That doesn't look bad at all,Trout, considering the mileage covered & our roads & traffic.
I have ben getting about 46mpg in my diesel on trips lately but I have now switched to the C mode as I do appear to be getting better mpg (in this motor) in the C mode. Acceleration is not as brisk however.
I am jealous to say the least. How do you get the average speed so high?? I had thought that England had congested windy roads and mazes of traffic circles.
Our average speed was also 32 (now 34) for months but in KPH
Surprised that B Class sold in Canada uses U.S.A. gallons when displaying M.P.G., the salespeople give the fuel consumption in L/100 or M.P.G. using imperial gallon.
I am jealous to say the least. How do you get the average speed so high?? I had thought that England had congested windy roads and mazes of traffic circles.
Our average speed was also 32 (now 34) for months but in KPH
Surprised that B Class sold in Canada uses U.S.A. gallons when displaying M.P.G., the salespeople give the fuel consumption in L/100 or M.P.G. using imperial gallon.
Bill
Tend to use motorways on the C option and change to S option in villages and around town
We used to have highways (motorways) in Canada but due to lack of new infrastructure we now use them as parking lots for most of the day. We do have plans to construct some new bridges that will be tolled, so parking will not be free on those.
Sounds like England might be motorists heaven!!
Due to the price of diesel I'm now driving in comfort mode on the CVT gearbox. My driving is a mixture of town and country driving with no motorway driving at all. I use the "full tank to full tank method" of calculating my fuel consumption and multipling litres by .22 to get gallons. This shows very little difference to the mpg on the onboard computer.
I'm currently getting 44.8 mpg. I'm sure I could get this up to 46/48 but I'll need to ease off on the right foot a little.
Regards
Ross
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seeing this thread I thought that some of you may be interested in my little recent experiment. I used 87 octane in my B200 for a tank and noted that my average gas usage was 7.0L/100km I then did virtually identical driving using 91 octane (which I'm supposed to use) and found that my milage increased to 6.4L/100km for the whole tank. Soooo, seems my milage decreased about 10% and the gas cost is about 10% cheaper for the low octane. The lesson is, and I've heard this previously but I wanted to confirm, you won't save any money by using low octance but you may hurt your engine.
seeing this thread I thought that some of you may be interested in my little recent experiment. I used 87 octane in my B200 for a tank and noted that my average gas usage was 7.0L/100km I then did virtually identical driving using 91 octane (which I'm supposed to use) and found that my milage increased to 6.4L/100km for the whole tank. Soooo, seems my milage decreased about 10% and the gas cost is about 10% cheaper for the low octane. The lesson is, and I've heard this previously but I wanted to confirm, you won't save any money by using low octance but you may hurt your engine.
Thanks for sharing that Guenter. Did you fill at the same station?
I conducted a similar experiment back when I had my Firehawk [Mike Tee likes when I talk about it! ]. With Sunoco 94 in the tank, I made several spirited runs with an AutoTap recording all computer readings. The AutoTap is a piece of software that 'taps' into the car's computer to view *all* variables such, O2 sensor readings, knock sensors... Within the same hour, I filled up with Esso 92, made the same runs and compared the results.
Surprisingly, the engine ran better on Esso 92. It ran with the best map and no flags were thown. I'm not sure if this was due to a different ethanol mixture or the fact that the gas was colder since I just filled up. Others in the car club at the time (~2002) reported similar findings.
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current: 2009 Mercedes B200, 5M; 2007 Pacifica Touring 4.0L, 6A
past: 2004 Malibu Maxx; 2001 Firebird Formula Firehawk 1LE; 1999.5 Jetta TDI; 1997 Firebird Trans Am WS-6; 1995 Jetta GLX VR6; 1991 Firebird w. 305
so high?? I had thought that England had congested windy roads and mazes of traffic circles.
Yeah Right 
]. With Sunoco 94 in the tank, I made several spirited runs with an AutoTap recording all computer readings. The AutoTap is a piece of software that 'taps' into the car's computer to view *all* variables such, O2 sensor readings, knock sensors... Within the same hour, I filled up with Esso 92, made the same runs and compared the results. 
Linear Mode
