How bad is w164 suck gas?
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2010 ML63
the 6.2. The mileage is underated from the factory. The factory rates them at 15 highway. I have NEVER got this ever. Lowest was mid 16's when I was ripping it. Normal highway driving at 80 or so an EASY 18.
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From: Central Pennsylvania
1994 S420 RIP (2/8/13), 06 CLS55, 02 ML55, 94 TT Supra, 89 Maserati 228, 911 Porsche Carerra
I'd like to say that my ML is my daily driver and I love the car. I don't care about milage because the truck is safe, full undercarriage, and unstoppable. That's enough for me to buy the gas it uses.
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From: Fayetteville, GA
1987 300D Turbo, 2007 ML63 AMG
After 5.5 years and just about 68,000 miles of driving my 2007 ML63 AMG, I have obtained the following average fuel consumption:
100% Highway with average speed of 65mph: 19.2 MPG
100% Highway with average speed of 80mph: 16.5 MPG
50% City / 50% Highway with combined stop&go and crusing: 12.5 MPG
I use the ML63 primarily for my weekend excursions and as our long-trip/vacation vehicle. The long highway trips to and from our beach house in NC will average between 7 - 8 hours of primarily highway driving. My wife drives down to the house in her car in advance of me, so effectively, I am the "mule" with the cargo, (which I do not mind at all....).
I usually have my wife's and my luggage, along with two golf club bags and a case of wine and a case of beer, so therefore, assume an additional approx. 200 - 250 lbs of cargo weight. Also, I always have used the M-B recommended Premium 93 Octane fuel.
I do find that when I pull away from a stop light with a bit of gusto, my MPG will decrease noticeably, but my youthful enjoyment of the g-pressure feel and guttural exhaust sound of the brute power of the naturally aspirated 63 engine is sometimes just too hard to resist.
This vehicle is everything I had hoped it would be, understanding that the one real negative was that it would always be an expensive premium gas hog. My rationalization is that I just add the cost of the gasoline to the overall "cost" of the vacation or the expense of consistently putting a smile on my face when I drive my ML63.
AVB-AMG
100% Highway with average speed of 65mph: 19.2 MPG
100% Highway with average speed of 80mph: 16.5 MPG
50% City / 50% Highway with combined stop&go and crusing: 12.5 MPG
I use the ML63 primarily for my weekend excursions and as our long-trip/vacation vehicle. The long highway trips to and from our beach house in NC will average between 7 - 8 hours of primarily highway driving. My wife drives down to the house in her car in advance of me, so effectively, I am the "mule" with the cargo, (which I do not mind at all....).
I usually have my wife's and my luggage, along with two golf club bags and a case of wine and a case of beer, so therefore, assume an additional approx. 200 - 250 lbs of cargo weight. Also, I always have used the M-B recommended Premium 93 Octane fuel.
I do find that when I pull away from a stop light with a bit of gusto, my MPG will decrease noticeably, but my youthful enjoyment of the g-pressure feel and guttural exhaust sound of the brute power of the naturally aspirated 63 engine is sometimes just too hard to resist.
This vehicle is everything I had hoped it would be, understanding that the one real negative was that it would always be an expensive premium gas hog. My rationalization is that I just add the cost of the gasoline to the overall "cost" of the vacation or the expense of consistently putting a smile on my face when I drive my ML63.
AVB-AMG
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From: Central Pennsylvania
1994 S420 RIP (2/8/13), 06 CLS55, 02 ML55, 94 TT Supra, 89 Maserati 228, 911 Porsche Carerra
I have an 02 ML55 and 06 CLS 55. Same engines and transmissions. Personal best over a 4 hour highway drive in the ML was 19 mpg at 65 mph and in the CLS 55 at the same speed it was 24mpg. I agree you buy an AMG for fun and to occasionally act like a 16 year old with his father's car on a Friday night!
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2007 ML63 AMG
My ML63 2007
accerelates itself why on park it does that some times and my number 8 coil is not working , the car doesn’t move very well anymore.
