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My EU spec 2022 Mercedes C200 Coupé 4 Matic averages 7.2 l/100km from new to 75,000 km. My iPhone says this is 32.67 mpg (US) and 39.23 mpg (UK) as an average of 46,203 miles (regardless of right or left traffic 🙂). I would guess this would be about half highway half commute, including cold starts and stationary consumption at service / repair centers. So; this must be a bit better on highway, a bit worse in city. I can see about 6+ l/100 km (39+ mpg US, 47+ mpg UK) temporarily, at favorable highway conditions.

My wife’s EU spec 2023 KIA X-Ceed manages about 1 l/100 km better so that would be roughly 38 US and 45.5 UK mpg. According to Mercedes, my car would consume 1l/100 km less without 4 Matic. If this is correct, RWD versions should be on par with the FWD KIA.

My 2015 Harley Davidson Road King was averaging 5.6 l/100 km (42 mpg US, 50.4 mpg UK) solo, loaded, touring.
 
Bucur said:
My EU spec 2022 Mercedes C200 Coupé 4 Matic averages 7.2 l/100km from new to 75,000 km. My iPhone says this is 32.67 mpg (US) and 39.23 mpg (UK) as an average of 46,203 miles (regardless of right or left traffic 🙂). I would guess this would be about half highway half commute, including cold starts and stationary consumption at service / repair centers. So; this must be a bit better on highway, a bit worse in city. I can see about 6+ l/100 km (39+ mpg US, 47+ mpg UK) temporarily, at favorable highway conditions.

My wife’s EU spec 2023 KIA X-Ceed manages about 1 l/100 km better so that would be roughly 38 US and 45.5 UK mpg. According to Mercedes, my car would consume 1l/100 km less without 4 Matic. If this is correct, RWD versions should be on par with the FWD KIA.

My 2015 Harley Davidson Road King was averaging 5.6 l/100 km (42 mpg US, 50.4 mpg UK) solo, loaded, touring.
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Interesting post Bucur and the time doing the conversions.
Harley-Davidson was founded just down the road from me 123 years ago.

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Without the conversions, my post wouldn’t make sense for a lot of members. We are living in a World where liquid volume units are more assorted than distance units and singularity cannot be achieved. Nevertheless, my iPhone made the conversions. I simply wrote them.

Harley Davidson’s story is very deep, turbulent and influential. I had one at the age of 60 and sold it at 70 but my purchase was “decided” when I was a kid. Milwaukee is virtually down the road for any internal combustion enthusiast and you are privileged.
 
TPA said:
@SkyLumen54 I hope that isn't your daily driver with today's gas prices.
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Its not. I daily a F150 2.7L but its on 33s with 5star tuning so it only get 3MPG better. Luckily the wife has a Tesla so we use that as often as we can nowadays.

I just did my first fill up with the Ram and it was $185 for 30gallon! Nuts!
 
I love teslas we seldem see them here mostky trucks here hect im the only onevwith escooter yes this town is smallllll lol
 
A long time ago I had an old Dodge Charger with dual barrel carb and 400+ cc engine. That car got about 7 to 9 mpg.

These days my small SUV gets around 26-29mpg.
 
I only drive small, manual transmission compacts.

I just broke $30 for a tank of gas for the first time ever in my current car, at just about $4.50/gallon. I went just shy of 300 miles, so pushing 45mpg.

Back in the day, I had a Honda CR-X HF. On the highway, going 55mph behind a semi, I could get over 75mpg, haha. I drove across the country for under $200 back about 15 years ago with that car.

God, I miss that. Absolute death trap, but the gas mileage and handling was amazing.


I honestly don't know how people live with terrible gas mileage. I'm really frugal.
When I filled up yesterday, the guy across me had some kind of big pickup, and it was $117 and change...

I drive a lot for work (about 1,000 miles/month), and I can't imagine spending $100+ on a tank of gas each week. Heck, before all this, I wasn't even spending $100/month.

I'm practically getting paid to buy flashlights at this point, hahahah.

A lot of the people at work have been talking about how they're having to tighten their belt due to gas. I just keep to myself, and hide my phone that I'm browsing Hank's site for a new light on, haha. I just nod and go, "Oh, yeah! Those gas prices! Just brutal!"

The real fun is that most people I know pay for for a single tire than I paid to get 4 tires mounted and balanced, including tax and disposal fees...I buy those 5 quart jugs of that extended synthetic oil for my annual change, and like every 4 changes the oil is free (I just buy a filter), because I have a quart left over every time, haha.

Maybe it's just because I'm tall, but I never built my identity around what car I drive, so I just drive what's cheap, hahaha. If I need to haul things, I just rent the giant flatbed commercial truck at Menards for the $20 or whatever it is, haha.
 
iacchus said:
I feel you. My commute is ~175 miles a day. That includes getting my high schooler to class, though.
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Ouch. Last time gas hit about $5/gallon, I was doing about 100 miles per day.

Meanwhile, when it's $2, that's when I had the jobs I was walking and bicycling to work, hahaha.
 
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