Diesel mpg?

[bielefeld280se]

Hi, I currently drive a W126, 420SE but am thinking of also getting a W124 diesel for some better economy for every day driving.

What do you guys think of the diesels and what sort of MPG do you get?

Also, which diesel would you recommend?

Thanks
Norm

[Samoila Stefan]

Over here diesels fine tuned and mainteined do'nt get over 5,5-6% (that's liters per 100 kms)

[Calatoni]

my 95 diesel has produced over 40 mpg a couple times in highway driving if the conditions are just right (slightly warmer outdoor temperature, no ac, no hills, lower speeds such as 55-65 mph). Normally I'll be able to get 27-30 mpg city, 30-35 mpg highway at around 75-80 mph on interstates

[Xander]

I average somewhere around 34 mpg's, but you also pay more for diesel at the pump typically.. However you can go the path of waste vegetable oil

[POS]

I live in Houston, but work in a small town about 65 miles away. Once I'm in the small town, I run errands about twice a day, but otherwise I'm cruising at 85 mph with the cruise and AC on. Combined mpg is usually 29 mpg. I would assume that if I ran a whole highway tank (700+ miles), I'd see 34-35 mpg at 75 mph and 31-32 mpg at 85+.

In other words, I drive my E300 fast at highway speeds, do about 10-15% city driving, and still never get worse than 29 mpg.

[panamacolin]

POS...
you have the coolest cars...i may be getting a 95 diesel with 124k on it :-)...freshly changed evaporator, everything else looks pretty good. I think it needs motor mounts because at idle its not as smooth as it should be. Besides that its awsome...
What rims are those on your 95? and I noticed you had it for sale the other day? what was that all about?

[POS]

Thanks, I just posted on your other thread that you ought to buy that w124 you're looking at. It sounds like a good one, and the price is excellent.

The wheels on my '95 are 16" Ronal R-9s painted body color - it's an 80s thing that still looks good today. Here's a better shot:



I got a bug to sell the '95 last week and upgrade to a w210, so I put the '95 for sale. But then I started at looking at the w210s closer and realized that I'd have to come up with $6-7k for the upgrade. I'm not sure the w210 is worth the price increase. Every two years or so, I upgrade my vehicles, so I thought I'd upgrade either the 1995 or my 2002 Z71 Suburban (kid hauler that I barely drive). But the more I think about it, the more I think I might upgrade the Suburban for now and keep the 1995. That 1995 drives wonderful and gets incredible mileage for the speeds I drive - hard to beat that.

[E300D-JD]

I just drove from Newark, NJ to Chicago 778miles in one day... hills, flats, 65-75 cruising, averaged 37mpg over the whole trip.