For an entire tank's worth of driving (565 miles, e.g.) the actual consumption pretty much exactly matches the computer calculation.
On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 3:52 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The mileage tracker in the GL450 is reasonably accurate although I'm not > sure exactly how it tracks it. It seems to know when the tank gets > filled and will calculate from that point, plus from when it was > started, more or less, and I think there is another choice as well. > > --FT > > On 9/22/23 3:38 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > > Agreed. I would be interested to see some linear records for fuel > consumption and miles driven. There’s been an interesting discussion on > another list regarding the fuel economy numbers that a W211 diesel gives > out. They’re wildly inaccurate compared to pencil and paper records. There > is a provision for adjustments in DAS for some cars, I can’t recall if the > W211 was one of them. > > > > -D > > > >> On Sep 22, 2023, at 3:32 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> On 19/09/2023 9:20 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > >>> No lying. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >> Interesting but relying upon the computer to calculate mileage likely > is not quite so accurate as the old way where you do the manual > calculations. > >> > >> Randy > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -- > --FT > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
