economy

Hi all, Does anyone have any experience in mod'ing the ECU on w210's to improve economy or indeed to improve performance without decreasing economy? mark:confused:

Just brought a W220 S Class S55 AMG back from Kent to Reading and was surprised by the fuel economy towards the end of the journey. 30.4mpg...achieved in the cut and thrust of a busy late afternoon on the M25 and M3

Sorry if this has been brought up before, I did a search and couldn't find definitive results on it the economy of an E230. I may be treating myself to a W210 E230 pre-facelift in the coming days. And having tried to do some research before diving in, I have been getting mixed responses from my...

...I know that taking my lead foot of the pedal may help :crazy:, but having done this I find myself at a loss how to get better MPG than I am at the moment...am I maxxed out on MPG at 25 for an ML? Ive turned off the rear climate control and turned off the ac (by pressing the AC off/rest...

Hi, - My CDI 220 (05) is currenty doing about 350 miles on £60 of Diesel. I had hoped that I would do more than this (say around 400 miles). My driving unfortunately is mainly town and duel carriageways. Does 350 sound about right or are others of you getting better than this? Feedback would...

Hi All I'm new here, but hope you can help! I'm thinkning about buying an 1993-95 E220 auto. Not sure which body style yet, condition will probably be more important. I've been looking on various car comparison sites to see how the E220 matches my current car for petrol use. Most sites are...

Hi all I have just joined the forum to see if I can get any help and advice to sort a fuel economy issue with my 2005 220 cdi auto estate. I've read loads of similar threads on this and other forums but have yet to diagnose the problem properly. It started earlier in the year just after...

How many miles to a tank are people getting? Light on,filled tank with 20 litres,did about 100 miles until the light came on again.A little worse than the old Mondeo I had but it's a bigger car so I thought fair enough. Next I filled it to the brim,so far I'm down to half a tank and I've only...

As per title... any idea guys? Does it make any difference to the suspension or does it just dictate at how many revs the engine changes gear at?

Not wishing to hijack the Shell Economy thread, I have often puzzled over this one. I drive carefully with a light right foot ... Claimed to cut 20 per cent off my fuel costs. I use the new Shell Diesel fuel, claimed to improve my fuel economy. I use Miller's additive , claimed to keep my...

Hi, Thinking of having my car chipped for economy - as the primary factor, not performance. Would any one know of a good place to look for this / recommend anyone ? Thanks, J.

To satisfy my curiosity can anyone please tell me the the urban and extra-urban fuel efficiency figures for the R170 SLK 200k, 230K and 320. (Parkers just gives combined) My wife is still considering one, but is not sure if the 200K is really much cheaper to own than the 320, hence the above...

I bought myself a 110 cdi vito on a 52 with 100,000 miles. a great economical drive I heard. I am gettng terrible fuel economy. I put in £20 this morning (i know fuel is at an all time high) which filled it to just over a quarter, drove down the motorway and back for work like an old man at...

Diesel Tuning Performance Chip Box Mercedes C220 CDI on eBay (end time 12-Apr-10 07:53:46 BST) Is it worth the money? Anyone used one and what was it like? I have a c220cdi with 22k on it.

Dear All Does anyone know of issues with petrol c180k blue efficiency sport auto regarding mpg and burning fuel? I and my brother in law who has the estate version of the same car are lucky to get 280 miles from a full tank and get between 20 and 23 mpg combined. These results are way off...

Hi all, my first post so here goes. What mpg should i expect (if i buy the car) from a 2.6L 190, i'm not a racing driver and i do a lot of trips on the motorway, i'm thinking of using the 190 to go to France and Spain, the car has a manual gearbox. My manual C 180 Esprit managed 42 mpg on our...

I have new E class W212 E220 which is great BTW, but very small niggle. The economy graph in the dash only shows from 0 to 40 mpg, and surely Mercedes would expect a Blue Efficiency car to be able to excede 40 mpg. So why not show 0 to 50 mpg? On a recent fast journey on mainly motorways it...

I'm sort of swaying away from buying a Discovery as my everyday car and going for an E320CDI W210 or an S320CDI W220 due to the large (unnecessary :rolleyes:) distances I travel. Fuelling the W140 is getting ridiculous :mad: What sort of real world fuel economy do people get with these...

The 56mph Benchmark. Why is 56mph the magic number in fuel economy testing? Why not 50 or 60mph? A petrol engine 1100cc travelling at a steady 56mph would be using say, 75% of its total power output. This frugal car would still average perhaps 40mpg at this speed. A 3300cc petrol engine...

Hi My MB C200 CDI 2003 reg has started giving Poor Fuel Economy after MOT along the same route I used to be proud of getting 55 MPG constantly without any fuel additives. Now the economy has dropped to 43-47 MPG. Incidently the temperature has dropped to sub-zero (0 to -6). I am not sure...