I can never get any better than 22 mpg in my '77 300D....ever. Air on (when it used to work), air off...loaded, empty...uphill, downhill...80 mph ave or 60 mph ave. You all are, as Napoleon Dynamite would say, "lucky".
Bob R On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:52 AM, LarryT <l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote: > Speaking of mileage. Our '91 300D 2.5T has been a wonderful car. Once I > took care of the few minor glitches left from a PO it has become basically > a new car. I hope I can find another as good someday. > > We keep complte records of our mileage. Over the past 6 months or so we've > been getting 28-30mpg. However, a recent fillup gave over 32 mpg. I'm not > complaining about 32 but I am wondering why we got that' We've only seen 32 > once or twice before in our 3 years of ownership. > > I can see 28-30 being attributed to driving style - I tend to drive it a > little harder than my wife. But generally, our driving is a constant mix of > highway, city, her and me. I especially wonder about the 28-32 gap - that's > a difference of 14.3%. Would the fuel formulation (Winter/Summer) account > for that difference? Or is that driving style also? > > Thanks gang! > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "andrew strasfogel" < > astrasfo...@gmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:06 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300D mileage > > > Her fully packed 1985 300CD hit 29.5 mpg in hway driving averaging 70mph. > Never tested it empty... > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:30 PM, <relng...@aol.com> wrote: > > > ...I've? also driven a perfectly running 1977 300D automatic across the? >> > country, and got ~25mpg.... >> > >> When my '78 300D had about 40K miles on it, I drove it one summer day from >> San Mateo CA to Redding CA in about four hours at a steady 65-70 mph. All >> Interstate and close to sea level. Fuel level was topped up to the same >> level >> on both ends of the trip. >> >> 28.5 mpg that trip and I'm convinced that's the best it could do. BTW, >> pump >> timing was spot-on and the injectors were all perfect. Hell, my C300 3.0 >> V-6 can do better than that. >> >> RLE >> >> >> >> >> >> ************** >> Great deals on Dell’s most popular laptops – Starting at >> $479 >> ( >> >> http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220029082x1201385915/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213969145%3B35701480%3Bh >> ) >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> >> http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090416/ccdf7ab7/attachment.html >> > >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090416/0732dc01/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > LarryT > Porsche Posters!! And > Oil Analysis at youroil.net. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090417/6d9abb9e/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
