I've been saving my diesel receipts and tracking my milage between refueling stops for a while now. I have just done some calculations on my accumulated data and I seem to be coming up with around 23-24mpg fuel-milage.

Does this seem right, or what should my expected milage target range be? Did these vehicals come with an estimaged MPG rating when sold new?

Wow... not a one response...????

Thats exactly what I get with my 76 300D.

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

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I don't know about yours, but my 1991 with turbo gets 30 city/36 hwy. If I have the a/c on, and stuck in traffic a lot, I might get 26 city.

jeff 1991 300d.

I was gonna say 22-24 in mixed use. A little more on long trips, like 25. By today's standards not that great.

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1979 240D, 4spd manual, Power Sunroof, manual windows, 147k miles, Pastel gray/Black MB Tex.
1991 300D 2.5 - Smokes like it's on Crack!

There is no fuel penalty for the turbo 123. In fact it usually is a little more efficient. That is reflected by slightly higher mpg. Those n/a 300ds are just not really good on fuel. I have oftened wondered if they might benifit from a rear end change to some extent. If nothing else it would quiet them on the highway a little. One of my cars is a 1977 300d.

I get 21-24 mpg in my non-turbo 300cd, and treat the accelerator pedal as an On/Off switch. The mileage is never lower than 21, even in city driving with the A/C on.

With Diesel costing more than RUG, it costs nearly the same to fuel a sub-20 mpg V8 gas hog anyway.

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1980 240d
1999 SL500