My mileage on the 560SEL vary greatly depending on the lead foot. The 420SEL does not change much 19-22mpg. The 300SD has a cylinder low on compression as such the best I have gotten is 25mpg and average around 23MPG for last 100k miles.
Best mileage is all about power to weight and gearing. The lead foot does change things but if you want fuel mileage you need right power to weight ratio and correct gearing. Most under powered cars like the 380SEL will get worse mileage than a 420SEL driven roughly the same. Trampas -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:13 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 126 if you push your SDL, you can get worse mileage...in out most recent run to mexico, 75mph or under gave us 27mpg...85-90 gave 23...at sustained 105, we got 19mpg...pretty easy math, and the differences were well worth the expense... '86 SDL, 225,000 miles -------------- Original message -------------- From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 300SDL ~ 24-26MPG (mine - 50/50 highway city). > > Ours turns in a very reliable 27MPG lifetime-type average. With > my wife and I both filling it up, sometimes one will calculate 25 > but the next might be 29. (She doesn't like waiting for the foam > to settle.) We have gotten 30 maybe once a year or so. > > So far I'm still on my first tank of fuel in the Frankenheap > (115 200D), and it's from March. At 300 miles it was just reading > a hair over half full, so it's doing a bit better than before if > the gauge can be trusted. So far its best has been 32 MPG, and > each tank has been better than the one before. > > It takes awhile to empty a tank when you don't have a job to go to! > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
