Agreed. But people do use the extra power. I don't think the turbo cars actually produce better economy for that reason, typically. This has been one of the main criticisms of modern diesels actually; the vehicles are often overpowered and large, which negates any inherent efficiency advantages in terms of overall fuel consumption.
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 7:33 AM Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Burning more fuel because of more power only happens if you're actually > using the additional power. The turbo actually adds something like 30% more > efficiency to a diesel engine. > > For example, a 617 turbo will get better fuel economy than a 617 NA while > being MUCH more pleasant to drive... > > -Curt > > On Monday, June 25, 2018, 10:28:03 AM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > The turbo allows more fuel to be burned per injector per rpm/2. So a turbo > motor is going to burn more fuel because it is capable of making more > power. > > The 210 is probably bigger, heavier, and less aerodynamic than the w124. > Anyone have numbers? > > The w124 is definitely more attractive. > > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 5:09 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > > > wrote: > > > What Jim said - "The other choice is that they changed how the test is > > conducted, which is a > > factor _not_ to be discounted! In which case the difference is not > real." > > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 9:17 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > It appears as if I may be acquiring a 96 E300 so I thought I would > > compare > > > it to all the other 606 power vehicles in my fleet on fueleconomy.gov. > > > So basically 95, 96, 97, 98. As we know, 95 is the last year 124 and > has > > > the 4 speed 722.4. 96 was 1st year 210 with basically the same > > > engine/trans combo as the 95. In 97 we have the same non turbo engine > > > except with the 5 speed 722.6. 98 is the turbo engine with same 722.6 > > > trans. I would have figured the best mileage of all of them would be > the > > > 98 since it has turbo and 5 speed trans. I would have thought the 97 > > would > > > beat 96 in the mileage dept because the 97 has 1 more gear than the 96. > > > So, I was surprised to discover per fueleconomy.go the 96 supposedly > gets > > > the best mileage of all of them. Anybody got any theory as to why? > Maybe > > > something to do with emissions? Or maybe the 722.4 is more efficient > > than > > > the 722.6 for some reason? > > > > > > --- > > > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > > https://www.avg.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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of > > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who > > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > > for themselves." > > > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > > _______________________________________ > > 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
