Was looking for crossover but 2015 Tahoe blew us away!!

[jmitchell]

Tom, welcome to the forum. To give you some perspective on my experience with the new Tahoe. I have a White Diamond LTZ with 22" wheels. I have the max trailer package to tow our wake boat (4,500 lbs empty) as well as a much heavier travel trailer (6,000 lbs+). I would highly recommend the LTZ for the magnetic ride control as well as the auto-leveling rear air system. This makes a big difference when towing. The Tahoe does struggle some with the heavy travel trailer but mostly on windy days. As for the boat, I can't feel it back there hardly at all.

I had an '07 Tahoe and this '15 is much better in all aspects. I had the 20" wheels on the '07 and now the 22's. I do feel that the ride is much stiffer and you can feel more bumps in the road but I expected that with less tire. These new models really need the 22's to proportion the vehicle in my opinion. I had 15.8mpg over the life of my '07 with 125,000 miles and with the '15 I have 10,000 miles and I'm getting 18.3mpg with mixed city and highway driving. A big improvement indeed.

 

[Tommytuna]

18.3 MPG is pretty impressive for such a big truck. My 08 Honda Ody averages about 16 MPG in a mix of high way/city driving. Never ever got close to the advertised mileage with the thing.

The Tahoe really surprised me on the highway fuel econ and if i ended up averaging 18-19 mpg that would be more than satisfactory to me.

My other commuter car is a Chevy Volt

 

[OR VietVet]

So when do you take delivery of the Tahoe because I believe you have talked yourself in to a new vehicle.

 

[PokerMunkee]

Compare a Tahoe 4x4 to the only AWD minivan, Toyota Sienna, and the MPG looks awesome! LOL There isn't many AWD SUVs that get over 25MPG, unless they are a 4 banger such as Rav4/CRV/Forester.

I test drove a '15 LTZ and the thing is fantastic!

Get the 2015i if you can, wireless phone charging and handsfree tailgate are worth it.

 

[olyelr]

We are pretty new to the game at just over 6k miles, but 18ish MPG has been pretty easy to get. Extremely good IMO for such a big, heavy rig. Our highest on the 50 mile average readout is 25.2MPG. Around town city driving I would expect 16-17.

Now that winter is here (****** gas, cold weather, long warm-ups etc) I have been noticing closer to 17 MPG. But again, not really much of a chance to really check everything yet.

I will say, though, with a travel trailer (or any heavy trailer for that matter) don't expect much more than 10 MPG. We went through 2 tanks of gas this fall hauling a travel trailer, and one was just under 9 MPG and one just over 9 MPG.

I will agree these things are extremely expensive. They seem way overpriced to me. That being said, they are very very nice.

 

[Tommytuna]

That is the dilemma.. Nothing really compares and they pretty much own this market so the price is the price I guess.

I was hoping a 50k SUV would have captivated me and impressed me but so far nothing comes close.

I will test drive the Infiniti product this weekend to see if it even comes close.

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Anybody here have a LTZ White Diamond w/ the basic 22" upgraded wheels? Would love to see some pics.

 

[PokerMunkee]

Look at the Yukon Denali? Same price as a LTZ but you get the 6.2L 420hp beast! With the 8 speed, it's 1mpg less than the 355hp 5.3L.

 

[Tommytuna]

Here in Canada Denali is atleast 6-7k more. The 355 HP is plenty for me and i'll take the little bit of extra mileage.

 

[raress9596]

I've owned '02, '10, '12 Tahoes and a 2015 on order (scheduled to be built next week). I can't think of another SUV I'd ever own. My wife has a 2011 Infiniti QX56 and what a piece of crap that is. She had a 2006 that was pretty good. I've tried to steer her to a GM SUV to no avail. guess she like the infiniti's status? I drove the new Q60 for ***** and giggles before ordering the Tahoe. It doesn't compare. As far as the raised floor in the cargo area. I will like that. Good space for storing stuff. I guess they had to build up the floor to be able to have a flat floor when the third row folds down. used to have to take out the back seats to get a bigger flat floor.

 

[olyelr]

[/COLOR]Anybody here have a LTZ White Diamond w/ the basic 22" upgraded wheels? Would love to see some pics.

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