trailblazer ss

[bandit95]

who can tell me about them? what kinda gas mileage do they really get with mostly conservative driving? performance? towing? daily driveability? i want a truck than can sit some people and get decent mileage while having the ability to haul some ass.

[tomsws6]

im actually lookin at the same truck. thats y im sellin my ws6. they have the ls2 with 395hp in awd or 2wd. you can get nave leather blue tooth. the major downfall that i hear is the trans is its weak point. guess like our rears. i think they run like high 13's stock 0-60 in the 5's. i have seen as high as 20mpg on sum site even mid 20's with a gear swap as they have 410's i believe. i think the average is high teens driving decent.ive heard that a tune and converter and your in low 13's easily if not 12's. it can tow 6800 pounds so not too bad.

http://www.tbssowners.com/forums/

[Dan01Vette]

I have an 06 3SS (loaded awd w/ leather). I've only towed 1 time, and it towed like there was nothing behind the truck, plus the automatic leveling in the rear w/ airbags helps a lot.

The truck drinks premium fuel. It's my wife's DD, she drives slow and easy and can only manage 15mpg city/hwy combined. The best I ever saw was 18, and that was with no A/C driving 55mph. So, plan on 15ish at best.

It's a nice truck, runs great, the LS2 rocks. If you're worried about mileage though, it sucks.

[LS2 KLR]

My wife's mainly sees city mileage and gets 12-13mpg. We took it out of town recently and got 16 but cruising at 80+.

If you don't mind paying alittle more, check out the jeep srt-8. Much better overall and quite a bit faster. The trans is the biggest issue. I put on a tranny cooler when I bought it to help out.

A guy I work with and I both bought one the same day for our wives. We took them to the track a week later and I ran a 14.68 and he a 14.8. They generally run mid and some lower 14s.

[6d8muscle]

I had an 06 loaded up and it was the wifes DD and she drives congested highway driving. 15mpg. We took it on a 400 mile road trip 16mpg was the best I could get. Stock exhaust, K&N air box, thats it. Awsome truck, I hated to get rid of it, but she was filling up every 3 to 4 days. Good luck!

[ls1blackbeauty98]

my friend has one, and she said she gets about 9mpg.. the car is really nice tho. i love em.

[eddielb]

nice car too bad on the gas mileage... what can you expect with a heavy car i guess

[Tobynine9]

The trans is the biggest issue. I put on a tranny cooler when I bought it to help out.

You mean to tell me the TBSS doesn't have a trans cooler from the factory...?

Come on GM, that's just silliness.

[gixxer92]

You mean to tell me the TBSS doesn't have a trans cooler from the factory...?

Come on GM, that's just silliness.

No he was talking about the SRT8 Jeep.

[LS2 KLR]

I was talking about the TBSS. I have no clue if the jeep has one or not. I do know that their trannies seem to hold up pretty good though. I've been dying to put a cam in the tbss but instead of $1500, I have to include the cost of a new tranny

[SS man]

http://www.trailblazerss.com/forums/

This site will tell you everything that you could want to know about the SS. Its a great site and the people in there are very healpful.

[02cetransam]

sick looking trucks!

[Samrod]

Great truck, love mine but as others have said, gas cost is something you really need to factor in. I dont drive mine that hard and only average 12 mpg. Mine is a daily driver and I still look forward to driving it even after 18 months.

[Blitzed]

I have always wanted a TBSS

[ntymd8r]

I bought an 08 TBSS (Imperial Blue Metallic) last December....hauls ass! My MPG stays between 14.8-14.9, anywhere! It's an awesome truck...no complaints here. Now I just need the matching boat!