On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 6:15 PM, <eric at megageek.com> wrote: > I had a 1991 Mercedes 190D that got 40MPG. That's right, in the 90's I > was getting in the 40's. In 1978 I worked for a VW dealer. We had diesel Rabbits that always got mid-40s. And lasted 500 kilomiles. Nothing new under the sun, except cars have had to get heavier.