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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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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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Nice mileage. I wish I could just get 30 in my 240D.
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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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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life- '15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800) '17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k) '09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k) '13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k) '01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km) '16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k) |
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