I made a round trip Washington - Richmond today in the 300E. I had a 6-8 sales rep in the front seat on the way down and AC on both ways. Cruising at 75-80 mph, I travelled 236 miles on 9.25 gallons of gas, INCLUDING traffic in and out of Washington and getting slightly lost in Richmond.

That works out to 25+ miles per gallon, fairly amazing for a car of that size and comfort.

BTW - if you ever get to the Richmond Airport, you MUST visit the aviation museum. In addition to an interesting display of vintage planes and aviation history, they have an SR-71 Blackbird that you can inspect up close. Words fail me here. I have seen a number of pictures of this plane, but to walk around it and absorb the details and sheer size is something else!

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Chuck Taylor
Falls Church VA
'66 200, '66 230SL, '96 SL500. Sold: '81 380SL, '86 300E, '72 250C, '95 C220, 3 '84 280SL's '90 420SEL, '72 280SE, '73 280C, '78 280SE, '70 280SL, '77 450SL, '85 380SL, '87 560SL, '85 380SL, '72 350SL, '96 S500 Coupe

My 300D (w124) can carry up to 8 different passengers round trip (4 different passergers one way and another 4 different passergers come back).

David