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When you are looking to get a crew cab, short bed truck, you expect to have a small bed...... Avalanche is basically that just shaped different.
 
Yea you can for sure tell when it switches to and from 4cyl, and a huge power difference obviously. I was going to say the 4cyl thing could be enhanced to be in 4cyl a lot more than it is. I guess it learns your driving characteristics and does what it wants from there. Like on mine if I am driving around town for a while and then take it out on the highway coasting down a hill, it will stay in 8cyl when I am completely off the gas, then after a couple down hill times it will realize it can go into 4cyl, kinda irritating. I wish there was just a button to select 4cyl or 8cyl. My foot has gotten pretty good at keeping it in 4cyl as much as possible tho.
 
95_Mystique said:
Hope it doesnt burn oil like my boss's or my other boss's wife's.

Looks nice though.
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That was only on the earlier 5.3l displacement on demand engines.

FastFord said:
Yea you can for sure tell when it switches to and from 4cyl, and a huge power difference obviously. I was going to say the 4cyl thing could be enhanced to be in 4cyl a lot more than it is. I guess it learns your driving characteristics and does what it wants from there. Like on mine if I am driving around town for a while and then take it out on the highway coasting down a hill, it will stay in 8cyl when I am completely off the gas, then after a couple down hill times it will realize it can go into 4cyl, kinda irritating. I wish there was just a button to select 4cyl or 8cyl. My foot has gotten pretty good at keeping it in 4cyl as much as possible tho.
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I've got the 5.3l in my Grand Prix and I can only tell from the exhaust note change and by watching the instant MPG on the display that its gone from 8 to 4cyl. Maybe its just the weight difference between the vehicles but its seamless on mine. The split second I hit the gas and it needs the power its right back to 8 like it was always there. I love it! It makes for an awesome highway and cruising vehicle.
 
Dont get me wrong, the transition between 4 and 8 is nothing I am complaining about, just saying I can feel it, but if I am listening to loud music on a bumpy road not paying attention to it no I dont even notice half the time. It is a pretty awesome feature, on this last tank I drove about 1/3 of city driving, and the rest on the highway with a couple fun pedal to the floor getting on the highway and still averaged 18.5 in a 5400lb 4x4 truck.
 
You are right on FF. You rarely notice the change from 8 to 4. 18.5 mpg's daaaaaaaaaaaaaaang! That's awesome. I'm going to calculate the mpgs for this tank by hand instead of the estimated mpg they give you on the dash..... we will see how it went.
 
^^^^ I wish man. Someone just offered me $8,000 for it a couple days ago but I had to say no because I would still have to replace it with something for my summer DD. :-/

Oh well, I'm stuck with it forever! :eek:
 
FastFord said:
It is a pretty awesome feature, on this last tank I drove about 1/3 of city driving, and the rest on the highway with a couple fun pedal to the floor getting on the highway and still averaged 18.5 in a 5400lb 4x4 truck.
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I get around 28-32 mpg on most hwy trips. Which is pretty good considering its a larger car with essentially a 2.6l when its in 4cyl mode. But city mpg is terrible, I've never calculated it because I know I'll be disapointed.
 
CarpePoon said:
That was only on the earlier 5.3l displacement on demand engines.
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All LS2's use some oil. It has to do with the PCV system. Get a catch can to keep i tout of your intake, and move along. It's not a huge deal. Some are really bad thouhg.

While we're on the LS2, i'm surprised to hear it was an option. I thought it was standard equipment?
 
TGO said:
All LS2's use some oil. It has to do with the PCV system. Get a catch can to keep i tout of your intake, and move along. It's not a huge deal. Some are really bad thouhg.

While we're on the LS2, i'm surprised to hear it was an option. I thought it was standard equipment?
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Mine is a LS4
 
blu_fuz said:
^^^^ I wish man. Someone just offered me $8,000 for it a couple days ago but I had to say no because I would still have to replace it with something for my summer DD. :-/

Oh well, I'm stuck with it forever! :eek:
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Ahm, NO!!! Don't even think about selling that car!!!!!!!! C'mon man, you're one of the last original CEGers who still has their Tour. Gotta keep it my friend.

PS: If garage space ever becomes an issue .... I have plenty of space. ;)
 
While I do like the Avalanche (especially in that color), after having driven my girlfriends '09 Tahoe quite a bit over the last 2 years...I wouldn't personally want one.
 
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