![]() The highest mpg I've gotten was while I was driving back from my boyfriend's place in the OC (about 45 min of driving including freeway and local).I think I hit 34 mpg. On the freeway I can go anywhere from 28-31, but that's the beauty of LA stop and go traffic. When I drive local, I average around 18-20 mpg. They even gave me a cookie and a drink while we waited to get the car. He was told by the service that they took so long because the rear lip that he gave them was warped, so they gave him a brand new one from their storage and installed it for him for no extra cost. My boyfriend has a Lexus and he took it in to have his rear lip installed (he didn't even buy the kit at that dealership, I bought it for him at another location), they took more than a day so they gave him a rental for free. They said it wasn't a "manufacturer's defect" so I wasn't liable to get a rental. The dealership that I took my car to.they spent more than a day on it (my whole rear left wheel was jacked up, suspension was off, alignment was off, needed to a new rotor, etc.etc.) and they wouldn't give me a rental. I guess bad service is an all around thing with Mercedes dealerships. And in the long run, the 2.6l M112 is a super-solid engine that could easily go 500K miles with nothing but regular maintenance and the occasional valve cover gasket.I have purchased a 2005 c230 Kompressor coupe with only 48000 kilos on it and very clean 30 days ago, after driving it for a week i noticed the car consumption was outrageous = 14 to 15 L/100, that s like a truck, so i said may be i'm having too much fun with it,so i decided to put 40$ of gas in empty tank,drove like a real granpa,very very low rpm all the time on C mode ( comfort ),always slow, so for 40$ it did 250 km total only, than on empty tank again i put 40$ and i drove it like a real champ behind the wheel,supercharged anytime i could, Schumacher on the road ,and guess what the result = it did 250 km total ( approxi ) same as low rpm,so the car is consuming at it s max ( conclusion) no matter highway,city, low or high rpm, WHAT S GOING ON, please help, i still have warranty but they are scammers i brought the car for something else before and they invented a story to make me pay for repair that was supposed to be under warranty(silver star montreal says when i had an engine light on and car was shaking at iddle that they found water at the base of the spark plugs and they blow with air to remove water,for that they charged me 159$ saying i probably shampood the engine which i didnt=exemple):crybaby2:, i want to be informed before bringing it to another MB dealer just in case it s another scammer ( we have many in the city ) please help, i mean it 1.8 l engine with a supercharger not a Lambo or ferrai ( or Hummer 2 ). Anyhow, the MPG differences are very small and in the long run, not much to fret about. Again, it was an artificial pricing, sort of like when Intel makes two identical CPUs, but underclocks one and sells it as a slower, less expensive model. Of course the C320 came with a few extra accessory options, like advanced climate control, full leather, etc, but the C240 with those options was still less expensive. Other than a different crankshaft to shorten the strokes, and a different engine program to detune it, it's all the same. There are no fewer or less expensive parts in the C240 engine than the C320 engine. The sad thing about the C240 is the only advantage it had over the C320 was price, and that was an artificial positioning in the market. Here's the breakdown on MPG (W203 RWD sedans, AT): The OP was talking about a C240, which has the 2.6l V6, and is the exact same engine used in the C320 with the 3.2l V6, but de-tuned with shorter strokes, and thus the smaller displacement. The C230 with the 1.8l supercharged I4 gets better MPG than the V6 models of the W203.
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