97 Suburban Vortex 350. 15 MPG consistently in town,
18 on the highway at 70, 11 pulling the enclosed 18'
trailer at 70 MPH. Try and find a 96 or newer for the
Vortex motors. Much better mileage and power IMHO.
Don Miller
68 turbo V-6 DAtsun Roadster
Meridian, ID
--- "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 Snapspinnr@aol.com wrote:
> > I am thinking about buying a used 2500 suburban
> for use as a tow vehicle.
> >
> > The only thing that worries me is gas milage.
> Either my wife or I will
> > have to drive it daily and if the mileage is
> really low it will be a
> > bad move. The truck we are looking at a 454.
> >
> > Anyone out there have any idea what the gas milage
> for this setup
> > would be? If you have any other insight on this
> vehicle I would like
> > to hear that as well.
>
> My 2500 truck with the 350 gets maybe 11mpg in the
> city best. I would
> imagine the Suburban would be worse.
>
> Pretty much if you're mentioning "gas milage" "daily
> driver" and
> "Suburban" in the same sentence you're in trouble,
> IMHO.
>
> Mark
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