Pretty sad, they haven't improved on the T1N in my opinion, I've got 26 mpg recently on the highway and 20.5 at 70 mph with 2000 lbs...
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What year do you have?
2005. Same as you?
I don't understand the big drop in miles per gallon you must've hit a headwind with that? The T1N are gone like dinosaurs now are they not
When is there not a headwind?
I doubt I would have seen 15 mpg with a gas transit
In Toronto they're still plentiful, as far as the drop in mpg give me yours for a hot run and it'll drop too
I doubt I would have seen 15 mpg with a gas transit
I did 70 mile an hour once into about a 40 mile an hour headwind and got 17
Btw...at the rates they pay these days nothing is that hot
Btw...at the rates they pay these days nothing is that hot
I have to stop to pee every hour anyway
. My range on a tank is approximately 380 miles.
Never that low, so far...my big issue is I like to be one move ahead as far as vans go...i've already turned down a "sprinter" load that would have paid more than I did for the van, but it was 74" high...but what is there to choose from? Everything is dpf/def and worse on mpg
Considering the transit in the pro master are getting between 18 and 20 and taking the difference in the price of fuel into consideration it is almost a wash and in your case I would definitely install an auxiliary fuel tank
My guess is aerodynamics. The new model is pretty big and tall so there's only so much a 2.1L can do, no matter how many gears. My Duramax with 6.6L averages close to 25 mpg but that's in a low roof van and "tuned".
Time will tell on the gas sixes, can't get it thru my head that one would last 500,000 miles...
I heard they were good, but my low roof work dried up, trying to stay out of regulated (straight truck) at all costs
The new model is actually 30 mm lower for aerodynamics...fyi
I read that on the Mercedes site
Just look down you'll see what 30 mm looks like LOL
There any point to the super high roof? The door height doesn't look any different
Super high storage space? LOL
My doorway is 6 foot high and my roof is six foot six inside white transit
So no point for high roof. I'm 5'11 and so far I haven't figured out how to get an 84" load thru a 74" opening
Forgot to mention, in Canada it reversed again, I last filled up with diesel at 0.849 a litre and gas was around .95
Thanks for the banter everyone, for now the best van for me seems to be sitting in my driveway...maybe I'll get some time to hassle a dealer or two today...