Not on a diesel. The amount of fuel used to travel is directly related to the
power required to move the car at that speed, it has little to do with the
rotational speed of the engine. When I had my '85 190D I spent a bunch of time
comparing my commute mpg between 4th and 5th gear. I could never find an
appreciable difference in mpg, I saw a much bigger variation when using snow
tires...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:08:55 -0400
From: Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bearing kit and special tool? Now chaning a cv
shaft too...
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I was thinking the 85 gears would get me better fuel economy at highway
speeds. Maybe at the cost of worse mileage overall if the turbo isn't
spooled up enough at average travel speeds.
Hmmmm. I will have to experiment. I see my rear control arm is getting
rusted through on the bottom so I will be dropping the whole rear suspension
assembly to replace that. Guess that would be a good time to swap over some
parts from the wagons.
Mike
On Jul 28, 2011 5:39 PM, "Fmiser" <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
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