I've always wondered why my wife seems to burn so much gas... Last night I followed her home from the Indy (new wheel bearings and the 190D is happy again) and noticed how frequently she's on the brakes. I think she doesn't look very far ahead when she drives and thus uses too much throttle so and then requires the brakes.
Several times she was on the brakes when I was on the throttle. But if you ask her I don't know anything about driving... No I didn't mention any of it to her when we got home. Not even the time where she put on the right directional and if I hadn't been behind her would have gone in exactly the wrong direction. -Curt Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:27:17 -0400 From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oh, come now To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Now that I've got a scangauge, http://www.scangauge.com/ I can tell you that warmup and stops take a huge toll on mileage. If you can drive hundreds of miles without touching the brakes, you get very high mpg. My Achieva gets 34-36mpg with the cruise set at 70 mph, but on a four mile drive into town at a steady 50 mph (overdrive, converter locked) I get 25-26 on the way in and 27-28 for the round trip. If I drive it carefully for two miles on a cold start, I don't even get 20mpg. Now I know why my 300SD got 28 mpg driving it home at 75-80 mph (1300 miles in two days) and never again hit 25 mpg. Mitch. _______________________________________ 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
