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Great fuel mileage for a big car 👍🏼
Just got back from a nearly 1500 mile round trip to France. Car fully laden and very heavy going out 52.3mpg and coming back was towing large trailer 48.7mpg. This is in my 2019 E220 Estate (Wagon). https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...1d812b1383.png https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...e622df168e.png |
Wow, was that down hill both ways? :naughty:
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very nice indeed. my average is 5.2l/100km (diesel)
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Very nice. I wish I could get 1/2 of that mileage in my E300. I'm averaging 18± mpg.
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Originally Posted by Egonvdv
(Post 7673683)
very nice indeed. my average is 5.2l/100km (diesel)
My trips were a combination of motorways and country roads. |
Originally Posted by ua549
(Post 7673689)
Very nice. I wish I could get 1/2 of that mileage in my E300. I'm averaging 18± mpg.
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Originally Posted by JDPEClassUK
(Post 7673702)
Don’t worry too much - I think US mpg is slightly different to UK? 1mpg UK = 0.83mpg US so at 18 you are approx 21.6 UK mpg |
Originally Posted by ua549
(Post 7673689)
Very nice. I wish I could get 1/2 of that mileage in my E300. I'm averaging 18± mpg.
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I'm usually in comfort mode (sometimes eco mode). It is all town driving in 3rd or 4th gear with some traffic. Speed limits vary from 15 mph to 30 mph with an occasional 35 mph.
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In Eco mode, I'm averaging around 32 MPG and in comfort mode, about 29MPG. I'm really amazed for the size and power of the E450 CAB I can average these results. On a bad stop and go day, drops to about 25-26....still not bad!
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Originally Posted by JDPEClassUK
(Post 7673640)
Just got back from a nearly 1500 mile round trip to France. Car fully laden and very heavy going out 52.3mpg and coming back was towing large trailer 48.7mpg. This is in my 2019 E220 Estate (Wagon). https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...fd1bac9e54.jpg |
Those are great figures you're getting out of the diesels.
On a seperate note, for the chaps from the UK, how did you get your cars across the channel? I want to do a trip myself but am concerned about getting the car over.... |
I use to have a VW Diesel Golf Wagon, I regularly got around 50 mpg out of that. The problem in the States now is diesel is so darn expensive it would take a lot of the savings away. I get around 29 highway with my wagon and plenty of power 362 hp out of the gas V6 so am very happy with that. Gas here in FLA is around 2.17 per gallon and diesel is generally over 3 dollars per gallon.
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Originally Posted by stephos
(Post 7674087)
Those are great figures you're getting out of the diesels.
On a seperate note, for the chaps from the UK, how did you get your cars across the channel? I want to do a trip myself but am concerned about getting the car over.... https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...ab2da54e62.jpg |
never saw a pic from the inside and didn't know you could actually get out of the car. Nice!
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Originally Posted by stephos
(Post 7674087)
Those are great figures you're getting out of the diesels.
On a seperate note, for the chaps from the UK, how did you get your cars across the channel? I want to do a trip myself but am concerned about getting the car over.... |
Oh wow.
I didn't know you could put it on the train. better yet, that you can stay with the car to look after it ;) I'm waiting for the weather to brighten up, and to see how travel might be affected by brexit, then I'm off on a trip! |
Originally Posted by rustybear3
(Post 7673951)
In Eco mode, I'm averaging around 32 MPG and in comfort mode, about 29MPG. I'm really amazed for the size and power of the E450 CAB I can average these results. On a bad stop and go day, drops to about 25-26....still not bad!
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Originally Posted by sackboydad
(Post 7674197)
interesting. In E mode on the highway with no stops the best I have ever made in my E450 Cab is 29mpg. I wonder how yours is squeezing that extra 3mpg out. Is yours 4matic? |
Originally Posted by rustybear3
(Post 7674218)
No, it is not. I find using Distronic adds to the mileage gains as well.
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Originally Posted by sackboydad
(Post 7674222)
mine is a 4matic. Maybe that’s a bit of the discrepancy. I use Distronic all the time on the highway. Still a bit of puckering sometimes when traffic slows or stops abruptly, but I’m beginning to trust, more and more, that it’s not going to slam me into the back of someone! |
Yeah, the 4matics are heavier cars so it absolutely makes sense that fuel consumption would take a hit.
So where exactly is this "dead man's curve"? My wife has family in Solon near Cleveland and we might be paying them a visit. I might want to check out this dreaded curve myself! :) |
Originally Posted by stephos
(Post 7674253)
Yeah, the 4matics are heavier cars so it absolutely makes sense that fuel consumption would take a hit.
So where exactly is this "dead man's curve"? My wife has family in Solon near Cleveland and we might be paying them a visit. I might want to check out this dreaded curve myself! :) https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...06603bf9d1.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...cd487eb052.jpg |
What? That's a normal highway in NYC!
Check out our dead man curves on the Bruckner approaching to the elevated portion (I-287). It causes chaos every morning. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mbw...0b01f3b593.jpg Also, check out our awesome signs! |
What I didn't show ya was the curve itself...it's almost a full 90 degree turn, that isn't very gradual. Every town has it's version, but this one has claim an inordinate amount of accidents from cars and trucks not able to handle it....
We do have plenty of signs to warn you though. |
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