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Originally Posted by stillsearching
larrybuck how do you get nearly 30mpg with a 4x4 suburban?? I rarely hear better than 22mpg reported for 2wd.
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My 2wd suburban started out getting 21mpg in 2006 in factory configuration when I got it. Also logged 4 tanks towing around 6000lb, got a solid 15mpg all 4 tanks.
I have gotten a 6mpg boost from driving it slow and drafting which put me right about 30mpg, this was factory configuration or close to it.
I dont have nearly that much time so I mod.
Also consider those 30mpg numbers as cheating, at the very least they are unrealistic for day to day highway driving.
Not going to add an hour onto a 4 hour trip just to save between 1 and 2 gallons of fuel.
Or turn what should be a 1 day drive into a 2 day drive just to save maybe 10 gallons of fuel.
I can get more fuel, but can't get more time.