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It is flat out the most useful and one of my most favorite vehicles EVER. It's a part time 4WD, safe, dependable, cheap and easy to maintain. It tows easily when needed, it has an AUTO 4WD setting that's easy for my wife…16 year old daughter…and for me. It's by far one of the smoothest, quietest, most comfortable rides I have ever owned…and does so for NINE passengers. (This has been especially nice for hauling extra friends but even more so when both Grandma’s and Grandpa’s visit, so we don’t have to take two cars everywhere, sight seeing etc. The nine of us fit comfrtably in one vehicle with all our gear and with them in their 70’s they feel better about it as well. It hauls a ton of cargo…even more ridiculously so with out passengers as I've done a ton of home improvement jobs with it’s help. It has a rack on top that's actually usable. I have a huge 19 CU/ft Yakima cargo carrier and also the receiver hitch carrier for tent camping (I don’t really like hauling a trailer any more.) Both are nearly unnoticeable when driving. It will tow a trailer or reasonable boat with ease to the river and back. <br> <br> The thing is, the 5.3L V8 Yukon XL get’s better gas mileage than most realize. (The 2007’s get even better with their MORE powerful but variable cylinder motors…mid to low 20’s on the highway) I basically get 16 MPG in the city no matter how I drive and 20 if I keep my foot out of it on the highway driving 75-80 (With AC on). Do you know what my AWD Chevy Astrovan that I had before this got? 14 MPG city and 17 MPG on its best day on the highway. Boy was it ever uncomfortable to drive to…a royal pain to work on…read expensive also...and handled terribly! If you want to talk about ridiculous gas mileage…sooo many of the smaller SUV’s get no better than my full size Yukon XL or only slightly so.<br> <br> As mentioned, I have 5 children which I do not regret in the least! (With dozens of friends) So…what am I expected to drive to meet their needs? I guess I could do what a few of what my myopic friends have done in the interest of supposed “fuel conservation”….that is to drive two economy cars everywhere (what a pain) that would cost me a ton up front, 2X the maintenance, tax and registration fees…and still would use more gas to get my family to church etc. than my big, safe, dependable, comfortable behemoth. ,,,and it would be a royal PITA. Not to mention that this increases the safety risk at least 2X due to two cars everywhere…and then there is the issue of them just being plane smaller less safe on top of that.
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