Thread: 240D manual mpg
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Old 07-23-2008, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction View Post
The dots on the speedo are not the shift points, they are the maximum speed that its safe to downshift.

20mpg sounds about right for having the A/C on all the time and revving the crap out of it in each gear. That is severe service.
That is what the PO told me the dots were (shift points)....

So where are the (up)shift points?
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