Yea wow, My 240 got 38 once. I could not figure it out since it always gets in the low 30's to high 20's. O yea, I was on crack, well that explaned it. Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, JD <jdblackwell2@...> wrote:
>
> 24.8 mpg?? Not sure what passes for the norm but
> my '92 300D got 36.4 mpg on a trip from
> Marysville, WA to Portland, OR. She routinely
> gets 28mpg in my around town travels. My '86 190D
> 5 speed posted 41mpg on a week of my wife's I-5
> commute and gets 34 around town. This being
> Seattle you can guess we didn't use the a/c. Both
> have 250,000+ miles on the original engines. I run
> slightly larger than spec Nokian Entyres; 205 *50*
> 17 on AMG wheels on the 300D and *195* 65 15 on
> the 190D. This gives a 3.5% and 2.5% greater
> rolling diameter respectively combined with what
> ever the whatever the reduced rolling resistance is.
>
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