Yes ~ I am always pleased when my '84 300CD's OM617 gets 24 MPG's .

I recently got one tank full at 27.5 MPG (I do mileage checks at every fillup) and I wonder how the hell that happened .

My '82 20D used to get 27~ 32 MPG's routinely depending on where I drove it, it loved crossing the Mojave Desert @ 60 MPH with the AC on, I once got 34 MPG's out of a tank of fuel ans was flabbergasted .

The key seems to be not flooring it all the time and keeping the cruising speeds down so to avoid the wind resistance penalty .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better