Deposits, evaporation loss, HTHS etc.Extended drain intervals and timing chain wear requirements.
You’re correct, I forgot about DI intake deposits.Deposits, evaporation loss, HTHS etc.
MB229.3 and later 5, LL01 etc. are product of HP wars in Europe. In 90’s and beginning of 2000 speed limit was optional in many European countries, and we all know about Germany.
European manufacturers were using small turbo engines, especially diesels, since beginning of 90’s. Here people still discuss whether 2.0T engine is good enough, and I owned 1991 Opel Calibra 2.0T in 1998. It was called “Autobahn murderer.”
Oils had to lubricate properly these small, hp packed engines, and API couldn’t and didn’t want to deliver.
I recall renting a Fiat Uno in France in 1990. Three of us piled in and navigated the old part of Boudreaux every day for a week. It was a real eye opener. Europe is full of little ____ boxes. While the US fought against diminishing resources with CAFE, Europe kept on using small cars which were used on roads developed centuries ago in which each lane was the width of two horse’s asses.
I do land surveying and construction layout for work, in Canada but we're just like the US when it comes to this. An example of a typical day I might drive half an hour at 50mph to my first job in the morning , spend a couple hours there and then half an hour at 70mph to the office...get paperwork and more jobs...then drive 45 minutes at 70mph to another job in the opposite direction....spend an hour or 2 there and then drive another half an hour to 2 more jobs in the city on the way back, then back to the office and finally half an hour home again.Partly true. CAFE oil and shortish OCI is one way of lowering emissions.
EU does longer OCI instead, less oil consumed. We dont drive as many miles per year in average, so many times its the month limit that hits first.
API 30 visc seems to be unnecessarily thin imo.
"The average American traveled 1.98 times more miles on the road each year than the average resident of France, 2.06 times more than the average German, and 2.23 times more than the average person in Great Britain.4 Residents of those countries often enjoy communities where more destinations can be accessed on foot, by public transportation, or by intercity rail."
Some of my past rentals in Germany/EU. All of them hit their limiter when on the Autobahn and stuck there for a while
I used Sixt for the M cars and Europcar for the E200 and Opel Insignia diesel.
Also made these videos for a friend who never has experienced the Autobahn, yes I know it's not safe to do so:
Enterting the Autobahn to Vmax:
Entering the de-restricted part of Autobahn:
The G80 M3 is so quick it was almost anti-climatic hitting the speed limiter.
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