I didnt go that far north. Basically I was in Bangor, the family lives up in Lagrage/Milo area. Drove down to Bar Harbor, then down the coast to Belfast, then on down to Portland and then back up 95 back to Bangor.
Curt Raymond wrote: > Caribou, from Bangor you get on 95 and drive north for about 2 hours until 95 > turns to go into Canada. Then you get on rt 1 and drive north for an hour. > > I was there 3 weeks ago, the week before you were around elsewise I would > have arranged for a meetup. > > -Curt > > Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:59:14 -0500 > From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] WOW! Gas mileage > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > So where is Maine did you go? > > Curt Raymond wrote: >> On our recent vacation to Maine I kept it to 65mph at almost all > times and my Dodge Dakota 5.2 v8 turned in 20mpg which is pretty good for > what it is. Day to day around town its more like 15. >> If I keep the 190D down to 65mph it'll do 43mpg pretty reliably. If I > hold it to 80 its more like 37mpg. >> Alot of people think slowing down is bunk but in most cases it really > does save fuel. On my commute I figure I save $6-$7 a week. Might not > seem like much but thats ~$312 a year. >> Plus if I drive slower I find that I don't get there alot later than > I would have (couple minutes maybe on my 55 mile commute) and I feel > more refreshed and less stressed when I do arrive. >> -Curt > -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, (2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 87 300TD, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
