Hey, I have had the pleasure of riding in Nates Mercedes and can vouch for the fact that the loud pedal is his friend, We seldom went over 60mph on a very twisty steep road, at 59mph I was eyes shut and screaming. We were on our way to get a date shake & Nate wanted to get there sooner.
BTW, did about 60 miles in the Mercedes Wednesday, ahhh ____& the cruise control started working, it quit about a week after we bought the car.
Question, is cruise control dependent on vacuum?
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Nate" <vwnate1@...> wrote:
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> Well ;
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> The _only_ decent Diesel fuel economy _I_ get , is in the 240D when we're on Holiday as
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> A. it's swmbo's car so I'm gentle with it
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> B. I rarely exceed 60 MPH in it as her piercing shrieks tend to drown out the Blues on the CD Payer when I do that .
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> So it's regular fuel economy ranges from the high 20's to 32 MPG's when on the open highway all day long @ 60 MPH , fully loaded and AC as cold as it'll go .
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> My Diesel Sports Coupe , OTOH , it a horse (and Mercedes) of an entirely different color and so far it's usually only getting 23 ~ 24 MPG's , one tank it went up to 26 IIRC .
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> So yes , decent fuel economy -is- possible , I get acceptable (IMO) economy @ 23 MPG's when I'm flat footing it , no V-8's can match that
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> -Nate
> Blaise wrote:
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> > Nate, If this is so I can't imagine how you get the mileage you claim considering your driving habits!!
> > Blaise
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> > ________________________________
> > From: Nate <vwnate1@>
> > To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thu, April 7, 2011 8:44:54 AM
> > Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Doing some R&D need your help
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> > the *instant* you go faster than 60 MPH , the fuel economy drops off sharply.... down into the low 20's in fact , remember this .
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> > -Nate
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