Shhhh, don't tell anyone
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Shhhh, don't tell anyone
I joined the E320 CDI club yesterday. I bought the car in Arizona and drove it back to my main home in Napa, 775 miles. Now get this, I only stopped once in eleven hours and it was mainly because I had to pee, the car only used 23 gallons, which is a little more than one tank. The temperature was 105 most of the way so I constantly used the air conditioner. Also I drove 80-85 as much as possible and despite 3 different traffic jams, still managed to average 70 mph over the eleven hour trip and 33 MPG. I found that turning off the A/C jumped the mileage to 37 MPG and driving at 65 with the A/C off, closer to 40 MPG. I wonder how much better it will get after the break-in period?
My other car is a CL600 and they both have good power off the line. Impressive.
My other car is a CL600 and they both have good power off the line. Impressive.
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Originally Posted by shoes
I joined the E320 CDI club yesterday. I bought the car in Arizona and drove it back to my main home in Napa, 775 miles. Now get this, I only stopped once in eleven hours and it was mainly because I had to pee, the car only used 23 gallons, which is a little more than one tank. The temperature was 105 most of the way so I constantly used the air conditioner. Also I drove 80-85 as much as possible and despite 3 different traffic jams, still managed to average 70 mph over the eleven hour trip and 33 MPG. I found that turning off the A/C jumped the mileage to 37 MPG and driving at 65 with the A/C off, closer to 40 MPG. I wonder how much better it will get after the break-in period?
My other car is a CL600 and they both have good power off the line. Impressive.
My other car is a CL600 and they both have good power off the line. Impressive.
hey, congrats on your new car!! musta been fun to average 33 with all your stuff on!! GL with it!
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Originally Posted by shoes
I joined the E320 CDI club yesterday. I bought the car in Arizona and drove it back to my main home in Napa, 775 miles. Now get this, I only stopped once in eleven hours and it was mainly because I had to pee, the car only used 23 gallons, which is a little more than one tank. The temperature was 105 most of the way so I constantly used the air conditioner. Also I drove 80-85 as much as possible and despite 3 different traffic jams, still managed to average 70 mph over the eleven hour trip and 33 MPG. I found that turning off the A/C jumped the mileage to 37 MPG and driving at 65 with the A/C off, closer to 40 MPG. I wonder how much better it will get after the break-in period?
My other car is a CL600 and they both have good power off the line. Impressive.
My other car is a CL600 and they both have good power off the line. Impressive.
Welcome to the CDI club shoes, your secret is safe with us because we will keep a sock in it.
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S320 CDI and SL320
The 320 CDI motor is absolutely fabulous in terms of gaz consumption.
My father has a S 320 CDI (facelift) and when we go skiing, we can do the whole trip (1100 km) on only one tank with an average speed of 140-150 km/h
That's an average consumption of 8 liters/km or 29mpg
My father has a S 320 CDI (facelift) and when we go skiing, we can do the whole trip (1100 km) on only one tank with an average speed of 140-150 km/h
That's an average consumption of 8 liters/km or 29mpg
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So, since the car isn't presently allowed to be sold in California, is it eligible for registration in California if you're a California resident, buy it out of state, and immediately drive it back to California? I somehow doubt it that an evasion like that will fly, legally-speaking.
Oh, you don't plan to register it in California? Good luck. The California DMV and the CHP are cracking down on California residents with out-of-state car registrations. The methods they use include, but are not limited to, encouraging your jealous neighbors to rat you out. You may or may not agree with those tactics, but they are a fact.
http://www.theacorn.com/News/2004/06..._Page/003.html
http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/cheaters.html
Oh, you don't plan to register it in California? Good luck. The California DMV and the CHP are cracking down on California residents with out-of-state car registrations. The methods they use include, but are not limited to, encouraging your jealous neighbors to rat you out. You may or may not agree with those tactics, but they are a fact.
http://www.theacorn.com/News/2004/06..._Page/003.html
http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/cheaters.html
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It's too bad he has to hide it from the "authorities". Just think, in one act of consumer choice he became an environmentalist, and reduced our future relaiance on foreign oil. Did I also mention he's driving an amazing technological marvel. "Drive softly but carry lots of torque" 
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Neighbors
Hopefully none of those "jealous neighbors" are on this site, but because of my residence in Arizona, where the car is legally registered there is little my neighbors object to. The car will be used to commute back and forth to my place in AZ and I hope to break the 40 MPG barrier once it cools off.
Good news for CA residents is that once a diesel car hits 7500 miles it can be leagally sold to a CA resident. I suspect there will be a number of such cross border sales in 6-9 months.
Good news for CA residents is that once a diesel car hits 7500 miles it can be leagally sold to a CA resident. I suspect there will be a number of such cross border sales in 6-9 months.
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Originally Posted by shoes
Hopefully none of those "jealous neighbors" are on this site, but because of my residence in Arizona, where the car is legally registered there is little my neighbors object to. The car will be used to commute back and forth to my place in AZ and I hope to break the 40 MPG barrier once it cools off.
Good news for CA residents is that once a diesel car hits 7500 miles it can be leagally sold to a CA resident. I suspect there will be a number of such cross border sales in 6-9 months.
Good news for CA residents is that once a diesel car hits 7500 miles it can be leagally sold to a CA resident. I suspect there will be a number of such cross border sales in 6-9 months.
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Not sure why folks are so interested on where I picked up my diesel- is it because they are so hard to find? I don't want to create any problems for any dealers out there in case they are telling you they cannot locate one of these cars. My AZ residence is in Scottsdale so it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out where I got my car.
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Originally Posted by shoes
My AZ residence is in Scottsdale so it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out where I got my car.
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Originally Posted by shoes
Hopefully none of those "jealous neighbors" are on this site, but because of my residence in Arizona, where the car is legally registered there is little my neighbors object to. The car will be used to commute back and forth to my place in AZ and I hope to break the 40 MPG barrier once it cools off.
Good news for CA residents is that once a diesel car hits 7500 miles it can be leagally sold to a CA resident. I suspect there will be a number of such cross border sales in 6-9 months.
Good news for CA residents is that once a diesel car hits 7500 miles it can be leagally sold to a CA resident. I suspect there will be a number of such cross border sales in 6-9 months.
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Originally Posted by shoes
Not sure why folks are so interested on where I picked up my diesel- is it because they are so hard to find? I don't want to create any problems for any dealers out there in case they are telling you they cannot locate one of these cars. My AZ residence is in Scottsdale so it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out where I got my car.
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Originally Posted by kort677
Debadge the car, nobody will know it is a CDI
I'm not an expert, but can't the badges be released with dental floss, and use "Goo-Gone" for any remaining adhesive?
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Debadging is easy
I usually debadge my E55's so that no one knows what hit them. Interesting idea to debadge the E 320 CDI, I may just do that. I find you can easily debadge using a pliers (CAREFULLY) to start the removal process- it is just double sided sticky tape holding it on. If any of the tape sticks to the car, using a car polish or even "goof off" takes off the remainder of the residue. My dealer advocates using a hair dryer to heat up the tape, but I find leaving it in the sun a while does the trick.
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Originally Posted by shoes
using a car polish or even "goof off" takes off the remainder of the residue.
