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Originally Posted by suginami
About the fuel consumption of an S600?
If they are concerned about fuel economy, then they shouldn't buy one.
A W140 chassis by itself is expensive to own, but the M120 V12 will put an owner on his knees, begging for mercy.
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Can't say mine has been bad (knock on said wood). But I do take Great pains to keep everything in the engine rooms as cool as humanly possible.
I've removed all the cladding/encapsulation, installed resistors inline on the temp sensors so the aux fans come on @ 92. Use the "rest" button w/ temps on max every time the car is parked. Lastly, I have fans in the garage and each time she comes in the hood goes up and the fans on full for the next few hours.
Full synthetic fluids (Except SLS and Brake) on an overly cautious schedule..and I rarely drive the car around town..Last thing a 600 needs to be doing is doddling about from stop light to stop light.
My biggest problems thus far were a rad that was starting to corode from having lived by the shore for a while, a climate control push button that lost it's mind and some temp sensors that were getting a bit wonky.
I'm also hoping that the Germans built better cars for themselves then for their customers abroad (brought her over in 99).
Jonathan