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Hello I would like to start a fuel milage post for mostly gasoline MB as I am sure the Diesel Section already has one


Vehicle: 1992 Mercedes 190E 2.3L auto

Results: 9.2l/100 km or 25.5 US MPG on premium fuel

Driving Conditions: 70% hwy 30% city

Comments: gentle acceleration, avg 70 mph highway speed

1985 380SE

avg. 20mpg --87 octane

70% city, 30% highway

recent trip total 4,000 miles, 80% highway, avg 75-80mph, 21mpg

mileage on car, 111,500

Vehicle: 1992 Mercedes 190E 2.3L auto

Results: 25.5 US MPG (winter)/27.5 mpg (summer) on 87 octane fuel

Driving Conditions: 40% hwy 60% country roads

Comments: gentle acceleration, constant 62 mph highway speed (2500 rpm), 35-60 mph on country roads.

I had a 100% highway tank a few weeks ago (in February) , and I calculated 30 mpg -- but that's only one tank, so not really reliable.

jp

Vehicle: 1987 Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 5-speed

Results: 17 MPG on premium fuel

Driving Conditions: 95% city

Comments: I have too much fun with her, not a daily driver so I don't care about mileage.


UPDATE: 7 MPG................... on the racetrack ;)

Vehicle: 1972 280SE 4.5
Results: 8.5-10.5MPG city/mixed, 13-15MPG highway (13 if I do 90-100, 15 if I do 70-80)
Driving Conditions: With the 8.5MPG mostly city (5% highway), with 15MPG that's extrapolated pure highway when comparing a tank I got 13.5 on with what it would have been had I not done 30 miles in-town.
Comments: I drive it like it was stolen. It pings lightly on 93 octane, so I never use less. High-compression heads from a 3.5 give me about 10:1 compression and it screams on the highway. If I floor it from a stop to 90, I can watch the needle go down. And I always do.

Non-MBs:
Vehicle: 1992 Jeep Cherokee Laredo
Results: 16.3MPG last tank
Driving Conditions: Mostly highway (95%), that was commuting to and from work.
Comments: It had the potential to be higher, but I do like to burn rubber with this 4.0 every now and then. It's very "torquey".

Vehicle: 2001 Chrysler 300M
Results: 21.2MPG this tank as of Friday on my way home from work (computer's readout is very accurate, I test it regularly)
Driving Conditions: Mostly highway (95%), also commuting to and from work.
Comments: City driving REALLY kills mileage on this puppy. I can be getting 24MPG average going just to and from work, but one trip into downtown and poof, I'm suddenly 2MPG lower. The trip to and from work also includes a 1 mile steep mountain road (on the way in) up which realtime mileage reads as 4MPG. The same hill on the way home is less steep, and I get around 10-14MPG going up it over 2 miles.

Great replies, keep them coming

My dads car:

04 Volvo S60 2.5T

20 - 22 MPG mixed driving in the winter

MB '89 560SL--premium only, 15-17 mpg in mixed driving city/urban freeway/highway, only in non-salt weather and usually not in the rain.

Non-MB is 2000 Saab 9-5 SE wagon, V6: averages 19-20 in the winter in mixed driving, 21-22 when it's consistently above the mid 30's Fahrenheit, up to 24 or so highway at a normal cruise of 80 or so (occasionally up to 85).

Wife's 2004 Olds Bravada can hit 20 or so on the highway at a steady 72, not more, and averages 14-15 in town, worse if all surface city streets.

1990 300SE M103.

Sees 6500 rpm every time I take it for a run (past its limiter).

60% highway / 40% city : 21 - 22 mpg.

Seems to loathe cruising at engine speeds < 4K rpm.

Vehicle: 1984 380sl
22-25 mpg highway/ 18-20 mpg city on regular

People love to knock the 380 engines but they do get decent gas mileage.

Vehicle: 1988 420sel

18-20 mpg highway/ 14-16 mpg city on premium

Not too bad for a tank of a car though I must admit I was expecting the highway mileage to be in the low 20's.

I drive these cars like I have a egg under my gas foot. You could probably easily drop 3 or so miles off if I was a little more aggressive with the gas.

1974 350SLC with 4 speed manual tranny , true milage unknown but it runs -very- well .

14 ~ 15 MPG in mixed City & highway driving , no way to _not_ do some Hooligan driving in this great car but the low fuel economy is killing me so I'm selling it & going back to my beloved W-123 Diesel Coupe .

1997 C230, 85,000 miles --

Normal consumption during the week (commuting and errands, 70% city, 30% highway @ 65): 23 - 24 mpg. Less in hot weather, as I'll be running the A/C, thank kew!

Pure highway during September 2005, running from College Station, TX, to New Orleans, and back, averaging 65, with 1 passenger and A/C on: 31 mpg.

(I miss my old 420SEL sometimes, but not when I'm gassing up.)

1991 300e m103 3.0L

11 mpg 50/50 highway/city

1998 C280 (V6)

average about 29mpg with 92-93 octane

15% city, 85% highway

Trip best about 32mpg average

mileage on car, 112K

Drive the speed limit 55-65mph

1992 400E, M119 w/ 134K miles
Mileage is spot-on 20 MPG in 50/50 city/hwy driving
High-test fuel
Driven pretty gently by my better half. When I get behind the wheel I am very suspicious of the 268HP factory rating - I think that was very conservative.

1983 300CD, OM617 w/ 255K miles
Mileage is 24.9 MPG in 50/50 city/hwy driving
I drive this one like I stole it. She runs better when pushed. I don't speed much (just go w/ traffic) but I do accelerate as hard as possible.

With Diesel prices higher than premium gasoline in many cases, I question the wisdom of commuting in the 123. But when I drive the 400E "as it was meant to be driven" the mileage drops accordingly.

That said, I was (pleasantly) shocked by the mileage the M119 returned. Makes me wonder why anyone would have bought the 300E back in '92. Then I remembered the price differential when the cars were new....