.3L I rented from Enterprise.
George C
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Julian,
I'm just thrilled to not have to deal with that underpowered slug in my wife's old Tahoe. This thing is so light on its feet.
I understand your frustration I was 2 months in a rental 3 different Tahoe, and 2 suburbans is not even funny it was frustrated to the point I can even drive them. [emoji53]
