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Old 07-03-10, 08:05 AM   #9
irish1958
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Originally Posted by McHibbins View Post
Thx sergei. Read that in the manual, but sounds a bit strange for me that u are need more fuel sailing with 3 knots than with 9( in an S-Class ie).

But ok..... got that info now
This is true for gasoline engines; your car will have increasing mileage up to a certain speed (usually between 45 and 55 mph) and then falling mileage to top speed. I would suspect that a diesel engine would do this also.
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