The owners manual states, for the first 600 miles, drive between 2,000rpm and 4,000RPM, SMART OR SPORT WORKS per the factory. By the way I do the same speed on the interstate in smart and the read indicates between 25-26, mine is FWD.
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The owners manual states, for the first 600 miles, drive between 2,000rpm and 4,000RPM, SMART OR SPORT WORKS per the factory. By the way I do the same speed on the interstate in smart and the read indicates between 25-26, mine is FWD.
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We have several Tellurides that go out driving all the time getting 30MPG. These are front wheel drive and not AWD.
May I ask what mode, ECO? how much highway VS. street and how much CC?
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Are driving in sports mode?
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Smart mode. 99% highway driving. Smart mode is the best. It will use the best mode for whatever is needed.
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Beating the EPA estimates so far on 6 fill ups. Ranging from 27.56 - 32.89. Exclusively highway driving from Boise ID to Chicago. Driving posted speed limit in ECO mode. Using smart Cruise, 37-38 Tire psi, a/c always on and of course channel 6 on Sirius.
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Failed to mention we have the FWD version
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First road trip of over 1,300 miles in my EX AWD I got 29MPG. Thrilled! I was driving at 75 for half of the trip and generally not under 65 for the rest of it...So with the engine properly broken in and with almost 6k miles of driving in the books, I am getting an overall MPG average of close to 30. Holy crapsticks! That's almost DOUBLE what I got with the two previous X5s I had. And this is for an 8 seater SUV! Amazing!
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These are some very impressive numbers folks. Very impressive.
I have a question for those of you that are saying you keep the car in “smart” mode all the time (I agree this is a cool feature). But what “mode” is the car in when you have it set to smart mode and have the smart cruise set? Mine doesn’t show a mode and just says “off”
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EX AWD - first fill-up - 25.7 mpg for 370 non-freeway miles. Drove in Comfort mode. Going to try ECO until my next fill-up.
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oh ok.. yeah im mostly in smart mode as well.. Have you noticed any difference with comfort mode?
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Just did a road trip from Orange County, CA to SF with my EX FWD. Got 30mpg going up and 27 coming back down. I was drafting a car in front @75-80 using cruise control on the way up and was solo the way down (steeper inclines going south). Overall does great on Hwy and longer drives but city is more like 18mpg especially with all the stop and go traffic in SoCal. Car is now @ 3500mi and it’s kept in Smart mode. I’ve noticed it usually just keeps it Eco or Comfort but never switches to Sport.
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I did round trip about 140 miles in total yesterday. 4 people. I used smart mode all day, and used smart cruise control on highway.
It indicated 29.5 mpg when I arrived at Denver. It down to 27.5 mpg when I got back to Colorado Springs. It makes sense considering the altitudes. COS=6035 ft, Denver=5280 ft.
It is really good on highway. In city, it varies between 16 and 21 mpg.
Overall, 23.6 mpg over 3700 miles so far.
It indicated 29.5 mpg when I arrived at Denver. It down to 27.5 mpg when I got back to Colorado Springs. It makes sense considering the altitudes. COS=6035 ft, Denver=5280 ft.
It is really good on highway. In city, it varies between 16 and 21 mpg.
Overall, 23.6 mpg over 3700 miles so far.
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