Long road trip - take the 'burban or a sedan?

[jj_nycguy]

Just did a 4000 mile trip from Dallas to NYC. Couldn't image driving anything but my Tahoe. My kids are older (21 and 19) and they still find it comfortable. MY issue is i want to drive more than 12hrs but the Mrs isn't up for that, so we limit the drive to 10-12hrs max, each day.

 

[ScottyBoy]

I have to drive 6 hours each way several times a year, because my wife has a rare brain disease called Huntington's Disease. Look it up, it's a horrible disease with no cure. Anyways, it's such a rare disease that no doctors here specialize in treating it, it's either Dallas or New Orleans. Since I still have family in New Orleans, we go down there. But we almost ALWAYS drive my 16 year old Suburban over her 2 year old Altima even though her car uses less than HALF as much fuel. The interior room and sheer comfort is worth the extra cost of fuel when driving for 6 hours straight.

 

[Miami-Dade]

Glad you are taking the Burban..Just came off a 3K mile run from Miami-NYC and all over N.J..Saw tons of Burbans and Hoes..My 16 Hoe loves long highway runs.

 

[W8TVI]

I'm 6'4", and I have made several 4 hour trips in the '04 Monte Carlo SS that I use to have, and even though it can get 30mpg+ at freeway speeds, I'd still take my '00 Yukon XL if I had to make another trip like that.
I don't have to rest my knee on edge of the radio stack/center console in the XL. If I could just figure out why I'm only getting about 11-12 MPG combined, instead of the ~16mpg that I should be getting...

 

[Big Mama]

Drove from east coast to California many times. Once in car. A good sized one the rest in Yukon XL. no question Yukon especially if children are involved.

 

[cardude2000]

3000 miles? Easy.

Airplane.


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[ISU-152]

3000 miles? Easy.

Airplane.


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Will never fly unless my army buddy is pilot. Book it

 

[cardude2000]

Will never fly unless my army buddy is pilot. Book it

Too safe?


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[Ashley]

We drove from Southern California to Galveston, Texas this summer. We drove straight through both ways with 2 kids in the back. We were all very comfortable. Those 80 MPH speed limits in Texas were a dream