Hello everyone,
Just got back from a trip to San Diego, put about 1000 miles on my Sierra Denali with the 6.2L
Please keep in mind I live in Commifornia and we have the strictest emissions in probably the world.
Please also keep in mind I was 1 of 4 people in the truck with an estimated payload of 1,000-1,200 lbs (4 bodies plus various suitcases, laptops, coolers, etc)
Also, this trip occurred in 100* central valley heat for 62% of the miles
Truck is 2WD with Standard Box
Used 91 octane entire trip
Here are my real world MPGs with my 6.2L (truck is basically brand new, picked up in 2nd week of April, this was first road trip):
To San Diego:
From San Diego:
I was extremely pleased with the 6.2L getting over 20 MPGs on a trip like this. When you account for the CA emissions restrictions on my truck, the valley heat, the payload, the L.A. traffic and the Grapevine (mountain range separating NorCal and SoCal)..... to get 20.8 MPGs on my return trip is outstanding IMO.
I kept the cruise control on 73 MPH on pretty much the entire trip (when I wasn't in traffic).
So count me as very impressed with these new engines from GM. I NEVER came close to these MPGs in my old 2010 GMC Sierra CCSB with the 5.3L