Hi guys,
A couple of years ago, I struck a high curb with the driver side of car. This did all kinds of damage..ie..punched a hole in the oil pan, cracked the windshield from an old stone chip, twisted the frame from both sides, ruined the wheel and tire, etc etc.

Finally got all the work done...and I am proud to say that this beauty is back on the road. One of the improvements was replacing the wheels with ML320 wheels. What do you think? I love them. Everytime I see these wheels...I knew I made the right decision. They ROCK!

Anyway,...back on point. I have put about 1000 miles on the car since getting back on the road. BTW...it had sat for roughly 18 months, and remember, it took a heavy jolt throughout the car when that curb was hit. I am getting 12 miles a gallon. The car runs fine, but it takes more pedal to get it going...at least that is the way it feels. The vacuum gauge bears this out as well. I have to give it more gas to get going, and the gauge sits in the red for longer than it needed to before. The car has 170k on it, and before the accident, I was getting around 18-20 miles a gallon.

I am going to start replacing the usual tune up items..but would like any suggestion for things to replace or look for that may be causing the dramatic mileage loss. No fuel leaks that I can tell...performance is normal other than having to give it more pedal to perform normally.

Can I also get a recommendation of spark plugs? Where performance is equivalent to cost. I dont want to overspend on some special plugs when typical bosch plugs will do the job as well.

Thanks folks

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1990 300TE....all comments are about this car...in case I forget in the actual post