Thread: How long would our cars run if driven on the autobahn every day?
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Old 05-17-2018, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by dkr View Post
I'm sure there is some data on that somewhere in German archives about the 240Ds running their hearts out at 85mph or whatever is top speed for them... It's been a while since I've driven a 240D, but my recollection is that RPMs seemed very high at around 75mph or so...

There's probably also data for the modern cars. There are a lot of Mercedes diesels in Germany.

Dkr.

I regularly run my 240D MT at 80mph and the tach shows an egine speed around 3900-4000.


I check and change oil regularly


My 350SDL ran swimmingly at 105 but the tach was fairly low for that.
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1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
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1960 190D
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