Can a C32 AMG get 26 MPG for over 1300 miles averaging 70 mph? How about 28 MPG for over 600 miles averaging over 71 mph? I have the proof and have asked Norm C32 to post it for me.

 

Downhill with a tail wind (AKA "Hurricane").

 

I wish I knew how to attach pictures. I sent them to Norm by e-mail to post for me. No hurricanes, just driving 80 to 85+ mph to Las Vegas. In fact, part of it was in rain/snow mix near Flagstaff.

 

Since you are a "Junior Member," and both of your posts have been informative and entertaining, we will give you the benefit of the doubt. I personally have achieved infinite MPG, but, at the time, my car was on the back of a AAA flatbed with a flat tyre (as they say in the motherland).

Assuming that the percolator is actually running, the best that I have seen is about 23 MPG on flat highway. To get 26 or 28 MPG, you must be flying a spinnaker.

 

Maybe the snow/ cold weather had something to do with fuel economy. (dense air)

Slobote

 

I left for work late this morning & was greeted by a warning to get more fuel when I jumnped in my car.

I really couldn't be bothered to stop so I drove to work with my best pair of slippers and arrived with 0 miles left to empty!

I averaged 28.4mpg with a combination of 75mph & 35mph roads with a few stops/starts and hills (up & down!).

I was pleased with this until I remembered that UK gallons are bigger than US gallons

 

I'm afraid to ask, but what kind of job do you have where you can wear slippers to work?

 

The best mpg I got was on a commute averaging close to 50 - 55 mph, with brief moments of stop and go. For a 30 mile stretch I was able to attain 27.5 mpg. I have yet to duplicate that number.

 

Chortle

 

Playboy Mansion.

 

16-17 mpg....stop and go everyday....blah....

 

http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=cwkvbep...&x=1&y=-n0avqa

dsc32 has allot of track miles so it should be well broken in.

Norm
Bordeau/Merlot

 

Dsc32,

Have you calculated your MPG by Distanced traveled/Gallons used? If your car actually gets 28.1mpg at an average of 71mph then you should sell your vehicle back to DC for millions of dollars, so they can reverse engineer your car.

Do you really get 450 miles on a tank of gas?

 

How can you drive 600+ miles and have 3/4+ of tank? See first pic!

 

I checked it out yesterday going with a 10-15 mph breeze in my favor on the freeway. I was able to sustain 28 mpg at 70 MPH by being very light on the gas. I suspect that you may have had a similar breeze in your favor. In other words, it can be done.

But how boring! How could you abuse your C32 like that by driving it like a Grandma for 1300 miles?? It's like a priest with a really hot stripper of a wife. . . What's the point?

To shake me out of the trance induced by driving my C32 as if it were a Ford Taurus, I reversed direction, brought her up to 110 (very quickly) and managed 13 MPG on the return trip. Y'all can imagine how really bad I felt when I got home about ignoring the speed law and wasting some liquefied dinosaur. . .

Oh, also got another ticket yesterday (for 55 in a 35). Cop was an ****. Another case from my favorite client (me). . .

Remember, when the Cali-cop asks you how fast you think you were going (and they always do ask), your reply should always be the same: "A reasonable and safe speed for conditions." The reason for this is that the posted speed in Cali is only a presumed limit. You can still win at trial even if (1) the cop shows up (make sure and continue your trial as many times as possible, so the cop gets tired of booking cancelled dates and flakes out) and (2) the cop has proof (radar or good observation) that you were going 55 in a 35 if you can show that 55 in the 35 was safe at the time (few cars on the road, good visibility, dry pavement, etc.). The reverse corollary to this is that you can also get a speeding ticket for driving at or below the posted speed limit if the road conditions make your speed unsafe.

Anyways, had I been going 40 or 45, I would have a really good shot. At 55, I suspect I will have a "smiling judge" (which means the same as a "hanging judge" who finds your story to be so lame as to be comical).

 

I gotta heavy foot so i've never seen it read more than 18 average. Who ever said power came cheap.

 

Marilyn Monroe?

 

I had just filled up in Kingman, AZ; probably 3d fueling of the day, but I do not let it go to empty. Note the pics are "from start" (i.e., from starting that morning), and "from reset" (when started trip previous day in Kansas City). "From start" does not recalculate after each start unless you stop for approx 3 hours, so you can stop for gas, food, etc. and still keep the days mileage stats. However, it will calculate 0 mpg when stopped with the engine running, which has to be made up later. The average speed was attained by running 80 to 85 most of the time, with some time in the 90 to 110 range.

 

O.K., now I am sure that there was a tailwind. You got 27 MPG with average speeds in the 80's, with some time at 110 MPH? Were you running the C32 fartmobile with the green nitrous spewing from the colon?