mals
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I have a stock 2005 6.0L Yukon Denali that I purchased last year primarily as a tow vehicle for a travel trailer. Over the last eight months I've tracked my fuel consumption and hear is what I've been seeing:
Towing: 8-11 mpg (depending on terrain of the trip)
City: 13-15 mpg (Basically short trips around town)
Highway: 17-17.5 mpg (long non-stop all highway tank)
I've seen that a lot of people tune their vehicles so that the tow/haul button actually engages a "sport mode", but I am actually interested in the opposite. Is it possible to tune the vehicle so that the tow/haul mode is enhanced? I've been happy with the general performance of my Yukon, both around town and towing, but I'd be happy to enhance the experience.
My long term goal is to eventually take some long mutli-week, 1000-2000+ mile road trips with the trailer, so even a slight improvement in my towing mpg would help offset the cost of the tune over a season or two.
I also wanted to confirm that if I purchased a used AutoCal that come up from time to time here in the classifieds, that the current price to transfer a license and tune a new vehicle is $325.
Thanks for any input or suggestions you may have.
Towing: 8-11 mpg (depending on terrain of the trip)
City: 13-15 mpg (Basically short trips around town)
Highway: 17-17.5 mpg (long non-stop all highway tank)
I've seen that a lot of people tune their vehicles so that the tow/haul button actually engages a "sport mode", but I am actually interested in the opposite. Is it possible to tune the vehicle so that the tow/haul mode is enhanced? I've been happy with the general performance of my Yukon, both around town and towing, but I'd be happy to enhance the experience.
My long term goal is to eventually take some long mutli-week, 1000-2000+ mile road trips with the trailer, so even a slight improvement in my towing mpg would help offset the cost of the tune over a season or two.
I also wanted to confirm that if I purchased a used AutoCal that come up from time to time here in the classifieds, that the current price to transfer a license and tune a new vehicle is $325.
Thanks for any input or suggestions you may have.