[R129 SL] traction control adam gage
George Simpson
george.simpson.r129 at tiscali.fr
Fri Jan 21 05:40:49 EST 2005
>
> U.S. mpg U.K. mpg l/100km km/l
>
>
>
>
> 10.00 8.33 23.51 4.25
> 11.00 9.16 21.38 4.68
> 12.00 9.99 19.60 5.10
> 13.00 10.83 18.09 5.53
> 14.00 11.66 16.80 5.95
> 15.00 12.49 15.68 6.38
> 16.00 13.32 14.70 6.80
> 17.00 14.16 13.83 7.23
> 18.00 14.99 13.06 7.65
> 19.00 15.82 12.38 8.08
> 20.00 16.65 11.76 8.51
> 21.00 17.49 11.20 8.93
> 22.00 18.32 10.69 9.36
> 23.00 19.15 10.22 9.78
> 24.00 19.99 9.80 10.21
> 25.00 20.82 9.41 10.63
> 26.00 21.65 9.04 11.06
> 27.00 22.48 8.71 11.48
>
> I don't know if the above table will come out in my reply but it will
> help Jan with his conversion of US mpg figures to the European (excl.
> GB) equivalents. If the table gets lost, Adam's 15/17 mls/USgall is
> 6.38/7.23 km/ltr and 25/27 mls/USgall is 10.63/11.48 kms/ltr.
I can't remember whether I told the group but the misfire and difficulty
ith starting when warm have been resolved - after changing the corroded
distributor caps and rotors which had corroded pick-up points, the car
now runs as it should. As most of my mileage is in or around town, I
seem to get about 400 kms with a full tank or about 12 mls/US gal !!!
George Simpson
Cognac
1990 500SL
1967 Mini Moke
Adam Gage wrote:
> Jan - thanks for the reply. I'm in Arizona, where they only snow we
> see in this part is in pictures. No rain either, or hardly any of it.
>
> My '99 actually gets pretty good mileage, considering how I drive.
> Around town, it's between 15 - 17 MPG, depending on how may Mustangs
> are trying to torment me, and on the highway it's about 25 - 27 MPG,
> which is not as good as my 91 300SL was on the highway, but was
> underpowered around town.
>
> Regards
> Adam
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Jan Kuylaars <mailto:jan at rian-bv.nl>
> *To:* r129list at mbcoupes.com <mailto:r129list at mbcoupes.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:19 PM
> *Subject:* [R129 SL] traction control adam gage
>
> So, that is what we can answer here in Holland. Normally when you
> drive and give a lot of power to the back wheels, one of the
> wheels will break out and the car drifts into the curve.
>
> But if a not experience driver do so, the change with a 500 SL
> that he slips of the road is very high. So when you have traction
> control and this happens, the sensors mounted in the differential
>
> Gives a signal to the engine electronics. That signal drops in
> one second the engine power down, so the drifting disappears and
> the car comes steady straight. So that's one of the excellent
>
> Safety things that also my wife can drive the car without
> worrying. I know some guys who did not survived in this case when
> the drove in their Porsche carrera. They say a good driver don't need
>
> ASR ( anti slip regulation) , but some times here in the winter I
> am very glad it is in my car. Sometimes I only give a small amount
> off gas in the curve, and the yellow warning light goes ´on
>
> remembering me that the road is slippery. But when you drive with
> snow chains, and one wheel stands still, the other will make no
> move. You can try this by pulling the backside up ,
>
> so the wheels are free, and set the car in the first gear and give
> a little gas. You do not know what's happening. The back wheels
> and layers shake like they fall off because the sensors give
>
> the engine constant orders to go up-go down. Put on the switch for
> snow chains and the ASR is off. Now the wheels are rotate
> normally. So in the snow one wheel can digging while the other
>
> is standing still. Then when you driving with chains and the road
> becomes less slippery, the switch automatically goes on ASR when
> you drive 60 km/hour say 38 mile.
>
> So without chains you can drifted true the curves when you set the
> switch on, but above the speed limit the safety from MB
> automatically save perhaps your life.
>
> So only if your car can not get its power to the road and the
> wheels are slipping, you will be some second faster with the
> switch on , because the engine will not be dropped down.
>
>
>
> With kind Regards,
>
> Jan Kuylaars
>
> Technical manager Rian BV
>
>
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