Martinjmpr
Wiffleball Batter
I hear you on the gas tank size! Love my 31 gallons of fuel.
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Recently I've been contemplating what my next vehicle will be after the 'Burb and while a full size crew cab pickup checks all the boxes for me, I am sorely disappointed to find that the short bed models only come with 26 gallon tanks. What the hell?
Does nobody care about the concept of "range" anymore? 26 gallons in a vehicle that fully loaded and hauling a trailer potentially might be getting ~ 10 - 14 MPG? That's barely 300 miles of range, at best.
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I get that fuel adds weight and weight kills MPG, and I know the US manufacturers are striving to meet those CAFE numbers but if they won't put a decent sized tank on the truck you would hope they would at least offer enough space under the frame for the aftermarket to make one (EDITED TO ADD: Of course, between product liability and emissions control laws, making an aftermarket fuel tank is much more complicated and expensive than it used to be "back in the day" when you could just order a bigger fuel tank from JC Whitney and bolt it on.)
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Anyway, still love my 'Burb. I really think the GMT-800 Suburban is destined to be one of those "classic" vehicles that people remember for a long time - much like the 40 and 60 series LC's, 3rd gen 4runners, and Full Size Broncos.
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Recently I've been contemplating what my next vehicle will be after the 'Burb and while a full size crew cab pickup checks all the boxes for me, I am sorely disappointed to find that the short bed models only come with 26 gallon tanks. What the hell?
Does nobody care about the concept of "range" anymore? 26 gallons in a vehicle that fully loaded and hauling a trailer potentially might be getting ~ 10 - 14 MPG? That's barely 300 miles of range, at best. .
I get that fuel adds weight and weight kills MPG, and I know the US manufacturers are striving to meet those CAFE numbers but if they won't put a decent sized tank on the truck you would hope they would at least offer enough space under the frame for the aftermarket to make one (EDITED TO ADD: Of course, between product liability and emissions control laws, making an aftermarket fuel tank is much more complicated and expensive than it used to be "back in the day" when you could just order a bigger fuel tank from JC Whitney and bolt it on.)
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Anyway, still love my 'Burb. I really think the GMT-800 Suburban is destined to be one of those "classic" vehicles that people remember for a long time - much like the 40 and 60 series LC's, 3rd gen 4runners, and Full Size Broncos.
