Budapest to Sicily and back - 2004 E320 CDI I6 - Any tips?
09-29-2018, 03:13 PM
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Budapest to Sicily and back - 2004 E320 CDI I6 - Any tips?
Hi Folks, I'm planning a trip from Budapest to Sicily over October with my wife and our 2004 E320 CDI. We love the car and though it's well used (269,000 miles), it still runs like a dream. Our last trip was to Split, Croatia from Budapest and back (1000 mile round trip) and got 47mpg overall and previous trip to Berlin from BP received similarly decent mpg. I've just changed discs and pads and will give it the B Service next week myself, I was wondering what else people would recommend either in preparation for the trip or tips on what to pack for running maintenance or just places to stop/garages etc along the way. It should be the trip of a lifetime and run to in excess of 3000 miles...
09-30-2018, 02:08 PM
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Come'on. That is 1 day trip. What's big deal about it?
Still remember making Venice to Cieszyn in 8 hr and start asking my Polish friends if they go to Venice on weekends
46 mpg? Is that in UK gallons? Not heard mileage in America.
Still remember making Venice to Cieszyn in 8 hr and start asking my Polish friends if they go to Venice on weekends
46 mpg? Is that in UK gallons? Not heard mileage in America.
10-01-2018, 10:14 AM
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Impressive. I often wonder about things that wear out with mileage rather than age. I recently replaced the brushes on my '05 CDI alternator as it reached 190,000 miles. The original brushes looked fine though. And since I often shut off the engine at long traffic lights, I'm wondering about the wear on my starter. I'm at about 200,000 miles now.
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