23 mpg. 10 mi surface streets, 20 mi freeway for my commute. 17 mpg pulling my trailer at freeway speeds, its like pulling a sail.

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5 speed '91 190E 2.6 320,000 mi. (new car, fast, smooth as silk six, couldn't find any more Peugeots)
5 speed '85 Peugeot 505 2.5l Turbo Diesel 266,000 mi. (old car, fast for a diesel, had 2 others)
5 speed '01 Jetta V6 (new wifes car, pretty quick)
5 speed '85 Peugeot 505 2.2l Turbo Gas 197,000 mi. (wifes car, faster, sadly gone just short of 200k )
5 speed '83 Yamaha 750 Maxim 14,000 mi. (fastest)
0 speed 4' x 8' 1800 lb Harbor Freight utility trailer (only as fast as what's pulling it)

For the 500SEL it's pretty bad. I'm looking at around 12-14 mpg. Maybe a little bit better on the highway. The car may need some things adjusted, and I do drive with a heavy foot.

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1985 500SEL 124k miles
2001 Honda Civic EX

'02 C320

In warm weather (50+) averaged 21-22 w/mostly city driving. Longer highway trips better than 27.

Averaging 19.5 now that the weather has turned nasty cold (it's +6 now) 2-5 minute warmups average 0mpg

Brian

Last trip to Mpls (300 mi), at 30 F, 75mph--- 17 mpg.

'94 E320 Coupe (106k)= 23-25mpg highway, 18-20mpg city

'94 E500 (42.6k)= 19-22mpg highway, 15-19 city

-fad

Gentlemen,
I just picked up my 97 e420 from a dealer in Kentucky and drove it home to Charlotte. So far, I absolutely LOVE this car. Plus I got 25.6mpg on the trip down. I think that's pretty darn good from this car. Am I right? Seriously, I don't know.
Thanks and enjoy your rides!
rob, charlotte nc

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Rob Armstrong, Charlotte, NC
Mountain Island Lake
RobAinCLTNC@hotmail.com

2004 VW Passat GLS TDI-50k
2006 Honda Odyssey EX-L 7k
FOR SALE 1991 300TE 228k

2003 Subaru Outback 57k Silver/Black-SOLD
2005 C230K 18k Pewter/Grey-SOLD
1997 E420 108k Black/Grey-SOLD
1986 560sl 200k Black/Palimino-SOLD
1985 300sd 340k-SOLD
1979 240d 170k-SOLD
2000 Volvo V70XC-POS couldn't sell fast enough

1990 300te 4-matic 132,000 miles. Mixed city and highway=16.5mpg. 18mpg when mainly using highway. My best is 19mpg, and my worst was 14. I took this car over from my mom and she used to get around the same mileage, but her best was 21mpg.

Chris

'72 250 2.8/AT, 14 city, 19 highway, best 21.
(I used to have a '72 4 cyl 220/AT that only got about 1 MPG better than my 250.)

'60 220S 2.2/MT, 15 city, 21 highway, best 23.

These old cars all need an overdrive gear!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Just calculated fuel consumption for the first time on my newly acquired 1992 300E (103 6 cyl engine). Got 18.1 mpg in nearly 1000 miles of mixed highway and local driving. I will admit that the weather has been particularly cold this month, but it is a disapointing result nonetheless. Especially after 35 years of driving diesels! I expected mileage in the low 20s, from what other owners had told me.

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1992 300E with ASR
35 years of Diesels until now!

Now I don't feel quite so bad. My last tank in the 300TE I averaged a bit over 14 mpg. Must be the cold weather, letting the car idle while brushing and scraping windows, and losing the cold air scoop (it fell off) has cost me several mpg. I know my car can get 23 mpg on the highway (driving back from Florida over 1200 miles). Could it be my lead foot? I've been enjoying the hp and the torque of my new gas MB, having driven diesels for the past five years or so...

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Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic

104,640 miles best so far was 24.2 avg
21.7 hiway and town foot in it most of the time.


Dave

I thought the oil companys put a certain amount into a common pipeline and then take out that certain amount of gas at the other end. And then as they fill up the tanker trucks they also add their proprietary detergents, Techron, etc. *

My question is how does one gas give you better gas milage than another?

*(There are some exceptions to this rule like Amoco Ultimate Clear Gas and Sunoco 106 octane)

Regards,

Don

P.S.

My C280 gets about 24 MPG combined. I haven't checked the 190E yet.

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1998 C43 ///AMG
1999 C230 Custom 5-Speed Manual

Usually get 16-19 mpg on my commute, cruising back-roads, trying to avoid heavy traffic.
I think I got 24 or so on an extended highway trip.

I think the lowest I've ever seen is around 12, but at that point the rubber I was burning off my tires was probably costing me more than the gas.

These numbers are from the little in-dash display... Has anyone tested that display? I've checked it once or twice by checking my odometer at a fillup, and it was at least pretty close. (As well as I could do the math in my head.)

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2002 C32 AMG

I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer... -Homer

In November.. my friend and I drove from Columbus to Indianapolis and got just over 18MPG on a full tank. The tempreture was from (35*F to 26*F) in between the trip.

And with todays gas prices, some of our Benzes are becoming true 'Luxury Cars'!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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