On my recent roadtrip to Corpus Christi TX and back I spent $61 for 22.394
gallons of fuel for about 1500 miles of driving. Around 67 mpg on the diesel
running at speeds from 70 (unless traffic was bad...say in Austin) to 100+. I
won't tell you how many gallons of veg I packed into the car...along with 11
16lb bowling balls and 2 guys. It was a blast of a time, hit up the clubs and
bars at night, then bowled and slept the day away. Can't wait for the roadtrip
to Reno next year.
On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:45:36 -0500, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yup - wife trumps all else. The SLC is nice when you need more
carrying space - I think of the back seat as an extended trunk. you
have to have a "fuel cost be da#%ed" attitude to take a 450 anything
on a road trip these days.
On 7/3/06, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The trunk of the SDL has plenty of room for an engine in pieces --
Poor little squatting thing would probably have a heart attack
carrying that much weight back there. Not to mention that my
wife vetoed my suggestion we take our week's road-trip in the
450 SL. She cited the lack of trunk space. It also gets half
the mileage of the SDL too...
-- Jim
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Luther KB5QHU
Alma, Ark
'83 300SD (236 kmi)
'82 300CD (160 kmi)
'82 300D (74 kmi) needs MAJOR work
