Diesel RVs: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Mileage Check 1984 300CD Auto

Not fair!

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:29 PM, ygmir111 <ygmir111@att.net> wrote:

exactly. yours does.....mine goes to 140.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Trish Dougherty" <purrfectharmonyfarm@wifi45.com>
To: <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Mileage Check 1984 300CD Auto

How do you 2 know how fast you've gone since the speedometer stops at 85? At
least mine does.

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:16 PM, ygmir111 <ygmir111@att.net> wrote:

> **
>
>
> SDL: 125
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nate Rector" <tccservice111@yahoo.com>
> To: <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Mileage Check 1984 300CD Auto
>
> I've been 122 in my S320.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@wifi45.com>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 4:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Mileage Check 1984 300CD Auto
>
> I like the way you qualify it...with your wife in the car! Sooo you don't
> deny doing 90mph then?
>
> I don't think I ever took my T-bird that fast. But on a dry road very few
> could beat me off the line! If I was in the mood. I had the sport
> suspension
> package. LOVED that car! My '97 was waaay better than my '95 on so many
> levels.
>
> Trish
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:45 PM, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >I have never done 90 mph in my turbocharged 1983 300d's with my wife in
> the
> >car.
> >
> >brian from la verne, ca
> >
> >
> >________________________________
> > From: Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@wifi45.com>
> >To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 11:19 AM
> >Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Mileage Check 1984 300CD Auto
> >
> >
> >
> >You can get up to 90mph in these things????? Gee I thought those days
> >were
>
> >gone when my T-bird was totaled after someone ran a red light and spun me
> >around!
> >
> >Trish
> >
> >
> >On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:00 PM, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>
> >>w123's are aerodynamic boxes. Focus on their other niceties instead. If
> >>you do 60 mph you will maximize your mpg. Fuel is not everything of
> >>course. Sometimes there is the thrill of doing 90mph too.
> >>
> >>
> >>brian from la verne, ca
> >>
> >>
> >>________________________________
> >> From: Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@wifi45.com>
> >>To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> >>Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 7:51 AM
> >>Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Mileage Check 1984 300CD Auto
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>I have no a/c and only 2 windows open, sometimes the sun roof. So not
> >>too
>
> >>much drag there. But I do agree that it's time for a tune up.
> >>
> >>I only drive about 2 blocks in town, 30mph. The rest is country 55mph
> >>winding, hilly roads. Freeway is 65mph
> >>
> >>Point being , you cannot possibly have gotten 37 MPG's because' you
> cannot
> >>change the laws of physics Jim ' .
> >>
> >>So explain the math???? I did as I was taught. What did I do wrong?
> >>
> >>Trish
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >--
> >Trish Dougherty
> >PurrFect Harmony Farm
> >Ennis, TX
> >http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Trish Dougherty
> PurrFect Harmony Farm
> Ennis, TX
> http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
>
>
>

--
Trish Dougherty
PurrFect Harmony Farm
Ennis, TX
http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com

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