Re: [MBZ] WOW! Gas mileage
Caribou, from Bangor you get on 95 and drive north for about 2 hours until 95 turns to go into Canada. Then you get on rt 1 and drive north for an hour. I was there 3 weeks ago, the week before you were around elsewise I would have arranged for a meetup. -Curt Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:59:14 -0500 From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] WOW! Gas mileage To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed So where is Maine did you go? Curt Raymond wrote: On our recent vacation to Maine I kept it to 65mph at almost all times and my Dodge Dakota 5.2 v8 turned in 20mpg which is pretty good for what it is. Day to day around town its more like 15. If I keep the 190D down to 65mph it'll do 43mpg pretty reliably. If I hold it to 80 its more like 37mpg. Alot of people think slowing down is bunk but in most cases it really does save fuel. On my commute I figure I save $6-$7 a week. Might not seem like much but thats ~$312 a year. Plus if I drive slower I find that I don't get there alot later than I would have (couple minutes maybe on my 55 mile commute) and I feel more refreshed and less stressed when I do arrive. -Curt -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, (2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 87 300TD, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com - Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] WOW! Gas mileage
I didnt go that far north. Basically I was in Bangor, the family lives up in Lagrage/Milo area. Drove down to Bar Harbor, then down the coast to Belfast, then on down to Portland and then back up 95 back to Bangor. Curt Raymond wrote: Caribou, from Bangor you get on 95 and drive north for about 2 hours until 95 turns to go into Canada. Then you get on rt 1 and drive north for an hour. I was there 3 weeks ago, the week before you were around elsewise I would have arranged for a meetup. -Curt Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:59:14 -0500 From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] WOW! Gas mileage To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed So where is Maine did you go? Curt Raymond wrote: On our recent vacation to Maine I kept it to 65mph at almost all times and my Dodge Dakota 5.2 v8 turned in 20mpg which is pretty good for what it is. Day to day around town its more like 15. If I keep the 190D down to 65mph it'll do 43mpg pretty reliably. If I hold it to 80 its more like 37mpg. Alot of people think slowing down is bunk but in most cases it really does save fuel. On my commute I figure I save $6-$7 a week. Might not seem like much but thats ~$312 a year. Plus if I drive slower I find that I don't get there alot later than I would have (couple minutes maybe on my 55 mile commute) and I feel more refreshed and less stressed when I do arrive. -Curt -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, (2x) 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 87 300TD, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com ___ 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
[MBZ] WOW! Gas mileage
I had to drive about three hours for a hearing this morning. I left at 6:30 am and drove on a nice flat straight four lane highway. I left a little earlier than I needed to, so I set the cruise at 70 mph. I did not need the air conditioning on. It was a beautiful drive. I filled up right before I left and reset the trip odometer. When I got back to town, I stopped and filled up. I had driven 323 miles and I put 13.5 gallons of premium in. I thought to myself that sounds like pretty good mileage for my car. If you do the calculation that is 24 mpg (23.92). I have never gotten that in my LWB 126. I guess driving at 70 (with the cruise on) the a/c off for half of the trip and driving 100% on the highway really will improve your mileage. Also, this is Kansas, so its also quite flat. I usually get about 20 mpg if I don't drive 80. I doubt I will be able to duplicate it again. Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL 137K
Re: [MBZ] WOW! Gas mileage
I have made a number of local all-highway trips running at 55 mph as opposed to the 70 mph that is the posted limit. I keep my mileage and records religiously, and in comparison with driving at the speed limit, I gain about 2-3 mpg by driving 55 mph. Dan --- Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had to drive about three hours for a hearing this morning. I left at 6:30 am and drove on a nice flat straight four lane highway. I left a little earlier than I needed to, so I set the cruise at 70 mph. I did not need the air conditioning on. It was a beautiful drive. I filled up right before I left and reset the trip odometer. When I got back to town, I stopped and filled up. I had driven 323 miles and I put 13.5 gallons of premium in. I thought to myself that sounds like pretty good mileage for my car. If you do the calculation that is 24 mpg (23.92). I have never gotten that in my LWB 126. I guess driving at 70 (with the cruise on) the a/c off for half of the trip and driving 100% on the highway really will improve your mileage. Also, this is Kansas, so its also quite flat. I usually get about 20 mpg if I don't drive 80. I doubt I will be able to duplicate it again. 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 Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail QA for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396546091
