crr1612

im not sure about highway, but city im only getting around 18mpg. ive heard about some people getting like 23mpg. what is everyone else getting?

OJ's DNA

Well I'm feeling pretty good as I just clocked my first tank full - 35 mpg! Thats rolling at 80 on the interstate, mixed in with some hills and add some bumper to bumper traffic, not bad, eh?

MidniteBluBenz

I get about 22mpg in mixed driving.

X03

i dont understand how everybody else is able to get such high gas mileage...i average 17-18mpg on a tank mixed freeway/local.

crr1612

exactly, i cant figure out how some people do so good on gas while im doin so crappy.

Legoinsaniac

Maybe they all drive like grandma's...slow and steady. I get around 18mpg mixed, and 22mpg highway. But I have a 400E, so you really can't compare.

shadowgriffen

I used to own a Ford probe GT with a 2.5 liter engine (with fresh tune up i.e cap, rotor, plugs, wires, oxy sensors) mind you I would avarage around 18-20 mpg city/highway mixture. With the TE (much heavier and larger displacement) I average around 22-25 MPG city and highway (weekends even better, around 25-28 MPG highway!)

GT mileage - 70,000
TE mileage - 220,000

and no I don't drive like a grandma' lol not a threat behind the wheel but no slouch either...

tilac1

There is NO WAY a gas 300E gets 35 mpg. EPA is 18/22. I average 21. '88 300E, 33K miles.

jrmd01

There is a driver I know who has a 87' 300E 5-speed stick shift and he gets slightly over 30mpg.

Personally I get around 20mpg (mixed). I have a 86 300E automatic.

neanderthal

if you look at the signature of the poster, he lists his car as an E300, not an E320. i sure you can figure it out.

i get mid 20s freeway. but only on long trips. i usually drive with it pretty much floored so my actual economy is in the teens.

mine is a 2.6

tilac1

Granted the E320 has the more sophisticated fuel injection system and more modern engine but I have a hard time believing a car weiging 3500lbs w/ a 3.2 liter engine and a 4spd auto gets 35mpg in mixed driving. What's EPA for an E320?

diego.acevedo

35 MPG? in a 300E .... IMPOSIBLE... I have a 230E and i just get 26 - 28 KMS/g in slow trafic.

sklasse

Mine was getting horrible 15 - 17 mpg.
but mine is a 145K, 90', oil level was low and no tune-up maintenance. Probably did permanent damage.

So, I ended up giving it up for a tune-up just today, and see if that helps it and if that doesn't work, off to the selling it online, or Trade-IN

hopefully try to pick up a car with LOW mileage this time.