W203 - Instant MPG
11-23-2007, 08:10 PM
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W203 - Instant MPG
My old Buick Regal had an Instant MPG that showd how many miles per galon is the usage of gas at the moment. I was wondering if my C240 has that?? Has any one seen an instant mpg in the W203?
11-23-2007, 09:33 PM
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LOL. I first saw that in a rental Cadillac three decades ago...
With the electronic wizardry tidbits built into the W203, MB could have easily included the useful feature had they seen fit to do so. Alas, they did not. It’s probably because it is a potential distraction from the task of safely piloting the vehicle. Not for us, but for some.
I hit reset on the “since last start” readout while nearing the freeway for yesterday’s ~120 mile family gathering. Read 24.2 MPG upon returning home. Its cumulative consumption figure, averaged over thousands of miles, is low enough in the double-digits to earn a permanent ban from Gore because of its carbon footprint. Even with fuel approaching $4 a gallon, it’s worth every cent for the pure driving satisfaction received.
Of course, I don’t live in BH!
With the electronic wizardry tidbits built into the W203, MB could have easily included the useful feature had they seen fit to do so. Alas, they did not. It’s probably because it is a potential distraction from the task of safely piloting the vehicle. Not for us, but for some.
I hit reset on the “since last start” readout while nearing the freeway for yesterday’s ~120 mile family gathering. Read 24.2 MPG upon returning home. Its cumulative consumption figure, averaged over thousands of miles, is low enough in the double-digits to earn a permanent ban from Gore because of its carbon footprint. Even with fuel approaching $4 a gallon, it’s worth every cent for the pure driving satisfaction received.
Of course, I don’t live in BH!
11-29-2007, 01:09 PM
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11-29-2007, 01:19 PM
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Wow, I wish we had that here too. People here are lazy and buy the biggest yank tank they can afford (and even if they can't there's credit). If fuel was $10/gallon here and they charged $16 just to enter congested areas each day, wow, that would be so great. The reality is we spend the same for fuel as you do per mile, not per gallon. So while you may drive a C180 and get 30 mpg, we drive yank tanks that get 15 mpg at best, so you see, it equals out. I bet if fuel was $10/gallon, we would also be driving C180's and Ford Ka's.
11-29-2007, 06:58 PM
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It's kinda the same but inverse to mpg..
it's mp whats left in the tank, ie range....
Check the range, and you can watch it go up and own depending on how you drive at any given moment...
it's mp whats left in the tank, ie range....
Check the range, and you can watch it go up and own depending on how you drive at any given moment...
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11-29-2007, 07:00 PM
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Wow, I wish we had that here too. People here are lazy and buy the biggest yank tank they can afford (and even if they can't there's credit). If fuel was $10/gallon here and they charged $16 just to enter congested areas each day, wow, that would be so great. The reality is we spend the same for fuel as you do per mile, not per gallon. So while you may drive a C180 and get 30 mpg, we drive yank tanks that get 15 mpg at best, so you see, it equals out. I bet if fuel was $10/gallon, we would also be driving C180's and Ford Ka's.
I've already got 10-25% of my income going to vehicle expenses....
but then, I suppose I need to make more...
11-30-2007, 01:48 PM
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GM is coming out with some cool cars next year, the hybrid Tahoe that gets 25mpg, a plugable hybrid - the Chevy Volt. We need something that will shock us into doing something now. Do you realize that a few years ago they projected that we have at least 50 years of fuel supply left. What they didn't count on is all the millions of new cars being driven in China and India which at least doubles the consumption rate for the world from what where we were at a few years ago.
Fuel will reach $10/gallon over the next 10 years, I believe that it if happens in one big jump that sends the nation into panic vs. going up 50 cents a year, it will accellerate what the car companies do, what the government does, what you do. It's like a cooking a frog, throw the frog in boiling water, he immediately jumps out and does something about it, put him in cool water and slowly cook it to a boil and he's cooked. I don't want to be the cooked frog.
11-30-2007, 03:15 PM
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Fuel will reach $10/gallon over the next 10 years, I believe that it if happens in one big jump that sends the nation into panic vs. going up 50 cents a year, it will accellerate what the car companies do, what the government does, what you do. It's like a cooking a frog, throw the frog in boiling water, he immediately jumps out and does something about it, put him in cool water and slowly cook it to a boil and he's cooked. I don't want to be the cooked frog.
12-03-2007, 11:54 AM
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Well, yes I agree something needs to be done.
But as an average Joe, I'm getting squeezed from all side, financially.
Pay increase? Hell, I've had to take pay cuts to stay employed in SillyCon
valley.
Anyway, getting way OT.
I looked into mass transit from where I live to get to work.
I'd have to take a bus, then a train, and then a bus....
takes well over 2.5 hours in each direction, and I can drive in 50 minutes or so. 5 hours a day commute to go. Plus I'd be outside, walking in the dark, and soon, in the rain...
I could move, but I'm getting a great deal and live in a really nice place.
But as an average Joe, I'm getting squeezed from all side, financially.
Pay increase? Hell, I've had to take pay cuts to stay employed in SillyCon
valley.
Anyway, getting way OT.
I looked into mass transit from where I live to get to work.
I'd have to take a bus, then a train, and then a bus....
takes well over 2.5 hours in each direction, and I can drive in 50 minutes or so. 5 hours a day commute to go. Plus I'd be outside, walking in the dark, and soon, in the rain...
I could move, but I'm getting a great deal and live in a really nice place.
You just have to learn to live like the Europeans. Drive less, drive more fuel efficient cars, work for home, get jobs closer to home, use mass transit, carpool, make better use of your resources.
GM is coming out with some cool cars next year, the hybrid Tahoe that gets 25mpg, a plugable hybrid - the Chevy Volt. We need something that will shock us into doing something now. Do you realize that a few years ago they projected that we have at least 50 years of fuel supply left. What they didn't count on is all the millions of new cars being driven in China and India which at least doubles the consumption rate for the world from what where we were at a few years ago.
Fuel will reach $10/gallon over the next 10 years, I believe that it if happens in one big jump that sends the nation into panic vs. going up 50 cents a year, it will accellerate what the car companies do, what the government does, what you do. It's like a cooking a frog, throw the frog in boiling water, he immediately jumps out and does something about it, put him in cool water and slowly cook it to a boil and he's cooked. I don't want to be the cooked frog.
GM is coming out with some cool cars next year, the hybrid Tahoe that gets 25mpg, a plugable hybrid - the Chevy Volt. We need something that will shock us into doing something now. Do you realize that a few years ago they projected that we have at least 50 years of fuel supply left. What they didn't count on is all the millions of new cars being driven in China and India which at least doubles the consumption rate for the world from what where we were at a few years ago.
Fuel will reach $10/gallon over the next 10 years, I believe that it if happens in one big jump that sends the nation into panic vs. going up 50 cents a year, it will accellerate what the car companies do, what the government does, what you do. It's like a cooking a frog, throw the frog in boiling water, he immediately jumps out and does something about it, put him in cool water and slowly cook it to a boil and he's cooked. I don't want to be the cooked frog.
12-03-2007, 04:11 PM
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The effects you see with mass transit and such is due to the lack of need. If it was total chaos for a year because of $10/gallon fuel, things would change, it would not be the insanity it is now. BTW, on my commutes to the office, I get 50 mpg, can accellerate from zero to sixty in half the time of your C and can split lanes of traffic to avoid delays, can ride solo in the car pool lane and costs me $15 to fillup tank.
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12-04-2007, 03:28 AM
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The effects you see with mass transit and such is due to the lack of need. If it was total chaos for a year because of $10/gallon fuel, things would change, it would not be the insanity it is now. BTW, on my commutes to the office, I get 50 mpg, can accellerate from zero to sixty in half the time of your C and can split lanes of traffic to avoid delays, can ride solo in the car pool lane and costs me $15 to fillup tank.
