Re: [diesel_mercedes] OMG Gas mileage SUCKED this tank!
We need to remember Patricia's earlier posts, where she talks about "stomping" it and being unhappy with the acceleration. THAT's where the 18 mpg comes from.
These cars have the aerodynamics of a brick. Not at all like the lovely, wind tunnel design assisted 126 model (300SD), which is much heavier and bigger, but regularly gets better mileage with the same engine that's found in the 300D turbo.
The 300D normally aspirated shouldn't approach 30 mpg, with even the best, most economical driver at the helm (YES, I know that there are dozens of you who want to post that you regularly get 40 or 50 or even 150 mpg - but NO ONE has ever been able to back that claim up with a peer reviewed test).
Considering the comfort, durability, safety, and just plain class you get while driving your 300D, turbo or non, you should learn to drive according to its needs and capacities and be happy with mid-20s around town and a little better over the road.
Tom
In a message dated 10/4/2011 8:01:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, beeser750@q.com writes:
I can't really explain why you achieved 37 mpg on one tank, then 18 on the next. That averages out to 27.5, which is pretty close to expected (and pretty good, too!). How did you measure? By filling the tank to the tippy-top of the filler neck each time? If you went by the fuel guage alone, you should know that the sending units often get crudded up, making them at least a little unreliable....
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