Fuel Economy & Manageable Mileage W104 (W124 E320 Coupe)

[Just Dirk]

How bad from experience guys? (Or good if thats he case)

And what mileage are they good for if well maintained?

Cheers JD

 

[GP801]

26mpg overall. Well maintained they will go on almost forever. However it will need a head gasket and wiring loom at some point if not already done. Our 280 which is basically the same does around 8000 miles per year including down to or back from Italy when it will happily cover 1000miles in a day.

 

[Just Dirk]

26 is pretty manageable tbh, I had a clk430 once and it was crippling, didn't wan to make the same mistake again

 

[GP801]

It will do a lot less if you try though.

 

[Just Dirk]

It will do a lot less if you try though.

That I don't doubt lol...

Fancy a cruiser, just sold a Honda Civic that was happiest at 8k rpm

 

[GP801]

Ideal as a cruiser. They are happy to press on but they are better as cruisers. The 280 has a natural speed at which it feels most comfortable of between 70-75mph indicated. Any faster and its revving quite hard unless you have the 5-speed auto option.

 

[Just Dirk]

Ideal as a cruiser. They are happy to press on but they are better as cruisers. The 280 has a natural speed at which it feels most comfortable of between 70-75mph indicated. Any faster and its revving quite hard unless you have the 5-speed auto option.

Sounds perfect for a young man fast approaching 40

The clk was great on the motorway, just the addictive V8 noise got the better of my right foot

 

[jonthetourist]

That I don't doubt lol...

Fancy a cruiser, just sold a Honda Civic that was happiest at 8k rpm

The 104 engine is a pleasant cruiser, but be warned it is like a Honda in that at 4k it suddenly changes character completely. It sort of says "Oh, you want to play " and gets very rorty and urgent.

Which is nice . . .

Jon

 

[Just Dirk]

The 104 engine is a pleasant cruiser, but be warned it is like a Honda in that at 4k it suddenly changes character completely. It sort of says "Oh, you want to play " and gets very rorty and urgent.

Which is nice . . .

Jon

Should have married a 104 lol

 

[kth286]

A round trip to Herefordshire and back to Berks I get 32mpg in my 1995 E320
coupe using 95 unleaded.

 

[irish boy]

I'm getting 28 all round from a 3.0 m103 w126. Don't take up through the gears but not afraid to push on a bit on the motorway. People seem to slide out of the way at the sight of my grill approaching so it makes for easy progress.

 

[mejermy]

28 on a fast motorway run of an hour or more. 22-25 tootling round town, but I'm in hill country. The loom is perfectly DIYable if you can solder and it's not your only car. I took a week of an hour or two each night to do mine very carefully, but the only skill was one of methodical organisation and recording.