[W126 Coupe] Economy gauge: 1990 560 SEC

[Darryl Kepler]

Lou,

I have wondered about the "straight gate" on the shifter from 4 to 3 as
well.  Mine shifts into 4th too soon on moderate steady pedal, so I hold it
back until higher rpm.  Under hard accel, it is fine.  I have re-adjusted
the linkage to factory settings.  I feel as you do, that the gate would not
be like that unless it was to keep 3rd while around town type driving.

 

Another topic:

Has anyone ever had a hard wreck with a coupe?  I have 3 and was going to
let a teen drive one of them, thinking that it would be safer than a jap
car, but sometimes the old technology in a frame car is not as safe as high
tech unibody.  Ideas?

Darryl Kepler

82 380 SEC euro

82 380 SEC 

82 380 SEC

 

 

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From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
On Behalf Of millerlh at earthlink.net
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 12:22 PM
To: mbcoupes
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Economy gauge: 1990 560 SEC

 

While I'm posing questions to all you learned brethren (and sistern) of the
Coupe Groupe, I had one more question that has been nagging me about my 1990
560 SEC.

 

I live in a modestly hilly area of NJ. 

 

I drive my Coupe daily in all conditions, including a 12 mile commute
through the countryside over twisty roads which are continuously up and down
over modest hills. I also drive it almost daily on divided highways and
interstates.

 

In the daily commute, I have begun to do the drive primarily in 3rd gear,
because I noticed that the "Economy" gauge invariably registers 3rd gear as
being more "economical", up hill and down, and even during acceleration, at
speeds which are below 45, which is the entire commute.

 

I was wondering if the gauge is really registering "Economy" which I would
interpret as "using less fuel", or if it would have been more accurate to
have labelled the thing "Efficiency", which I would have interpreted as
meaning the engine is operating more efficiently. The difference isn't much,
but I do think I am actually seeing a small difference in fuel consumption,
for the better.

 

Does anyone have a true German car with the German word used on the gauge,
which may or may not give a translation of the intent of the English word? 

 

I also noticed that the gearshift slot for the gear lever has 4th and 3rd
gears in the same plane, so I assume it was intended to commonly make this
shift between 4rd and 4th, as opposed to having to make an extra deviation
to get into 2nd or 1st, for what that's worth.

 

Just curious to know people's thoughts.

 

Lou MIller  

 

 

millerlh at earthlink.net

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