Hey Bob -
Our 78 240D with completely new/rebuilt engine (still perfect after 50k
miles) gets 22-24mpg's - no matter what - just like you. AC on or off -
doesn;t matter - very high speed ;-) does matter some - I can run 75 easily
now that the engine has ben reblt and mileage suffers *very* little.
Its an awesome car - love those W123s built like a tank. I wonder why MB
didn;t go to a galvanized (sort of) steel treatment like Porsche did in '75?
It would have kept a lot more W123s on the road!
LarryT
91 300D
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Rentfro" <azbob...@gmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300D mileage
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
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