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SL/R230: What's the best MPG you've gotten?
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What's the best MPG you've gotten?
I remember seeing a thread a long time ago where someone (Max?) mentioned that he was looking forward to telling his friends that he got better mileage than their Taurus. On some of my drives I've been pretty impressed with the mileage I've gotten -- 29.9MPG over 40 miles from Los Angeles into Orange County, and over 25 on a tank when driving from S.F. to L.A. -- and wonder if anyone has clocked some high numbers on their day-to-day drive? It'd be nice to tell the green crowd that we do better than the beater they have parked next to their Prius. 
Michael
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Running around town, regular mix of driving, I get about 20mpg average per tank. On my road trip from Vegas to Seattle, I averaged almost 27mpg over the 1200 mile trip.
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I remember seeing a thread a long time ago where someone (Max?) mentioned that he was looking forward to telling his friends that he got better mileage than their Taurus. On some of my drives I've been pretty impressed with the mileage I've gotten -- 29.9MPG over 40 miles from Los Angeles into Orange County, and over 25 on a tank when driving from S.F. to L.A. -- and wonder if anyone has clocked some high numbers on their day-to-day drive? It'd be nice to tell the green crowd that we do better than the beater they have parked next to their Prius.
Michael
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From: Montrose, CA
2007 SL550
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2007 SL550
But yeah, I probably average 20-22mpg on a normal tank of gas. 29 was pretty remarkable.
