| FAQ | Member List | Albums | Today's Posts | Search  |
| Welcome Guest. ( logon | register ) | |||||
| ||||||
|
| Topic Tools | Message Format |
| ||
| Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz  | 33.7 MPG in E350 Just completed a three-hour highway trip and managed a new record in the E. 33.0 MPG with an average speed of 70mph and 33.7 (my highest ever) with an average speed of 67mph. I'm stoked! Was chiefly on I-81--very hilly country-- with a ton of tractor-trailers and tandems to navigate around, and my average would be better still if I hadn't stopped for gas (ironically enough..) ... The neat thing is that the average kept creeping upward throughout the entire trip. So one can assume the car is capable of 34 or 35 MPG which means I really didn't need that CDI after all!
PS: I still don't know how to reset my trip odometer PPS: It's really dangerous taking photos of your instrument panel in heavy traffic.
| |
| ||
| ||
| Re: 33.7 MPG in E350 You took a pic at 80 MPH? You're one crazy b****!  You and fgwinn should have a MPG war. But you have an unfair advatage over him. You have the V6. | ||
| ||
| ||
| Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: 33.7 MPG in E350 I'm so stoked I'm ready to take on C-Classes now
At what mileage is a car fully broken-in, I wonder?
| |
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| RE: 33.7 MPG in E350 Marsden - 6/1/2006 6:30 PM Just completed a three-hour highway trip and managed a new record in the E. 33.0 MPG with an average speed of 70mph and 33.7 (my highest ever) with an average speed of 67mph. I'm stoked! Was chiefly on I-81--very hilly country-- with a ton of tractor-trailers and tandems to navigate around, and my average would be better still if I hadn't stopped for gas (ironically enough..) ... The neat thing is that the average kept creeping upward throughout the entire trip. So one can assume the car is capable of 34 or 35 MPG which means I really didn't need that CDI after all!
PS: I still don't know how to reset my trip odometer PPS: It's really dangerous taking photos of your instrument panel in heavy traffic.
everyone NEEDS a CDI.................. | ||
| ||
| ||
| Re: 33.7 MPG in E350 AsianML - 6/1/2006 6:48 PM You took a pic at 80 MPH? You're one crazy b****! oh god no, not 130 kmh! oh god, we're gonna die!!  Edited by BenzDieselTuner 6/5/2006 9:44 PM | ||
| ||
| ||
| Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: 33.7 MPG in E350 BTW, I'm not able to get anywhere near this mileage anymore Is it because it's winter? I notice the ambient temp was right up there before... But...cold-air induction is supposed to assist efficiency, no? Or is it just power. Lately I struggle to get 29-30mpg on the highway, and I'm majorly pissed Have about 8300 miles now, so I really don't think it's about
| |
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: 33.7 MPG in E350 Oh yeah. That's good to know, maybe I'll keep the car after all I've gotten awfully spoiled by the fuel mileage documented above..
| |
| ||
| ||
| Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: 33.7 MPG in E350 "In winter, colder air means denser air -- more molecules per cubic foot. At any specific throttle setting or opening, the same number of cubic feet of air, but containing more air molecules, will enter the engine. The computer will provide more fuel to create the proper air/fuel ratio at that moment. This is a bit more subtle, since "more air/more fuel" produces more power, so you may be able to operate at a slightly lower throttle setting -- sort of rebalancing the equation."  | |
| ||
| ||
| Roch207 Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Palmetto State Vehicle(s): 2005 E320 CDI, 2010 Silverado 2500HD Posts: 3749  | ||
| ||
| ||
| Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: 33.7 MPG in E350 Good news, the numbers are creeping up again Last night, 100-mile trip, average speed ~70mph, ~32.5mpg
| |
| ||
| ||
| RE: 33.7 MPG in E350 Have you ever noticed that your clock is on the wrong side?  | ||
| ||
| ||
| Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: 33.7 MPG in E350 Actually, yes. It's stupid like that. Passengers always ask, "Where is the clock?" But, as I can't tell time anyway, who really cares? | |
| ||
| ||
| RE: 33.7 MPG in E350 iNeon - 6/21/2007 11:46 PM Have you ever noticed that your clock is on the wrong side? :bleh: No it's not, otherwise the tachometer would be on the wrong side. Tachometer > clock.
| ||
| ||
| ||
| RE: 33.7 MPG in E350 You'll realize in 10 years just how meaningless a tachometer is in an automatic luxury car. A big, beautiful analogue clock is much more useful. In fact-- I've, quite literally, gotten in the neon after driving the Mercedes-Benz a tank or two and looked at it's tachometer sideways and had to remind myself: "oh, duh!! It's NOT a clock!!" It's hard to tell the time when it only goes to 8 and you can't find the short hand!!!  *EDIT* I'd like it if they'd bring back full instrumentation, and lose the stupid tachometer. Oil pressure and Voltage are more important. A tachometer doesn't tell you anything about how the car is running, and if it does... You're already in trouble. Near perfect gauges follow Edited by iNeon 6/22/2007 2:36 PM (howgaugesshouldbe.jpg) Attachments ----------------  howgaugesshouldbe.jpg (90KB - 2 downloads) | ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
|
