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Old Feb 11, 2013 | 11:27 AM
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fuel consuption ?

Hi !
my avarage consuption of 6600 km is 12.5 l/km. in the city trafic it goes 18 l/km and in highway goes 10 l/km. (diesel engin,normal driving )

is this a normal consuption ?

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Old Feb 11, 2013 | 10:56 PM
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12.5 Litres/KM ??? Are you driving a Tank?
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Old Feb 12, 2013 | 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by chikoo
12.5 Litres/KM ??? Are you driving a Tank?
I had the same thought - maybe he was driving a M1A2 Abrams.

Then figured he probably meant liters per 100km.
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Old Feb 12, 2013 | 06:11 PM
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our 320 CDI highway 9.5 lts ,traffic 13 lts per 100 ks( traffic is light here in Perth)
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Old Feb 13, 2013 | 05:29 PM
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hahahaha my mistake, i ment 100 km
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Old Feb 15, 2013 | 08:52 AM
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My ML350CDI averaged 10.8 l/100km over 67,000km. Never drove into the city in peak but off peak freeway/city driving would be around 11~12, Harrietville to Hotham about 13 (14 with a trailer), highway cruise 9 @ 110km, or 8 at 90km.

Fuel use should be related to driving style unless there is a fault. Common faults are blocked or worn injectors. This can be easily detected by a friend driving behind inspecting the exhaust smoke.
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Old Feb 16, 2013 | 06:41 AM
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My best mpg was 27.8
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Old Feb 18, 2013 | 09:06 PM
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my best mpg so far in the 1000 miles of ownership

21.5mpg
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It is possible to be normal, before buying my 2008 R320 I looked at many R's and ML's and most had a 12L/100km average fuel economy read out, some with data since new (3-4 years worth), one was 14.5L/100kms. Mine was 9.5 when I got it, now it sits at 9L, primarily due to winter warmups as on paper it is averaging 7.5-8 range most of the year.
I run it at 2000rpm most of the time, it seldom sees higher rpms, if you drive it with the flow of traffic it will certainly take more fuel vs going at a steady pace and letting it upshift early.
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Old Feb 19, 2013 | 08:12 PM
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My ML is averaging 10L/100KM over 45,000 KM so far.
I don't drive it with a light foot though and mostly drive between 120~140 KM/Hr on the highways. On long stretches of light traffic I see it drops to 8 L/100 KM.
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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 10:52 AM
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