Obviously, I have driven on highways before with this car, but the fuel economy never exceeded 25 mpg.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Did you not know highway driving would get better fuel economy? > Considering the title of this email is "Surprising change" I'd guess so. > Anyway what you've explain is 100% normal, highway driving is much more > efficient than stop and go driving in town. Thats why the EPA lists > "highway" "city" and "combined" fuel economies. > -Curt > > From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>; Meade Dillon < > dillonm...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 11:56 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Surprising change in fuel economy - 1983 300TD > > Yeah, I saw that too. > > Given these facts and the fact that I purchase fuel from one station > consistently, I am left to conclude that the optimal ambient temperatures > coupled with highway driving goosed my fuel economy from 21-22 to 26-27 > mpg. > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Andrew, > > > > Before we go further, please reconcile your original email statement > below: > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > I suspect this radical improvement in fuel economy is due to the new > > > 195-70-14 GOFORM tires, which I purchased from www.Tires-Easy.com for > > $50 > > > each, delivered. Or perhaps it was the optimal ambient temperatures - > > low > > > 60s? > > > > > > > > with this: > > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:49 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Tires were changed a year ago so that is not at issue. > > > > ?????????????? > > > > ------------- > > Max > > Charleston SC > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
