ML350 owners - what mpg are you getting around town?

 

I dont have an ML350, but i have an ML320 with a tornado, i get around 17mpg, and 20 on the highway, before the tornado, it was 14mpg in town and 18mpg on highway. so dont trash talk the tornado.

 

Dawg man, sounds like you're still underperforming or you have a lead foot. MY 02 320 around town does same as yours - 17, but in the highway, even at a steady 65 (no racks on roof), I still make 22-23, easily. I don't take off hard, mostly coast on off ramps, brake lightly but run fast on open road!! At 80-85, it does drop down to near 19 (unlike the E-Class which seems to do better at 80 (23mpg) than at 75 (19-20mpg)!!!!!!). BTW, this is all based on the system computer, not actually measured consumption by the gallon which is more accurate.

 

another ML320 here, i get 18mpg on avg. with a combination of city/hwy and moderate use of the A/C. I calculate my mileage the old fashion way by fueling up and dividing mileage by gallons used. Its funny you mention the tornado, my neighbor owns that company and swears by- of course!

 

awesome, ive installed it in a couple cars and noticed differences.... now i dont hardly notice much performance difference, the tornado is mainly a fuel saving device, not much of a horse power increaser, but it can do that..... umm, i have 2 other people that drive this car alot of the time as well, one is mega conservitive, the other is 50/50, im usually hard/medium on it, sometimes when i just feel like taking it easy i'll go easy, but its usually 1st and 2nd gear are the ones that eats most of the gas,

 

ML350 (03) I get about 13mpg in town. But I traded a Range Rover for it!!! Seems like 13mpg is not so bad after all!!!

 

put in a tornado, and i garuntee 15-16mpg. doesnt seem like much? after a years worth of paying at the pump, you will be saving like close to 100$.

http://www.tornadoair.com/

 

Yo,

I get 17 city and 22 hwy in my 2002 ML320. Calculate the mileage by fueling up and dividing mileage by gallons used.

Steven---

 

ya, there you go, thats the way to calculate it.

 

Is that Accurate when you Calculate Mileage by Fueling up and then Dividing ? How are you gonna know if there is any Gas left over :-)
I did this before and dont know whether this is right or wrong
Fill it up --> Reset Tripmeter to 0 --> drive for say 50 miles then fill it up again and see how much you filled up --> like say your Tank let you fill up say 3.25 gallons or something second time --> then your mileage is somewhere around 15miles\gallon.
Right \Wrong :-) dont flame please

 

I get around 16-17 avg per tank on my ML350, a mix of local and some freeway.

 

Your method if fine, but keep in mind that 50 miles is a very small sample. Better to fill up at a local station..note the pump number...reset counter..drive till tank nearly depleted..go back to same station, same pump and fill up. Divide miles driven by gallons used...= MPG.

I use this procedure every fill up and have always averaged between 18-19 MPG with my ML430. On trips have gotten as high as 22MPG. Driving habits and speed make a huge difference. I've found the onboard overhead reading to be remarkably accurate.

You have to be careful with the variations in automatic cutoffs at the gas stations. I'm one of those who continues to fill till she can't hold no mo........

 

funny thing is that i was gettin about 10-12 mpgs when my ml350 was new and it has slowly increased to about 15-17. I asked the mechanics about this at MB and they said these motots are so tight that they need about 10k miles before they actually sit in their proverbial groove. let's hope one of these two presedential cadidates lowers our fuel prices, cause I'm hurtin, hurtin real bad!

 

I see you in Oakland too, do you take yr MB to Oakland MB dealer? How you like them?

 

Actually I bought mine from Stead in Walnut Creek and have been taking it there so far. They've been great. On one of my other posts I mentioned how they took care of a dent my kid put in it with a rock. They just offered to pay for it and they did. I haven't had to take it in for mechanical issues, but so far so good. Oakland's much closer, maybe I'll give them a try next time.