My wife is the one with the lead foot but her commute is all interstate so she gets better numbers than I do driving the same car in my real estate practice. I get better mileage on the highway than she does because I'm a bit more conscious of driving technique.
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Dean Chandler <deanstud@...> wrote:
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> Oddly enough, the 300d I just recently acquired has gotten 28, 29, 29.5
> and 24.3 mpg those are the only fillups I have done since I got the
> car. I do know that seemed oddly high, and so I did check the odo with
> my GPS and it is accurate... I do also note that I drove the car most
> of the last fillup, and I surely am more heavy on the throttle than my
> wife who drove the first 3 tanks.
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> -Dean E. Chandler
> '86 SDL
> '83 300D
> -=KE7TWY=-
> Cornelius, Oregon
> deanstud@...
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