Someone said you should be getting 20 city 25 hwy. NO WAY this is way to high. 13 is too low though. I have a 90 300e 3.0 4 matic and i get 17 city and around 20 highway. on a good day. remamber 4 matic is a lttle heavier than your car. As far as starting in second gear, i agree this is stupid. It took me awhile to get use to this. My E320 1999 has a switch you can start in 1st ( summer mode) or 2nd ( winter mode) I just trick my 90 sometimes. while stopped, shift into 2 and then back to drive. This will trick the tranny, and you will start in 1st gear. You have to do this everytime you stop though. You can send in you valve body and have it reworked so it will start in 1st all the time. think around 300 bucks