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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 08 > How to better an old Benz’s gas mileage

How to better an old Benz’s gas mileage

By Mike Allen / The Bulletin
June 8, 2008

Dear Mike: Until now my old Mercedes-Benz diesel has been hard to beat. Built in 1982, the engine is fine after 240,000 miles, but the car gets low 20s in gas mileage, on average. I don’t drive it on the interstate much because the gearing was for the 55-mph speed limit, and it....

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