How many CDI owners are here?
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How many CDI owners are here?
Show of hands on how many CDI owners we have in this forum right now. The reason for this thread is that I am curious if we are going to double our numbers within a year.
By the way....
I came back from a business trip from Toronto to northern Quebec and back. Here are some numbers I took down to alleviate the BOREDOM.
80mph......35.3 mpg over 30 miles.
75 mph......36.7 mpg US over 50 miles. Repeated 5 times.
60mph.......41.3 mpg US over 50 miles.
Total trip......1073 miles.
Average consumtion: 36.1 mpg US.
Average temperture....60 to 75 F.
Car has 3300 miles.
Cups of coffee.....5
Tickets.....0
Stupid drivers pet tricks......2
By the way....
I came back from a business trip from Toronto to northern Quebec and back. Here are some numbers I took down to alleviate the BOREDOM.
80mph......35.3 mpg over 30 miles.
75 mph......36.7 mpg US over 50 miles. Repeated 5 times.
60mph.......41.3 mpg US over 50 miles.
Total trip......1073 miles.
Average consumtion: 36.1 mpg US.
Average temperture....60 to 75 F.
Car has 3300 miles.
Cups of coffee.....5
Tickets.....0
Stupid drivers pet tricks......2
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Are these numbers based on the trip computer or is that final number real?
I took a 4,600 mile trip in a new E320 and found that my actual mileage was less than the trip computer was telling me. The trip computer was 6-7% too high.
I took a 4,600 mile trip in a new E320 and found that my actual mileage was less than the trip computer was telling me. The trip computer was 6-7% too high.
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Always!
In every car that I've had that had a computer, this is always the case.
Tank computed mileage at the time of fill up will always be less than what the computer
says is the average fuel mileage. Don't know why, but it always comes out that way.
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Just one data point...
Originally Posted by Spartan
Show of hands on how many CDI owners we have in this forum right now. The reason for this thread is that I am curious if we are going to double our numbers within a year.
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Spartan
Levind
Fastbuck
glojo
cdisam
saffrontiger
pa28pilot.....
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The numbers are off the trip computer. If they are off, then it may not be that much because the 75mph one was taken a few times and it only varied by about .4 gallons. The number I gave was the average.
Full to fill up to top off was not that far out. I am going back in a few weeks and I will make shure I try to get a more exact picture. Also, I have jotted down EVERY liter of feul I have bought.
By the way, the tires are set at 35 pounds.
Levind
Fastbuck
glojo
cdisam
saffrontiger
pa28pilot.....
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The numbers are off the trip computer. If they are off, then it may not be that much because the 75mph one was taken a few times and it only varied by about .4 gallons. The number I gave was the average.
Full to fill up to top off was not that far out. I am going back in a few weeks and I will make shure I try to get a more exact picture. Also, I have jotted down EVERY liter of feul I have bought.
By the way, the tires are set at 35 pounds.
Last edited by Spartan; Sep 29, 2004 at 03:01 PM.
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From: Texas
05 E320 CDI
I've been a CDI owner since April.
During the first two weeks of September, I took a 4000 mi driving vacation through Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. My average mileage over the entire trip was 37.6 MPG, as computed manually by dividing miles run by gallons of fuel put in the tank. My best tank was 39.8 MPG, my worst was 36.4 MPG. The trip computer was accurate +/- 0.5 MPG over a tank of diesel. Most of the driving was at 75 MPH on cruise control.
When I was eastbound on I-40 between Albuquerque, NM and Amarillo, TX, and benefiting from a ~25 MPH tail wind, the trip computer was showing over 43 MPG for about 6 hours. Unfortunately, it dropped back into the upper 30's once the wind shifted to a quartering head wind.
The car was lightly loaded (just me and my luggage -- no passengers), and I raised the tire pressure to about 40 psi, which may or may not have helped the milage.
I never top off the tank when filling up. I consider the tank full once the fuel dispenser shuts off automatically the first time. I can usually get about 19.25 - 19.75 US gallons into the tank if I fill up right when the reserve fuel warning comes on (good for about 700 miles per tank + reserve.)
I also compared the vechicle's speedometer to a hand-held GPS and discovered it is dead-on accurate at highway speed. My other car's speedometer indicated about 2.5 MPH higher than the actual speed.
Temps varied from a low of about 45 one morning in the Rockies to a high of 105 near Hoover Dam. Temps during most of the driving time was in the mid 80s.
The car's got a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer now.
During the first two weeks of September, I took a 4000 mi driving vacation through Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. My average mileage over the entire trip was 37.6 MPG, as computed manually by dividing miles run by gallons of fuel put in the tank. My best tank was 39.8 MPG, my worst was 36.4 MPG. The trip computer was accurate +/- 0.5 MPG over a tank of diesel. Most of the driving was at 75 MPH on cruise control.
When I was eastbound on I-40 between Albuquerque, NM and Amarillo, TX, and benefiting from a ~25 MPH tail wind, the trip computer was showing over 43 MPG for about 6 hours. Unfortunately, it dropped back into the upper 30's once the wind shifted to a quartering head wind.
The car was lightly loaded (just me and my luggage -- no passengers), and I raised the tire pressure to about 40 psi, which may or may not have helped the milage.
I never top off the tank when filling up. I consider the tank full once the fuel dispenser shuts off automatically the first time. I can usually get about 19.25 - 19.75 US gallons into the tank if I fill up right when the reserve fuel warning comes on (good for about 700 miles per tank + reserve.)
I also compared the vechicle's speedometer to a hand-held GPS and discovered it is dead-on accurate at highway speed. My other car's speedometer indicated about 2.5 MPH higher than the actual speed.
Temps varied from a low of about 45 one morning in the Rockies to a high of 105 near Hoover Dam. Temps during most of the driving time was in the mid 80s.
The car's got a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer now.
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rbordel,
Your numbers are much the same as mine. The spread could be accounted for by the small hills I had to deal with and the tire pressure differential.
This thread should answer any questions about real world mileage in a CDI.
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ToyCollector,
This was test was done strictly on cruise control. Also, the first time I took this trip I was averaging in the 32 mpg range. It appears diesels need a substantial break in period.
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So far, the list of "smelly but happy" CDI owners are:
NickIndy
adam3
johna1
Viesel
marc777
ToyCollector
rbordel
Spartan
Levind
jester2ll2
DavidNJ
cdiken
Fastbuck
jester2ll2
glojo
cdisam
saffrontiger
pa28pilot
Your numbers are much the same as mine. The spread could be accounted for by the small hills I had to deal with and the tire pressure differential.
This thread should answer any questions about real world mileage in a CDI.
~~~~~~~~
ToyCollector,
This was test was done strictly on cruise control. Also, the first time I took this trip I was averaging in the 32 mpg range. It appears diesels need a substantial break in period.
~~~~~~~~
So far, the list of "smelly but happy" CDI owners are:
NickIndy
adam3
johna1
Viesel
marc777
ToyCollector
rbordel
Spartan
Levind
jester2ll2
DavidNJ
cdiken
Fastbuck
jester2ll2
glojo
cdisam
saffrontiger
pa28pilot
Last edited by Spartan; Sep 30, 2004 at 07:38 PM.
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Originally Posted by marc777
Count me in - had mine for 2 years
Highest mpg was 53mpg on a 18 mile run.
Expect 34mpg driving with a heavy right foot!
Marc
Highest mpg was 53mpg on a 18 mile run.
Expect 34mpg driving with a heavy right foot!
Marc
those numbers are the larger imperial gallons
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Originally Posted by Spartan
rbordel,
So far, the list of "smelly but happy" CDI owners are:
glojo
So far, the list of "smelly but happy" CDI owners are:
glojo
Who said I was happy?????
Brilliant car, with an exceptional engine
Regards,
John
From a very sunny Torquay
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Originally Posted by glojo
Who said I was happy?????
So far, the list of "smelly but happy" CDI owners are:
Viesel
NickIndy
kort677
marc777
ToyCollector
rbordel
Spartan
Levind
jester2ll2
DavidNJ
cdiken
Fastbuck
jester2ll2
cdisam
saffrontiger
pa28pilot
latent
and last but not least.......
glojo........... "smelly but somewhat cranky" CDI owner :p
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And then there was 18.....
Viesel
NickIndy
kort677
marc777
ToyCollector
rbordel
Spartan
Levind
jester2ll2
DavidNJ
cdiken
Fastbuck
jester2ll2
cdisam
saffrontiger
pa28pilot
latent
glojo
Viesel
NickIndy
kort677
marc777
ToyCollector
rbordel
Spartan
Levind
jester2ll2
DavidNJ
cdiken
Fastbuck
jester2ll2
cdisam
saffrontiger
pa28pilot
latent
glojo
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Originally Posted by jester2ll2
Well, I was gonna say me, but you already have me on there...twice as a matter of fact.
But, my mommy always did say I was special.
But, my mommy always did say I was special.
Now ain't you the cranky one!!! Regards,
John
The only CDI Estate owner????
from Torquay
