WaltinColo
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Senior Member
Joined: 12/30/2005
View Profile
 Offline
|
2006 Saturn Vue V6 AWD:
24 on highway
19 in town
17 while towing
--------------
'06 AWD V6 Saturn Vue
'05 Jayco 1207
'07 22ft SunTracker Regency pontoon
Me, the wife, and the little guy....
...oh, and 1 loving, ready to go camping anytime, Black Lab 
DAYS CAMPED SINCE PUP PURCHASE: 112
BEERS DRANK: 2374 
|
bmflyfish
Hoover, Alabama
Full Member
Joined: 12/03/2007
View Profile
Offline
|
03 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 4.0 liter motor
20/highway
15/city
15/16 towing
Thanks everybody!
Brian
2006 Jayco 1206 PUP
2003 Grand Cherokee TV
|
jbird68
Morrison, IL
Full Member
Joined: 04/26/2004
View Profile
Offline
|
My wife averages 13 MPG around town with our 06 Dodge Durango with the 4.7 liter V8. We go to Rochester, MN 4 times a year and average 21 MPG each time. I picked up our newer PUP last week and got about 17 MPG on the way home. That was just a 60 mile trip home though.
Sincerely,
Jay
Camp Roster
1) DH - (39)
2) DW - (37)
3) DD #1 - (16)
4) DD #2 - (11)
5) DS - (3)
6) Toy Poodle - Hercules (10)
2003 Jayco Designer 12F5 Pop-Up
2006 Dodge Durango 4x4 Atlantic Blue 4.7L Next Generation
My Camper Mods
|
Nyssa
Colorado Springs
Senior Member
Joined: 06/29/2006
View Profile
Offline
|
Hmmm . . . if you can afford a camper I think cost of fuel is secondary. Same if you can afford a super diesel powered fantastapickup or suv. Humans are funny critters.
|
WaltinColo
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Senior Member
Joined: 12/30/2005
View Profile
Offline
|
Actually, it wont be long before my monthly car payment is less then my monthly gas bill.
Gas is already more then my camper payment...
So that might not hold water Nyssa...
|
|
|
Mike Up
NW Indiana section of Chicagoland
Senior Member
Joined: 05/29/2005
View Profile
|
WaltinColo wrote:Actually, it wont be long before my monthly car payment is less then my monthly gas bill.
Mine already IS! And the Ford gets the best mileage out of the last 4 trucks I had, 2 with V6s!
But then our almighty leader said to treat is as another tax! Don't let the door hit you in the ***, you ***.
Have a good one.
2008 Eureka Copper Canyon 1312
13'x12' Tent
2007 Starcraft 2406 Exterior
2007 Starcraft 2406 Interior
2008 Ford Explorer Sport Trac 4.6L V8 4X4
292 Hp, 300 lbs torque, 7000 lbs towing, 730 lbs hitch
Tow-N-See Convex Mirrors
|
Sheriff#45
Albuquerque, NM
New Member
Joined: 09/07/2005
View Profile
Offline
|
Around town 18.5 MPG
Freeway 21 MPG
Towing 18 MPG
Per truck computer
2005 2500 5.9L Dodge Cummins Diesel 4x4 quad cab
2005 Dodge 2500 Cummins 4x4
2008 Jayco 10y solar+dual batt
1997 Jeep TJ Rockcrawler
|
Stumps
valley of Virginia
Senior Member
Joined: 02/11/2004
View Profile
|
kaydeejay wrote:sjones wrote:I just bought a trailblazer to pull my westlake with and I'm shocked at the low around town milage.I get 17.4 and about to take the 1st trip pulling with it.I sure hop0e it gets a little better than that.What is your tv and trailer and what kind of milage do you get?thanks. sj The Trailblazer with the 4.2L straight six was rated at 21mpg HIGHWAY under the optimistic old EPA calculations.
An actual 17.4mpg around town is GOOD!
I agree... I drive a 2004 Ascender - same thing.
You didn't do your homework before you bought the Trailblazer, otherwise you'd know that for around town your mileage is good. And don't expect to get 20mpg highway, either, unless you're driving on flat roads, no wind, and you don't go about 50mph.
what did you expect?
to answer the towing question, I noticed a slight drop in towing MPG with the Ascender, only when towing through hilly country - mostly because it stayed in 3rd most of the time.
04 Isuzu Ascender
04 Jayco 12FSO
Pete Rose - 4256 steroid free hits and still not in the Hall of Fame!
|
JimChow
Fraser, MI
Full Member
Joined: 05/29/2008
View Profile
Offline
|
We towed a 2000 Coleman Utah with a Ford Explorer 4.0 SOHC V-6 and got 14 to 15 mpg going about 60 mph. We also towed our HTT with the same Ford and got 10 mpg.
Jim & Kathy
2007 Chevy Tahoe
2008 FR Surveyor 233T
|
rmnpcolorado
Madison, WI
Senior Member
Joined: 09/01/2004
View Profile
|
our 4WD TrailBlazer gets the same mileage as noted - I'm happy when I see a combined 20mpg on my fillup! Although also scared because that means I've been driving it too much empty.
Towing our 3000# 1008 we average about 14.5-16. The worst we've seen is in the 13 range when we encountered a stiff headwind coming back through Montana. So if you're looking for better mileage, you should have looked at the Acadia/Outlook/Enclave/Traverse instead. Sorry.
2003 Chevrolet TrailBlazer LT
2007 Jayco 1008
w/Carefree of Colorado SuperSport awning
|
|
|
