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Old 08-26-2005, 09:50 AM
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'93 Stretches her leg on a roundtrip 1000 miles trip

Over the past week, I drove my 163000 total miles 1993 300D Turbo, 520 miles from New Smyrna Beach Florida to Charlotte, NC. She purred like a kitten and I was utterly surprised that the 300 D diesel got 42 MPG on the highway. My Toyota Tacoma usually get 20mpg. I figured it out that the effective price per gallon of fuel was taken down from $2.56/per gallon with a gasoline engine to the long range diesel attacker at $1.25 per gallon.

I would like the prized opinions of my fellow W124 300D drivers and would like to know what headlights are preferred to dress her up a little. I have seen clear, smoked, and a myriad of different types of headlights that might enhance this car..Thanks ahead of time

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Old 08-26-2005, 11:14 AM
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Congrats. There's nothing like a road trip to show off the legs of a 300D. 42 mpg seems out of the ballpark for these cars, however. My all-time best was 36.
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Old 08-26-2005, 05:02 PM
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Nice mileage. I wish I could just get 30 in my 240D.
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Old 08-26-2005, 05:24 PM
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Nice mileage. I wish I could just get 30 in my 240D.
Even with the 617 and 2.88 gearing it's less than 30mpg? What is the best mileage thus far?
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Old 08-26-2005, 07:35 PM
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I've had as high as 29.3 in my SD with a 3.07.......seems odd that you wouldn't be able to hit 30....... My usual freeway average is about 27ish, but I hit 29.3 when I did 170 miles at about 57mph.....

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