W124

So the indicator had to be broken.... After almost 1000 km it showed half of tank and there was no yellow light.... Thats righ- the car had no A/C (it had nothing at all except engine :) and I was driving about 100km/h on a highway.

Thank you very much for all of you for your help. I was trying to find out if a driver cheated my (money) or not....

Regards Andre

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Andre, Frank has already answered your horsepower question as he was online before me, but as regards your other question, yes I (and other participants here) do know the word for horsepower in other languages, but maybe not in Polish :-) That is why I asked you for the full word in your language (or German, as a lot of Poles speak some German).

Did the sun shine more brightly on 1 May?

Europe is finally undivided as never before, even, I believe, compared with

100 years ago when the borders were last open.

DAS

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Dori A Schmetterling

Well, as your are in Europe (i.e. not in USA) you should use the Imperial gallon but, as most participants here are American, you can use US gallons.

Your choice. What is more important is that you state which one you are using. A lot of misunderstandings arise because such things are not clear. Another example are the discussions on diesel engines. American reactions to diesel are, on the whole, different to the European ones.

DAS

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Dori A Schmetterling

Yes.

DAS

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Dori A Schmetterling

That is right, no V6 diesel but inline only with the W124s.

W123 sedan and coupe: Most had the 65 litre tank as standard, 280 and 280E as well as 250 from July 1981 on and 280C, 280CE,

300CD and 300CD Turbodiesel had the 80 litre tank as standard.

With all those W123 which had the 65 litre tank as standard the 80 litre tank was available as an option.

IIRC in e. g. Australia _all_ W123 sedan and coupes had the 80 litre tank as standard.

W123 T-model: Tank was always 70 litres, no bigger tank option.

W124: All sedans had 70 litre tanks a standard, except 400E, E420, 500E, E500 and E60 AMG which had 90 litres as standard.

All T-models had 72 litres, all coupes and cabrios (incl. the E36 AMGs) had 70 litres.

All above info for GERMAN market cars except where stated otherwise.

Juergen - 1982 W123 240D auto Euro sedan w/65 litre tank

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Juergen .

Once haven driven a W124 300D sedan auto Euro with automatic transmission and 109 PS it needed ca.

9+ litres in heavy city driving - which I regard as a very good fuel efficiency given the car is not that light and small.

I do NOT think you can get 4 litres per 100km (70,64 mpg UK; 58,81 mpg US) with such a car - maybe in overland driving close to 6 litres per 100 km, but not less.

Mercedes themselves claim (W124 300D sedan with 109 PS):

5-speed manual transmission city 9,8 litres (UK 28,83, US 24,00) 90 km/h 5,4 litres (UK 52,32, US 43,56) 120 km/h 7,0 litres (UK 40,36, US 33,61) 4-speed auto transmission city 9,3 litres (UK 30,38, US 25,29) (yes, less than man trans) 90 km/h 6,2 litres (UK 45,57, US 37,94) 120 km/h 7,9 litres (UK 35,76, US 29,78) (mpg conversions by me)

Juergen

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Juergen .

I can state from person experience, the car gets a bit over 30 mpg in mixed local/highway driving and over 35 mpg on highway drives

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I get 34+ miles per gallon from my 124.133, 300d Turbo imported one year only:1987. P.

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Peter Klein

I consistently get 20 mpg with my 87 300e, that's real gallons (4.54 litres)

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I usually average 21mpg, but since I filled up at the local 76 station, I am getting around 24mpg!

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George Mann

I always get over 30 mpg, almost 40 mpg if it's all highway driving

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I just finished a 658km run with my '94 E320, almost entirely 2-lane highway, 120-130kph, cruise control unused, a looong vague downill over the distance, and used 54 liters of 91octane (N.Amer) gas. Works out to 34.5 miles per imperial gallon or 8.2 litres / 100kms. CDN$ 1.01 / liter. (not complaining, just stating a fact)

John M. Using a hodge-podge of units for another data point

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John Mauel

those are good numbers for a gas engine

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My 90 300CE has never gotten better than 22 mpg highway and 19.5 city. Texas summer driving takes it's toll, but everyone here is reporting better mileage. Guess I just have a gas guzzler.

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Oneguy

Maybe it's just the heat. Air con uses a lot of gas.

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