Theoretical MPG
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Theoretical MPG
Took a long road trip yesterday and was pleasantly surprised with my MPG at 18.2 - I averaged 80MPH on a 144 mile trip.
Anyone know how to estimate what my MPG would have been if I had gone 60MPH? I'll never know 'cuz I can't drive that slow but curious indeed. Thanks
Anyone know how to estimate what my MPG would have been if I had gone 60MPH? I'll never know 'cuz I can't drive that slow but curious indeed. Thanks
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funny how you guys in other states think 144 miles is a long road trip. thats to the grocery store and back here in texas hehe. Back it down to about 75 and you should get almost 20.
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I get about 22.6 to 23.1 MPG on my short road trips to work, about 75 miles one way. That is doing about 75 MPH and here I have lots of hills to drive up and down. But overall good gas mileage. But have been down to as low as 6 MPG when playing. Overall I log each fill up and log all mileage and I am doing about overall 18.9 MPG since I got the car on May 2008 and 43,000 later still going stong.
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Took a long road trip yesterday and was pleasantly surprised with my MPG at 18.2 - I averaged 80MPH on a 144 mile trip.
Anyone know how to estimate what my MPG would have been if I had gone 60MPH? I'll never know 'cuz I can't drive that slow but curious indeed. Thanks
Anyone know how to estimate what my MPG would have been if I had gone 60MPH? I'll never know 'cuz I can't drive that slow but curious indeed. Thanks
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i drive about 6 miles to work each way in some stop/go traffic and when I drive in C mode, I get anywhere from 15-19mpg. Believe it or not, I havent been on the highway with the car yet. I need to start driving it some more i guess
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M-B GLE, Porsche 911 Turbo, Porsche Boxster (spouse)
In general, smaller, lighter, more aerodynamic cars get their best mileage (the so called sweet spot) at higher speeds. And conversely, larger, heavier, less aerodynamic vehicles like SUVs get their best mileage at lower speeds.
That "sweet spot" is influenced by a multitude of things like the rolling resistance of the tires, friction in the car's components, accessories power draw, frontal area, drag coefficient (Cd) and even air density to name a few.
Reducing the Cd pays big dividends in moving that sweet spot to the right as does reducing the accessories power draw...one of the reasons M-B is implementing technologies like reducing the power steering pump pressure at higher speeds, freewheeling the alternator when the battery is fully charged, etc.
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I did around 400 km on the autobahn yesterday with a mix of driving, going up to around 240 kmh but trying to hold 180 - 200. Lots of stop start (avoiding the dutch in the outside lane ). Averaged around 15.6 litres per 100 km which is around 18 mpg (English)
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Thats amazing, 6.2L 7 speed tranny (which is doing a big help with the mpg) and a light foot of course in C mode gets the C63 mpg to comparable smaller v8s. Of course that statement is gone as quick as your gasoline if the right foot gets planted down.
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80 18.2
75 19.6
70 21.0
65 22.6
60 24.3
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C63 AMG / B8 A4
it's funny, my previous S4s(V8 models B6 and B7) that I had, averaged about the same, if not, worse than what I am getting with my C63, so I am extremely happy about that.
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EuroCharged 2012 C63 BS Coupè
Track day consumption(Road Course)
Full day Sept 9th at Mosport International Raceway.
Averaged 43.9 Ltr/100Klm or 5.36 MPG (US) / 6.43 MPG (IMP)
The M156 engine love gas on a road course!!
Averaged 43.9 Ltr/100Klm or 5.36 MPG (US) / 6.43 MPG (IMP)
The M156 engine love gas on a road course!!
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