Why hypermile when you can get 32 MPG by driving between 60 and 65 mph? I just drove over 290 miles from the Inn at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC to Opryland Hotel in Nashville, TN and got 32 MPG on my S550! The temp was in the high 80s, A/C on, no drafting, 3 adults totaling 500 lbs, a full trunk of suitcases and wine, started with a full tank of gas, no drafting behind trucks, and driving through the mountain pass. The warm tire pressures were 35 in front and 37 in the rear.
I forgot to mention that we made two rest stops during the journey. Since coming from CT we are averaging 27.5 MPG over 1,000 miles of mostly highwway driving.
Not at all. The blue ridge mountains are gorgeous. And we got to check out the Train Museum in Strasburg (for my 3 y.o. nephew), stay at the Inn on Biltmore Estate, and now, Nashville Opryland Hotel. Plus, the fun of trying to max out on economy was a challenge (like trying to accumulate the most airline and hotel points). Besides, I have the 911 Turbo for going fast.
Not at all. The blue ridge mountains are gorgeous. And we got to check out the Train Museum in Strasburg (for my 3 y.o. nephew), stay at the Inn on Biltmore Estate, and now, Nashville Opryland Hotel. Plus, the fun of trying to max out on economy was a challenge (like trying to accumulate the most airline and hotel points). Besides, I have the 911 Turbo for going fast.
Nice scenery makes it interesting for sure!
What model Turbo do you have? (edit) Oh I see, the last of the aircooled models, sb collectible someday.
Good news. I like those informative gauges. I'm loving this whole hypermiling talk I've been hearing this week, people rolling through stop signs is bad though.
Why hypermile when you can get 32 MPG by driving between 60 and 65 mph? I just drove over 290 miles from the Inn at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC to Opryland Hotel in Nashville, TN and got 32 MPG on my S550! The temp was in the high 80s, A/C on, no drafting, 3 adults totaling 500 lbs, a full trunk of suitcases and wine, started with a full tank of gas, no drafting behind trucks, and driving through the mountain pass. The warm tire pressures were 35 in front and 37 in the rear.
Sounds almost unbelievable for a V8 gasser. The best I've got from my diesel is 39.2 mpg, mostly highway (boring drive but a shorter trip).
not unrealistic at all. I used to get 31-34mpg in my modded E55 back in the day on the hwy.
The real trick to getting more MPG in the city is coasting. By letting off the gas 5-10 seconds before you'd normally do and let the car coast to an upcoming stop sign & redlight your mpgs shoot up and you save gas in the process. Another great trick is timing the green lights and speeding up & slowing down as necessary as to avoid redlights all together, you can squeeze out a few MPGs this way as well.
The biggest boosts to MPG though are crank pulley & Royal Purple fluids, those two can have drastic positive results.
not unrealistic at all. I used to get 31-34mpg in my modded E55 back in the day on the hwy.
The real trick to getting more MPG in the city is coasting. By letting off the gas 5-10 seconds before you'd normally do and let the car coast to an upcoming stop sign & redlight your mpgs shoot up and you save gas in the process. Another great trick is timing the green lights and speeding up & slowing down as necessary as to avoid redlights all together, you can squeeze out a few MPGs this way as well.
The biggest boosts to MPG though are crank pulley & Royal Purple fluids, those two can have drastic positive results.
I could post my W211 CDI figures too but I don't think those have a lot of relevance when comparing to a W221. I don't disagree with your advice to save fuel but then again, the example was from highway driving where traffic lights are less of an issue.
Your comment about engine oil was interesting, I was wondering why I feel like getting 0.2 to 0.3 l/100km better figures than those I feel I used to get at similar trips and started wondering if the engine oil from the factory had some break-in additives that affect fuel consumption?
Royal Purple is the best oil out period, it greatly improved MPG and power by greatly reducing friction within engines, transmissions & differential. Most MB guys don't use it in the tranny, but in engines & differentials its totally safe and well worth it. The extra cost of the oil pays for itself in fuel savings and then some. At its peak my E55 would get 26mpg city / 31mpg hwy avg (with peak of 34mpg on hwy if I REALLY took it easy and just went steady, no overtaking).
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