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Old 09-03-2009, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dejay View Post
With my 2004 4.8is, the fuel mileage depends on many things. Being in the mountains of NC, I average 15 - 16 MPG city / highway driving which includes mashing peddle at times. I had a trip to Myrtle Beach by myself; I used back roads adhering to the speed limit plus 5 over and averaged 21 MPG. I recently took my X5 to upstate NY with family of four, one dog and loaded down with luggage, I kept cruise 8 above speed limit except work zones and I got around 18 – 19 MPG. Still in my opinion impressive considering my old cars of a V6 Four Runner and a V8 Sequoia only at best 16 mpg highway.
Agreed - for the level of performance in the is, the mpg is not so bad at all. Better than previously owned 3/4t and 1/2t suburban, Titan, Armada, and not even that far off a nissan Murano AWD - but light years ahead of all of these in driving dynamics and power.
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