Interesting: I was thinking about sharing with y'all the mileage I have recently gotten in my '83 240D: 32.6 mpg. - on a mix of maybe 60 - 75% highway and the rest pretty much city. Needless to say, I'm tickled.
And the engine is pretty peppy. Guess I got a good used engine from TriStar Auto, or whatever they're called. All this despite that fact that the car cracks and pops and pings and nails and hesitates when cold. Hmmm. Brian 83 240D On 5/22/07, Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Curt wrote: "The best I got with my '83 240D was 28mpg. I think it was happiest between 60 and 65mph which seems to be about the same as my 190D." The best I ever got in my (now OK Don's) 1990 300D 2.5 was 34 mpg. That was exclusively highway miles. Most of the time it was more like 29-31. I once got 35 mpg in my 1990 Oldsmobile 88. When I say once, I mean one tank - it was a long highway trip. I was following someone that kept it at 60-65 mph for miles and miles. I know that sounds crazy to get that in an Oldsmobile, but there was something about the 3800 engine in 1990 that was especially efficient. I usually got about 31 mpg. I never could get that in my 1987 Oldsmobile 98 or in my 1992 Olds 98. My brother has a 1973 Cadillac Sedan Deville. It has a 472 in it. He gets about 7-8 mpg. Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL 137K _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com 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://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
