Is traffic passing you when you drive the speed limit? Is the odo/speedometer reading more miles than you're actually traveling? I'm wondering if this is why the '92 seems to be getting 31.5 on average. I know the speedo reads high - have to indicate 72 to get 70.
Good to know that it will run on 87! On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having to work out of town so been taking the cheap 300E on 160+ mile > round trips everyday. Been getting close to 29mpg. I could not believe > it. Amazing. Its actually cheaper to drive than a 2.5 turbo. AND I am > running it on regular 87. I started out with 91, then thought I would > try 89. Could not tell any difference, no loss of power, no pinging. > One time I thought I would be brave and try 87. No problem, no pinging > etc, mileage went UP about 1-2 mpg over using 91 or 89. Have not figured > that one out yet but its true. SO, you can run a 103 on regular, at > least you can this one anyway. > -- -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." -Benjamin Disraeli, popularized by Mark Twain '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ' '81 240D (Gramps), '97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) _______________________________________ 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
