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maybe with a V6 Explorer, but my '03 V8 (which I traded in for a more sensible car), got, on a GOOD day, 12mpg in the city and 18-20 hwy.
You want to see POOR mpg, get a late 90's Dodge Durango. 5.9L V8, 9-11mpg city, 15-18 hwy. Had one of those and got rid of it also.
I have to admit, when gas was cheap, I enjoyed owning an SUV. For the life of me I don't know why I went for the larger engine and the towing capacity...I never needed or used either. And FWIW, my privates is JUST FINE as well as my bank account. However, I just couldn't justify spending $60 at the pump to drive 2 or 3 days in an SUV with only one or two people in the vehicle. It just seemed wasteful and expensive beyond reason.
Sooo..we have three cars now, a Nissan Sentra that our daughter drives, an ES300 Lexus my wife and I use to commute (24mpg thank you very much), and an LS430 (both Lexuses are ULEV btw), which we only use on the weekends for longer trips since it only gets 19-20mpg in the city (but it's a GREAT car). All three of these cars *together* only costs us about 25% more in gas costs per month than JUST the SUV alone did and we have a LOT more flexibility than we did before.
What kind of privates do you drive 2626Also why Chrysler and the Japanese developed folding-seat minivans. Being able to fold the seats, or at least the rear seat, down, was one of the advantages SUVs had over...
We don't miss the SUV's at ALL.
