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Originally Posted by shertex
Evan, your 33.3 combined certainly seems to be within the margin of error for the rated mpg....and of course you do a wee bit better because of some of the mods you've done.
Thanks for the effort and documentation.
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That's correct. His number is well within the ranges given for that car - even unmodified. Since he was driving trying very hard to maximize his mpg in the distance covered, I would have almost expected a lot better number than what he reported. Esp. since he stated all the low-speeds he was driving the car at. You can get in one of those cars without even trying to subconsciously 'hypermile' as was his intent, even if subconsciously, and get 30 to 32 mpg at very high speeds.
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Originally Posted by shertex
Fuelly looks pretty slick....I just signed up. If you browse the cars, you'll see a total of 10 98/99 E300's. Over a combined total of 145,000 miles, average mpg is just shy of 27. About what one would expect.
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'27' is a very kind number IMO for that car collectively. In 131K miles, that number is way optimistic, from the mixed use my 99 E300 returned. Keep in mind that ALL the fuelly posters are actively trying to maximize their mpgs 100% of the time. Even if they're in a hustle and bustle, they're still trying to maintain their superior reporting numbers. So, that's a skewing of the effort right there. Which is not reflective of the non-'hypermiling' car owner mpg numbers.
After 14-years driving a 99 from new, you don't have to track your mileage, IMO. It's somewhat a waste of time, when you know what the car routinely returns.