Can your W203 do this?
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Can your W203 do this?
Yea... I know it was only 19 miles... but if I would have stayed on the highway, I don't think it would have dropped much. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have gone much higher either though. By the time I got off the freeway and drove downtown, and then went up to the 5th floor of my parking garage I was at 39.6mpg (25 miles total and 53mph average)
Last edited by Twenty4Play; Sep 2, 2009 at 03:54 PM.
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for small stints under like 30 miles if i keep my speed down i have gotten it up to 39.8 with my big v6. for long trips i have gotten 32 dead. that was about 900 miles but i have the same problem LILBENZ230 has when i am out of va. way to many cops in va to mantain 80+. the speed limit is 65 and traffic moves at like 70. so when i am in my white Mercedes maintaining 75 or so i am a good target. the second i see the va nc borer i gun it every time. lol not a good way to make friends on the road. once i got up to like 85 and then got off at the welcome center and some guy in a minivan who was behind me did a really aggressive maneuver to follow me off the highway. he flew into the spot next to me yelling and cussing so i got in my car and left. he tried to follow but his odyssey could not keep up on the ramp and i got away without even speeding. lol i think he was jealous he was in his 40's with a comb over driving a minivan. i fell bad for the guy i would die if i had to drive a minivan.
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on normal conditions i get up to 33 hwy and 27 on the streets...
Last edited by benzito911; Sep 2, 2009 at 08:01 PM.
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Same here.. but I didnt have any large downward grades... just feather-footed the pedal the whole way. The reason I did it is because my dad picked me up from the airport in my car and I looked at the MPG, he was getting 35.4mpg over 54 miles traveled, none of which is downhill! It kinda irked me that my dad could get better gas mileage than I, in MY car!
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ok. honest to god. i found a pic in my phone of my car going 9 miles over a span of 10 minutes with an average speed of 52 mph and.......drum roll...........30.0 mpg. definitely on the highway. i can post the pic for the nonbelievers if so desired lol
