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Old 15-07-09, 11:36
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Default Mercedes A-Class turbo diesel

My A-Class is just coming up to 100,000 miles, and returns 70mpg on a long open motorway run, 60mpg or better on the open road.

It's the same 4 cylinder 2 litre unit you get in all the A and B Class cars, they just set the engine management system to give different power outputs. I think mine is about 110HP

What's wrong with it? poor ground clearance, especially over speed bumps, and the fact I didn't get a tow bar fitted when I bought it...
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Old 15-07-09, 14:22
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Default You mean you don't drive your CMP

2001 Ford Escapes, two of them wife has one and I have one. Mine has four cylinder with the five speed, wife has the V6 with automatic. The four cylinder gets year round average of 25-27 MPG, the darn thing is wife get just about the same mileage, bigger engine lighter foot.

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Old 15-07-09, 15:37
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This is pickup country. Cars just won't hack it on our gravel roads, especially in muddy or snowy conditions. I've got a 1998 S10 with a 4.3 V6 and automatic. It gets close to 25 mpg.
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Old 15-07-09, 18:52
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Default summer time / winter time

In the summer it is my M38 Willys and my F15A CMP. In the winter it is my 85 Dodge 5/4. Occasionally the wife lets me drive her Saturn but it is a bugger to squeeze into.

Cheers from Windsor Ontario, home of the Ford CMP

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Old 15-07-09, 20:27
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Wife drives a Mini Cooper S and I have a VW Jetta TDI.

Mini Cooper is suffering a Power Steering issue, so i'm driving the M151A2. Actually, at one point for about 3 hours last week, my M151A2 was the only vehicle in my Fleet that was running.

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Old 15-07-09, 21:21
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I'm not permited to leave the farm often so my daily drive is the patrol wagon that apears in a fiew posts. Wife drives a toyota torago which I get to drive if she is not at work otherwise I have to borrow Mum's camery it has a towbar so I need it for recovery work. The patrol has 303,000Km, torago 180,000Km and the camery is aproaching 300,000Km.
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Old 15-07-09, 22:39
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Default Daily driver

My daily driver was a 1989 Chevy pick up with a 6.2 diesel and a five speed manual. Two weeks ago I sent it for scrap with 560,000 KM. It had some severe rust issues to the under side. My winter car that has become my daily driver is a 1997 Chrysler Intrepid. I miss having a truck already, so I will find another.

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