Don't mention it to her. I don't any more, and I taught her to drive when she was 16. 'Had a pretty good training program going for 35 years or so. 'Don't know what happened to it. For example, I'm in the front passenger seat, and I can clearly see that the light ahead is going to be red when we get there, but wife's foot is still on the power and, sometimes, accelerating. Plus others. I try not to mention it any more. My training program's gone to Hell.
Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oh, come now > 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 _______________________________________ 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
