Craiglxviii
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A 2016 ex dealer demo now being sold is, I assume, a 213
Well mine is a W213 2016 220d SE saloon and my driving style is 'gently does it' mainly on short runs with the occasional longer trip thrown in. I've had the car from new and it has still only done 5,000 miles but my average since the last reset is around 57 mpg. On a recent trip to Leeds and back it showed (from memory) 64 mpg but as I said earlier I don't thrash it, keeping to whatever limits are in force.
Driving style greatly influences mpg as does reading the road ahead and acting accordingly so that braking and subsequent acceleration is minimised. I'm very pleased with the fuel and ride in the new E class as both are much improved on my earlier W212 and I expect the economy to improve even more once it has loosened up. Don't know about the estate as I've never considered buying one.
Well mine is a W213 2016 220d SE saloon and my driving style is 'gently does it' mainly on short runs with the occasional longer trip thrown in. I've had the car from new and it has still only done 5,000 miles but my average since the last reset is around 57 mpg. On a recent trip to Leeds and back it showed (from memory) 64 mpg but as I said earlier I don't thrash it, keeping to whatever limits are in force.
Driving style greatly influences mpg as does reading the road ahead and acting accordingly so that braking and subsequent acceleration is minimised. I'm very pleased with the fuel and ride in the new E class as both are much improved on my earlier W212 and I expect the economy to improve even more once it has loosened up. Don't know about the estate as I've never considered buying one.
Thats exactly what he means.Sorry but unsure what you mean?
If a 213 is the new shape which came out at the end of last year, then yes x
Well you should easily get well into the 40s and quite possibly moreThank you. Yes I agree how you drive is a great factor. After not even reaching 30 MPG in previous cars all these figures sound pleasing x
You may well find that Mercedes become addictive. Have fun on Thursday - we would all like to see some pics in due course!I collect on Thursday
Bye bye Jeep Grand Cherokee and hello Mercedes x
Very excited xxxx
Thats exactly what he means.
Mercedes use numbers to define the car model type exactly. For example early E class is 210, replaced by 211,212 and now 213.
Likewise C class is 202, 203, 204 and currently 205.
SL is 129, 230, 231
SLK is 170, 171 172
You get the idea.
There are secondary numbers as well and these can be found from the VIN - for example 129067 is an SL with the 5 litre V8 and electronic injection distributors for the European market.
I dream of 30mpg in my SLs....
Looks wonderful!
You're getting a service now (Presumably A) so you've 9 months or so to think about a service plan.
I took one for my E63 for convenience - costs me c£41 a month, it's interest free so I don'tt miss it every month at all, compared with finding a lump of money at service time. Depends on your view- yours should cost a lot less than that.