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TheDon · #31 09-09-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Hip001

Awesome! Amazing these HUGE cars are so cheap to travel in!
I love these bog boats!

gasp.. you're using your tilt sunroof... Last time I used it... it broke!

compu_85 · #32 09-09-2009, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDon

gasp.. you're using your tilt sunroof... Last time I used it... it broke!

The part that busts is only $60 new from the dealer

-J

Fulcrum525 · #33 09-09-2009, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by gerkebi

It's easier to cook on the SDL manifold, too. The SEL has some hot spots. (These were long road trips.)

Ok I want to see some pictures of eggs being cooked on the engine.

gerkebi · #34 09-09-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Fulcrum525

Ok I want to see some pictures of eggs being cooked on the engine.

I'll be honest...eggs are tough. My favorite is salmon. Here's how you do it:

Prep:

1. Sear or cut the skin off.
2. Dip the salmon in milk.
3. Coat with a mixture of Old Bay and flour (about 50/50, I can't measure things...I'm too ADD.
4. Dip in beat eggs.
5. Roll in finely crunched potato chip crumbs.
6. Mix pickle juice, fresh dill, mayo and a little stadium mustard together and put in small container.
7. Pack fish in zip lock bag, chopped red onion in zip lock, lemon juice and capers into a cooler for the trip.
8. About 60 miles from where you want to eat, sprinkle the fish with lemon juice, and put the capers and red onion on the fish. Double wrap in heavy duty aluminum foil and fold up the ends.
9. Cook for 60 miles.
10. Unwrap the fish, put on a plate with the dill sauce on top.

The potato chip crust has enough oil in it you don't have to fry the fish, and it keeps it moist.

You can also add a side dish of small redskin potatoes cut in half with butter, pepper and fresh rosemary in foil and cook for about the same time closer to the manifold.

If you're eating at your desination, a nice complement is a New Zealand Chardonnay from the Hawke's Bay region. If not, stick with water or green tea. I like the Lipton sugar free green tea.

Follow with your favorite cigar.

tombance · #35 09-09-2009, 01:44 PM

I've just started doing a 90 mile/day commute, and my W124 is just soaking it up. Such a comfortable and relaxing drive, and it might finally start making all this money I'm spending on the car worthwhile. I seem to have done about 270 miles on a bit less than half a tank with this driving style, so I'm predicting about 650-700 a tank, niiice.

gerkebi · #36 09-09-2009, 02:32 PM

Update...my friend just said he got 29 miles per gallon on the last tank in his 300SDL, not all highway miles. These cars are amazing!

That's the other thing I've noticed, the difference between city miles and highway miles is a lot more in the gas engine. City miles are a killer in the SEL, not a big deal in the SDL.

BodhiBenz1987 · #37 09-09-2009, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by tombance

I've just started doing a 90 mile/day commute, and my W124 is just soaking it up. Such a comfortable and relaxing drive, and it might finally start making all this money I'm spending on the car worthwhile. I seem to have done about 270 miles on a bit less than half a tank with this driving style, so I'm predicting about 650-700 a tank, niiice.

Do the 91s have bigger tanks or is your mpg just that much better than mine? On the highway I get about 480-90 miles on a tank, filling up when I hit the reserve ... usually put 15-16.5 gallons in (I don't top off). Guess I could stretch the tank out if I topped off and went farther into the reserve, but definitely not 700 miles.

tombance · #38 09-09-2009, 04:38 PM

I have a euro 250D, so one less cylinder, no turbo, 5 speed, no AC, its probably a hell of a lot lighter, and yeah I always top it off and drive well into the reserve, its enough for at least 50 miles after all!

BodhiBenz1987 · #39 09-09-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tombance

I have a euro 250D, so one less cylinder, no turbo, 5 speed, no AC, its probably a hell of a lot lighter, and yeah I always top it off and drive well into the reserve, its enough for at least 50 miles after all!

Cool. Yeah I did once find out how big that reserve is, when I was somewhat lost in the wilds of N.Y. and couldn't find a diesel pump for love nor money. I went about 50 miles, didn't run out ... but I don't think I would want to test it much beyond that.

Around here I usually just fill up when the light comes on out of habit ... I can still calculate mpg based on the amount I put in.

Hatterasguy · #40 09-09-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by gerkebi

OK time to start trouble. I have a 420SEL (the one at Chad's GTG). My good friend (probably my best friend) has a 300SDL, both cars are '87's. And we've taken them both on long road trips.

There are so many things I love about the SDL, except this one thing: If you're not using the cruise, it's real hard to hold a consistent speed between 65 and 70. The turbo comes on, you get to your speed, then the turbo goes off and the speed drops faster than you can react...you've got to really press the go pedal far (it's got long travel anyway) to get things moving again and by that time you've dropped 5 mph or more.

It takes more concentration than necessary IMO. Above 70, no problem, the turbo is your constant friend. Below 65, for whatever reason, also not a problem. (We're fixing the cruise next, btw.)

We get around 26-27 mpg in the SDL, 21 mpg in the SEL. It's easier to cook on the SDL manifold, too. The SEL has some hot spots. (These were long road trips.)

I solved that problem with mine by just going faster.

gerkebi · #41 09-09-2009, 05:27 PM

I would have, but I was in a school zone. 70 was pushing it.

turbobenz · #42 09-09-2009, 05:43 PM

In the last year ive driven to LA four times, Spokane WA once and Texas twice without a single problem on any of the trips. I made it from placerville to needles (border of AZ and CA) on a little more than one tank. On that trip I was able to get from placerville over the grape vine with half a tank left. My record is about 645 miles but I think i could get about 690-700 if I used every drop. These cars really are amazing on the highway

As for engine cooking I usually wrap precooked stuff in foul and jam it someone between injectors. Things like corn dogs and hot pockets. However my favorite place is on the exhaust. Right where the exhaust coupes to the turbo theres a set of bolts and a little area that can hold an average steel food can perfectly in place and gets it almost to the boiling point. Perfect for chilli

Fulcrum525 · #43 09-10-2009, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by gerkebi

I'll be honest...eggs are tough. My favorite is salmon. Here's how you do it:

Prep:

1. Sear or cut the skin off.
2. Dip the salmon in milk......................
8. About 60 miles from where you want to eat, sprinkle the fish with lemon juice, and put the capers and red onion on the fish. Double wrap in heavy duty aluminum foil and fold up the ends.
9. Cook for 60 miles.
10. Unwrap the fish, put on a plate with the dill sauce on top.

Coke for 60 miles

I can only imagine how many tries it took to get that just right.