E350 Bluetec 6 Months Later

[nhdoc]

We've had the E350 about 6 months now and taken a couple of road trips with it including a trip up to Toronto this week. So far the car hasn't had any real quality control issues.

The only annoyance I have with it is the computer which calculates fuel economy is consistently 10% too high. I'll mention it when I bring the car in for its service later this year and see if they can recalibrate it. My true fuel economy beats the EPA estimates, that's using pen and paper not the computer. I can easily return 35 MPG driving on the highway without trying. If I tried (keeping speeds around 65 MPH) I can get more like 38. Around town I see 25. That's not bad for a car of its size and power. It has great highway range, you can easily take it 700 miles between fillups on the road and 500 around town, which is nice.

My VW is also a good performer and averages closer to 40 MPG all the time, as you can see in my sig. No QC issues with it either so far.