Re: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
Wilton Strickland wrote: Oh. 'Thought it was technical order. ;=) I thought it was Table of Organization (aka who supervises who), or was it Theater of Operations? Mitch. ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
Oh. 'Thought it was technical order. ;=) Wilton - Original Message - From: "Craig McCluskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:33:30 -0800 "Zoltan Finks" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So what is the TO? > > trip odometer > > ___ > 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 ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:33:30 -0800 "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So what is the TO? trip odometer ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
So what is the TO? And, yeah, I was forgetting that even smart women are still women. Mental blocks about things they think men ought to be doing for them instead. Brian > Jim wrote: > I use the TO almost exclusively to > track fuel mileage, but I write down both numbers in the log. > Little chance of that tricking me. > > -- Jim > > > > > ___ > 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 > ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
I was trying to be delicate but yeah thats basically what I'm saying. I've seen people not fill to the stop and calculate as if it were full. -Curt --- On Tue, 11/11/08, Wilton Strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Wilton Strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mercedes Discussion List" Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 11:50 AM And tank "filling." Wilton - Original Message - From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Diesel List" Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg Ask her to prove her method, how exactly did she come to this conclusion. 47mpg is beyond the realm of reality... I'd wonder about tire size maybe too... -Curt Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:30:47 -0800 From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Well, my wife recently told me that she found another receipt and did the calculation and found a figure of some 47 mpg. I told her there had to be something wrong there. She, normally the skeptic and critic of the car, said we should just think its true and enjoy. Not sure whats going on. She is no dummy - has a PhD in a science field. Question: Can an odometer that is about to go bad actually clock more miles than it should? Brian ___ 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 ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
calculation and found a figure of some 47 mpg. I'm guessing a good day, and appropriate he/she fillups on both ends. Question: Can an odometer that is about to go bad actually clock more miles than it should? Not usually, though a dial could in theory stick and roll two spots (or more) instead of one. But the trip odometer wouldn't track the cumulative one in that case. I use the TO almost exclusively to track fuel mileage, but I write down both numbers in the log. Little chance of that tricking me. -- Jim ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
And tank "filling." Wilton - Original Message - From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Diesel List" Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg Ask her to prove her method, how exactly did she come to this conclusion. 47mpg is beyond the realm of reality... I'd wonder about tire size maybe too... -Curt Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:30:47 -0800 From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Well, my wife recently told me that she found another receipt and did the calculation and found a figure of some 47 mpg. I told her there had to be something wrong there. She, normally the skeptic and critic of the car, said we should just think its true and enjoy. Not sure whats going on. She is no dummy - has a PhD in a science field. Question: Can an odometer that is about to go bad actually clock more miles than it should? Brian ___ 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 ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
Curt Raymond wrote: Ask her to prove her method, how exactly did she come to this conclusion. 47mpg is beyond the realm of reality... A couple of gallons off on a 8-10 gallon fill could do it. Women don't like to run 16 gallons out of a 17 gallon tank, and they are probably less likely to try to squeeze an extra gallon or two into it when they refill. Mitch. ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
Ask her to prove her method, how exactly did she come to this conclusion. 47mpg is beyond the realm of reality... I'd wonder about tire size maybe too... -Curt Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:30:47 -0800 From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Well, my wife recently told me that she found another receipt and did the calculation and found a figure of some 47 mpg. I told her there had to be something wrong there. She, normally the skeptic and critic of the car, said we should just think its true and enjoy. Not sure whats going on. She is no dummy - has a PhD in a science field. Question: Can an odometer that is about to go bad actually clock more miles than it should? Brian ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
Well, my wife recently told me that she found another receipt and did the calculation and found a figure of some 47 mpg. I told her there had to be something wrong there. She, normally the skeptic and critic of the car, said we should just think its true and enjoy. Not sure whats going on. She is no dummy - has a PhD in a science field. Question: Can an odometer that is about to go bad actually clock more miles than it should? Brian On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uhhh, sure.. > > My 190D 2.2l 5spd manual averages about 38mpg over the last 70,000 miles. > High was 43 I think... I'd think that maybe somebody topped up one tank and > then filled just to the shutoff on the next or added a bottle of fuel > additive or something. I could make a tank come out to 50mpg if I wanted > to... > > -Curt > > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:52:31 -0700 > From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > My wife informed me tonight that, before the stupid odometer quit, she got > a > couple of awesome MPG readings. > The thing has been known to get around 32 to 34 mpg. > > But Im looking at two receipts right at 40 mpg. > > This in a car that, I think, needs a fuel filter change. And this before I > switched to Mobil 1. Sorry Mobil lovers, I dont have post Mobil 1 data due > to stupid Mercedes odometer. > > Brian > > > > ___ > 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 > ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
Probably true! - Time and fun! On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 5:07 PM, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You would just drive faster and gain nothing but time! > -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." - Ernest Hemingway '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ''97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
You would just drive faster and gain nothing but time! Randy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of OK Don Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 1:25 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg I got 33mpg in the 300D 2.5 Turbo on a round trip from Norman to Houston -- I think the MBs would get even better mileage if they weighed less - wonder much better you could get by stripping out all the electric motors from the interior, installing light weight racing seats, etc? On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our escort Diesel WOULD get 50 MPG on trips. Quantum wil get 42-45 > consistently. Most I ever got with an MB was about 35, but I never owned > an OM 602 or a 201. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." - Ernest Hemingway '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ''97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
I got 33mpg in the 300D 2.5 Turbo on a round trip from Norman to Houston -- I think the MBs would get even better mileage if they weighed less - wonder much better you could get by stripping out all the electric motors from the interior, installing light weight racing seats, etc? On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our escort Diesel WOULD get 50 MPG on trips. Quantum wil get 42-45 > consistently. Most I ever got with an MB was about 35, but I never owned > an OM 602 or a 201. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." - Ernest Hemingway '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ''97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
I got 31mpg (actually I think it was like 31.6, so almost 32) from my 240D once. I'm sure that if I took it on a long highway trip and could make myself keep the speed to say 60mph (would need working cruise) I could get 35. That'd require one of those brutal trips stopping only for fuel and peeing in a bottle while driving... ;) -Curt --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mercedes Discussion List" Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 2:38 PM Our escort Diesel WOULD get 50 MPG on trips. Quantum wil get 42-45 consistently. Most I ever got with an MB was about 35, but I never owned an OM 602 or a 201. At 01:05 PM 10/31/2008, you wrote: >Uhhh, sure.. > >My 190D 2.2l 5spd manual averages about 38mpg over the last 70,000 >miles. High was 43 I think... I'd think that maybe somebody topped >up one tank and then filled just to the shutoff on the next or added >a bottle of fuel additive or something. I could make a tank come out >to 50mpg if I wanted to... > >-Curt > >Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:52:31 -0700 >From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg >To: "Mercedes Discussion List" >Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >My wife informed me tonight that, before the stupid odometer quit, she got a >couple of awesome MPG readings. >The thing has been known to get around 32 to 34 mpg. > >But Im looking at two receipts right at 40 mpg. > >This in a car that, I think, needs a fuel filter change. And this before I >switched to Mobil 1. Sorry Mobil lovers, I dont have post Mobil 1 data due >to stupid Mercedes odometer. > >Brian > > > >___ >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 Loren Faeth ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
Our escort Diesel WOULD get 50 MPG on trips. Quantum wil get 42-45 consistently. Most I ever got with an MB was about 35, but I never owned an OM 602 or a 201. At 01:05 PM 10/31/2008, you wrote: Uhhh, sure.. My 190D 2.2l 5spd manual averages about 38mpg over the last 70,000 miles. High was 43 I think... I'd think that maybe somebody topped up one tank and then filled just to the shutoff on the next or added a bottle of fuel additive or something. I could make a tank come out to 50mpg if I wanted to... -Curt Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:52:31 -0700 From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 My wife informed me tonight that, before the stupid odometer quit, she got a couple of awesome MPG readings. The thing has been known to get around 32 to 34 mpg. But Im looking at two receipts right at 40 mpg. This in a car that, I think, needs a fuel filter change. And this before I switched to Mobil 1. Sorry Mobil lovers, I dont have post Mobil 1 data due to stupid Mercedes odometer. Brian ___ 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 Loren Faeth ___ 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] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg
Uhhh, sure.. My 190D 2.2l 5spd manual averages about 38mpg over the last 70,000 miles. High was 43 I think... I'd think that maybe somebody topped up one tank and then filled just to the shutoff on the next or added a bottle of fuel additive or something. I could make a tank come out to 50mpg if I wanted to... -Curt Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:52:31 -0700 From: "Zoltan Finks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MBZ] Our 190D 5 cyl Auto gets 40 mpg To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 My wife informed me tonight that, before the stupid odometer quit, she got a couple of awesome MPG readings. The thing has been known to get around 32 to 34 mpg. But Im looking at two receipts right at 40 mpg. This in a car that, I think, needs a fuel filter change. And this before I switched to Mobil 1. Sorry Mobil lovers, I dont have post Mobil 1 data due to stupid Mercedes odometer. Brian ___ 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
