Saijin_Naib

Pinging? When the engine pings because its not combusting right.

neanderthal

low octane fuel can detonate before the spark, a condition known as pinging.

rivcal4life

Filled up today.

16.9 something....

Ill drive more conservatively this time and see what happens...

berti_00

sweet... is that 17gals lol... how much was it to fill it up

rivcal4life

I think about $53.80 or something.

about 17 gallons I think. Maybe a little less.

berti_00

hmmm so gas is about $3.20 something where you are huu??

rivcal4life

$3.299 for 91

Geh

Filling my tank up when its Pretty Much Empty Costs Me Like $97 So Expensive -_- Im thinking about Purchasing a 190E Just for a Run around car and Have My 260 For the Weekends, Petrol Prices are really The Only thing killing me with my car

berti_00

holy sh it dammm... 97 dollars

JDW124

Random question.

Does fully filling up your tank, crap up your MPG?

Saijin_Naib

It adds quite a bit of weight to the car which will add more inertial mass which in effect could lower MPG, but I think it should be mostly negligable. Your driving style probably affects the MPG the most.

JDW124

Hmmmm, wo0t!

jeffreyli86

It's around 2.2USD per litre of petrol in Hong Kong... So it's just shy of 10USD per US gallon.. Perhaps around 8-9 actually..

ksing44

That sounds almost exactly what I do and my mileage is about the same in my E320. I have gotten as high as 26mpg on an all highway drive without AC and I can get down to around 19mpg if I do many very short trips around town.

I think the mpg is pretty good in my 1995 E320 and that is part of the reason I am holding out about really considering a new car. I want to see the new diesels that are on the very near horizon for import into the US. My next car just has to get close to 50mpg, or I ain't buying. The good news is that my car keeps on going, even though it has some issues, so I think I really can wait to see the new diesels.

york

I just received my first 300TE, the first two tank was quite poor:14 and 16. I can accept that since it hadn't been used for almost two years. This week I will have the car serviced, will change all lubricants as well as a set of new sparks/tyres/air filter installed, hopefully the mpg will reach 22-25.

berti_00

holy crappp lol...10 bux a gall lol and here we are complaining about it being 3 bux lol

jeffreyli86

Yep. I never understood! We have 150% tax on cars too. Ah well.. haha

berti_00

that must suck thooo damm

Brian_I.

We drive the wagon probably about 50 miles per week (at the most) and we are filling it up once a month. So that's roughly only 200mi/tank, not really good mileage at all.

Garfunkle_W124

I don't know the exact MPG, but my car sucks gas. My step dad's 1991 400E got better gas mileage...disgusting

berti_00

isn that wierd???? my dads e320 gets more than mine too hahah

MidniteBluBenz

I consistently avg'd 23-24 mpg with my 300E.. 50-50 city-hwy driving.

I get better hwy milage with my 540 than I do with my 300E. RPM's are too high in the 300E at hwy speeds.

berti_00

thats very true.... RPM's fuc.k it up lol... when i drive my dad's e320 when doing 80 th rpm is like at 2700rpm or 3 max but with mine is at 4 prolly 35 to 4

rivcal4life

I have no idea how or why, but I got the BEST gas mileage to date last night on a short trip to pick up some lift passes a few citys over.

120.6 miles
4.242 gallons

You do the math.

Average speed was about 75-80mph with a couple 95+ mph sprints when I was trying to check out this dudes HID's.

berti_00

lol thats cool... whats that like 23mpg