[JL8Jeff]

Since I ended up towing the speed skiff around a lot more this past summer, I decided to check my gas mileage on the truck. 2001 Silverado Reg Cab 4x4 with 5.3 A4 and 34" AT tires (computer corrected for oversize tires) 3.73 gears that weighs in around 4400 lbs. Driving the past 5-6 months which includes towing the speed skiff (probably around 1900-2000lbs) almost every weekend (somtimes twice) it averaged out to 16.1 mpg. My drive to work is 10 minutes with 4 traffic lights so that hurts mpg no matter what vehicle I have had. I looked back to 3-1/2 years ago when I got the truck and the first 4-5 months it averaged 16.64 mpg with no towing. Not great gas mileage, but considering the 96 Toyota Tacoma reg cab 4x4 4 cyl truck I had previously was averaging 17.5 mpg with the same daily work drive, the Silverado isn't doing too bad.