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fgwinn
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| 27.1 MPG in 2005 E500 4matic
On a non-stop trip from Indianapolis to Cleveland I recorded my best MPG since owning the car, 27.1! Overall MPG for the last 10K miles is above 23. According to the window sticker the city/highway MPG rating is 16/20. My tire pressure is normally about 31/33 PSI front/rear.
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AsianML
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: 27.1 MPG in 2005 E500 4matic
Oh wow! Big V8, plus the added weight of the 4MATIC. How did you do it? I guess the average speed of 61 MPH may have had something to do with it. Did you get a nice tail wind during the trip? |
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fgwinn
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: 27.1 MPG in 2005 E500 4matic
Light traffic at both ends of trip, lowered average speed due to contruction zones, less than normal traffic getting thru Columbus, increased front tire pressure, and non-stop driving all contributed to the better than normal MPG. It was not very windy on this trip, but I did experience significant drop in MPG on a west bound trip of similar length during high winds. I think I got about 21 MPG on that trip. |
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fgwinn
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: 27.1 MPG in 2005 E500 4matic
Same trip in the opposite direction this morning achieved 25.2 MPG with average speed of 65 mph. Speed is probably one of the biggest factors in MPG. Still, 25.2 MPG is very good and well above the window sticker claim of 16/20 city/highway. Some one should file a class action suit to recover all of the Gas Guzzler tax that has been collected on this E500 4Matics with the 5-speed AT.
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