I have not hit over 20mpg in my new (2003) E320 CDi yet..

[marcos]

To get that sort of mpg I think something is very wrong. My old W211 E320 CDI would really struggle to get below 23mpg in the city and would normally return about 25 - 28 in city driving.

 

[Dieselman]

Before bothering too much about this give it a dose of injector cleaner and a good hearty thrash to clean it out.

 

[A210AMG]

Thats sound Very Very wrong, my dads does pretty much 40 everywhere he's always amazed.

His it a 2003 E320 estate, with 16" alloys? (**********?)

I get 17 round town in my 3.7 petrol ML

jeeeezzz I hope this isn't another garage sarga..

Get it on a decent run, use the cruise and see what happends, work the fuel out fill up to fill up rather than the OBC as that way you know its right,

 

[Chattonmill]

I have a E320 Cdi Estate 2003 and even with my heavy foot on country roads I am getting 27mpg and on long runs 37-42mpg so yours just sounds wrong.
The small trips do kill the MPG, but either you are really flooring it or you are carrying dead bodies to get those sort of figures!

 

[prprandall51]

My E320 CDi does 1.5 miles to work at an average of 20mph and then home again in the evening. It does that 5 days a week with no long journies to "boost" the consumption figure.

Reported consumption is 29mpg.

 

[Shude]

My E320 CDi does 1.5 miles to work at an average of 20mph and then home again in the evening. It does that 5 days a week with no long journies to "boost" the consumption figure.

Reported consumption is 29mpg.

I'm amazed you bother to drive 1.5 miles to work, I'd walk it!

 

[prprandall51]

I'm amazed you bother to drive 1.5 miles to work, I'd walk it!

I was going to walk when I first stated to commute to an office so close to home. And then I remembered I own a car.

 

[Alps]

i get more than that in my c36.....

 

[aka$h]

I regularly see 19-22 mpg on mine around town, thats driving into work in london at 8.30. I noticed 4-5 mpg increase after changing the air filter. You can also go into the settings menu and check the aux heater is turned off, it will burn diesel to get the interior warm quicker.

 

[IanA2]

I'm amazed you bother to drive 1.5 miles to work, I'd walk it!

Quite..or cycle, I have an electric cycle that I use for anything (weather permitting) three miles or less (each way).

 

[prprandall51]

Quite..or cycle, I have an electric cycle that I use for anything (weather permitting) three miles or less (each way).

Yes, well, if I had a fleet of 5/6 litre V8s I might leave them at home more readily, too. However, I guess that I get the same sort of consumption when my car is at its least economical as you probably get most of the time.

 

[glojo]

My E320 CDi does 1.5 miles to work at an average of 20mph and then home again in the evening. It does that 5 days a week with no long journies to "boost" the consumption figure.

Reported consumption is 29mpg.

Hi Philip,
How on earth is your battery coping? I don't doubt what your saying, I want to learn from it.

Regards
John

 

[umedc]

how heavy is the foot , that is the mpg of an e55. < 20 mpg

i get that ons55amg

 

[prprandall51]

Hi Philip,
How on earth is your battery coping? I don't doubt what your saying, I want to learn from it.

Regards
John

Hi John,
I have disabled all unnecessary consumers (easy entry, courtesy lighting inside and out, folding mirrors, I leave Comand off). About once a fortnight the car gets a good run of 100 miles or more, which tops the battery up. During the summer, the car is absolutely fine but in late Autumn to early Spring I get the "Low battery protection" warning about three to four days after its last good run. Amazingly, it has not yet caused me any problems at all. So far.

 

[fuzzer]

I was getting about the same from my 3.0d X5

its just the starting and stopping in traffic that does it.

 

[st4]

It sounds fairly heavy on the juice. Try a longer run, but for a 3.2litre 2ton car its about right for congested city driving. (as I said in another posts cars act very well at self administering a congestion charge).

 

[Dieselman]

Quite..or cycle, I have an electric cycle that I use for anything (weather permitting) three miles or less (each way).

OT..
Do you find the powered bike of real benefit. I tried one and found it far too heavy so required more additional input than a regular lightweight bike.

I don't think I was ever serious about buying one though, just like to know whats around, although I did seriously consider an electric scooter, they have terrific torque.

 

[crockers]

Short 5 mile journeys will kill the battery.

John

John -- his car is a diesel --- Mercedes don't make Hybrids yet.....

 

[Mudster]

Fuel consumption aside, top marks for persevering with the E class after all you've been through.

 

[LeighW]

It's not so much what you drive, it's how you drive it, as proved when Top Gear had the M3 chasing a Toyota Prius round the track.

I've been deliberately driving steadier on my daily 6 mile commute, and my MPG has increased from 21mpg to almost 25mpg, not bad for a 3.2 petrol.

By the same token, when I had an Alfa 159 2.4 JTD on loan, I only managed low 20s on the same commute when I was being slightly heavier footed. Lousy car, by the way.