Out for a Sunday drive

What year is that Yukon Brian, my 95 Tahoe 2 door can't break 17mpg downhill get closer to 14 in mixed driving I am wondering if I have to go much newer or change the gears. What I really want is 18 around town 25 highway and 17 highway towing a SN thats what I used to get with my 93 crown vic. Between my 302 Bronco, my v6 Explorer, and my 350 Tahoe (all old) The tahoe gets the best mileage highway towing at thats about 14.5.

bkhallpass wrote: That 4 Runner is a nice looking car. I owned one myself back in 1994. If you're happy, I'm happy. But, I dont' get it. My Yukon XL also get's 17 mpg; I believe it has a higher towing capacity than the 4 Runner, and I don't need boxes on the roof to fit my stuff in the car Before anyone makes the quality argument, my Yukon XL has 142K miles now and I've never done anything except tires and routine maintenance. I am by no means an American Car zeolot. I'm just saying as someone who does a lot of towing, and who carries around a lot of stuff, why not have the larger truck vs. the smaller truck? I can only see 2 drawbacks: 1) a young guy might not think its cool to drive a suburban, and 2) occasionally, and I mean rarely, the burb can be more difficult to park. BKH

BK, the 17mpg is only in the winter. All summer long I hover right around 20mpg.

Tim,
That is a nice lookin ride.
But I still love my 2001 FORD EB EXPEDITION w/ the big 5.4L Triton V8 & Flowmaster duallies!
(Sounds alot like my Nautique )

Yea I know, I'm the ugly american with the big carbon footprint:
Expedition, F150, Motorhome, Jeep, Nautique.
But hey, you only live once & I'm having fun!
And, If we can keep cranking up this global warming we'll have JBears weather up here!

Joe, my XL/Burb is a 2000 bought in Nov 00. It is 4wd and has the 5.3 liter, 285 HP if memory serves. One other benefit, I've never had to sleep in a tent since I've owned the burb.

Joel, if I want to baby it on the highway, I can see 20 mpg, but can't do it around town.
On the other hand, I've run from San Francico to LA averaging 85mph, including over 80mph up the Grapevine, and still 17 mpg. Much as Aemmer suggests, consistently 17. Hand the keys to the wife, 17. Loan to the neighbor, 17.

Towing the boat, it really depends upon what boat and weight I'm towing, how fast, and how many hills. I'd say when driving sensibily it's in the 14-15 area. Less sensibly somthing less.

Recent trip to Tahoe, elevation 6000 feet, I got 11 mpg towing my SAN up to the lake (about 200miles). I got 15 mpg towing it home. It was snowing on the trip home if the cold weather makes a difference. I was averaging about 70 mph in each direction.
(Edit, I was averaging 70 mph on the highway. In fact, I had the cruise control on 70. However, there are 30 or 40 miles of single lane road in an out of tahoe. No idea how fast I was going. As fast as safe???).

Tim, while I don't often have an issue with parking, my wife would be more comfortable in a smaller car. Once our baby stops throwing food and making a mess in the car, I'll likely buy a smaller vehicle. The burb fits in the garage, but we would have a bigger walkway with something smaller. I'm also fortunate to have a 2004 4 door Silverado which is sitting in the garage barely used. (only 29K miles in 3.5 years). So, I don't need the burb for towing or carrying stuff. BKH

TRBenj wrote: Ill assume that youre actually calculating it by hand? I know my computer reads about 2mpg optimisic.

That's a good point. Brian- that's a lot of hand calcualting. Mine will go anywhere from dead on to 2 mpg optimistic based on my tests. Even if it was 2mpg optimistic, I've seen it read 23 and even 24 mpg in the summer.

BK I like the Yukons and suburbans, but I would rather have my Excursion back with a diesel in it. I averaged 20mpg+ on the expressway. about 17 towing the boat. Oh yeah it was a 4X4 also. I can not take away from the yukons, if I can not find a used Excursion that I like in the next couple years I am thining of a new Yukon XL.

I once parallel parked my Excurison and my 01 sport on Michihan states campus while picking my girlfriend up because we were going camping for the week end. When I got out of the car there were like twenty people standing on the sidewalk in shock and awe. I also agree no need for a tent when you have a rig like that.

Sorry for the long post.

Nevermind. Misread the previous post. BKH

Or, the equally classic,

"What's all this I hear about endangered feces."

BKH

Tim
BK said he was calculating the MPGs by hand. I did as well with my excursion.

Jbear
I have never been one to worry about fuel economy either, if I did I wouldn't own a boat. I buy what I like to drive and get fuel when it needs it. I figure I drive my escort to work so I can put gas in the truck and boats.

Tull
That is very true, I complain about the price for something to do. Knowing it doestn't do any good. But it never stops me from filling the boat up when it's empty. I enjoy every second that me and my family and friends spend in the boat on the water.

Gotta agree boys!
The high prices we pay to play do suck.
But, wether It's:
Gas in the Boat/Motorhome/or the Expy I love to drive,
The big bucks for a round of Golf,
Or even a stupid $6.00 beer at a sporting event,
I figure I've worked hard enough to afford it.
My family and myself enjoy what we can!
Work hard, Play Hard.
God Bless America.   

Scott- The last time you ran your boat, Premium was only 0.99 a gallon
Sorry man, couldn't resist that one.

You coming to the boat show tomorrow?
Hope to see you this summer at NE '08

Hahaha- Nice one! yep, we switch from zone to one-on- one defense starting in July...will make boating a little more difficult.
We'll miss ya at the boat show, coach.

Just lookin' at your pictures made me cold Joe.

john