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aklim · #31 03-16-2010, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by catmandoo62

pretty much about right,even though the diesel sub's up til 99 could be had as either a 1/2 or 3/4 ton.i personnaly considered them 1/2 tons.which i like for a couple reasons.they ride nicer and for what i haul i don't need a full blown 3/4.also if they had a diesel they got the 4l80e trans.and if you got the 1/2 ton 1500 you could get 3.42 gears for freeway driving.what pisses me off is they never put a d-max in the 2000 up subs.they lost alot of sales because of it.some friends of mine have a 2000 excursion with the 7.3 and they love it for towing the camper.enjoy!

I'd have bought a D-max with the Allison trans in a 3/4 ton Suburban but I didn't want to get that old a truck and go past 99. I was forced to switch to the Ford Excursion because I needed a diesel SUV to fit 4 large dogs and tow a 10K trailer.

aklim · #32 03-16-2010, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquaticedge

We've only had problems in Orlando. Parking there sucks! I usually pull an auto Transport trailer... my milage goes down obviously but tooling about town here my mom was stepping on it and it still averaged 18.2 I think it was. For a Large truck, it's not bad. and certainly not the worst mileage I've had.

You get 18.2 in town? Once again, how did you know that?

Aquaticedge · #33 03-17-2010, 01:00 AM

did the math. Jotted down the mileage on the fill up, and how many gallons I put in the tank, Drove around for a bit etc then refilled Jotted down the mileage again and how many gallons were put into the tank again

lutzTD · #34 03-17-2010, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by aklim

How did you calculate that? Lie-O-Meter or did you take the miles driven and divided it by the actual fuel used? I fill the tank and do a GPS mileage and divide it by the fuel used. Lie-O-Meter says I am doing 28

spreadsheet log. I write the milage on top of the gas receipt, then log the miles with the gallons purchased to give a running average. always jumps up for the first receipt after a heavy pull.

Graplr · #35 03-17-2010, 11:54 AM

I've only been able to accurately take mileage on my diesel suburban a couple times since I bought it (last August). On my winter fuel mix (I believe it is 70%D2 and 30% Kero around here) I got almost exactly 16 mpgs (Miles driven / gallons of diesel to fill up) of mixed city freeway with light loads and no trailer.

I've never driven an Excursion so I can't speak for them. I would say the largest differences are that the Excursions are newer. Had I had another 10k to spend I would have bought and Excursion. But I only wanted to spend a few grand in cash so I bought a Suburban. I had to replace the IP because the lift pump went out and was not supply proper fuel pressure to the IP. I got a great deal on the IP and put it on myself so it wasn't too much damage. I also have not towed anything heavy with it but so far I love it. I grew up with Suburbans (one diesel and the rest gassers, my Dad still has an 06 Burb).