The S500 is a 95 with conventional ignition. The S420 is a 98 with electronic ignition.
I find it difficult to believe that the different ignition systems would make that much difference. Dan > On Nov 4, 2014, at 9:02 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > What year is the 500? The last couple of years of 140 seems to get slightly > better than the older ones, especially when going from distributor to cool > packs for some reason > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 4, 2014, at 7:43 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> I have to offer a correction: the S420 has the same drivetrain as the S500. >> I was misinformed. >> >> That being said, my S420 consistently gets better mileage than the S500, by >> at least 1-2 mpg. And the S500 is a coupe versus the S420 being a sedan. I >> assume there is a difference in curb weight between the two. The average >> fuel mileage on the S420 is 19.2 mpg, while the S500 is 17.1 mpg. The >> records for the S420 are only from September of this year, while the S500 >> records are close to two year total. >> >> I keep very detailed fuel records, so I have a high level of confidence in >> my statements. I would add that both cars are in the same condition and are >> very close in mileage (267k) although the S420 is three years newer than the >> S500. Not sure how, if at all, that would come into play. >> >> Dan >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Nov 3, 2014, at 7:40 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> The s500 is rated 1mpg less city than the 420, same highway at 20. Never >>> saw the need for a 420 when you can have a lot more car in a 500 and get >>> basically the same mileage. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has >> no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
