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Why won't my car achieve its official fuel economy?
I recently bought a Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate (220CDI Blue Efficiency) and done 3000 miles. However, I cannot get much above 46mpg, which is a long way off the official figures. Any idea why this is?
Asked on 16 February 2015 by Jim
Answered by
Honest John
You can check here: www.honestjohn.co.uk/realmpg/mercedes-benz And contribute to it yourself. The average for the E220CDI BlueEfficiency is 43.3mpg.
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real mpg
Real MPG enables you to register the fuel economy you are actually getting against your make and model of car, its engine and type of transmission.
Every time you enter an average consumption figure against your car, the overall average automatically adjusts to reflect it.
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