Drove the "Freightliner" Sprinter van

Drove the "Freightliner" Sprinter van

12-07-2002, 04:13 PM

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Drove the "Freightliner" Sprinter van

a week or 2 ago I posted about the dissapointing results with a powerstroke powered e-450 box truck.

Well, I did a run using one of those Sprinter vans with the Mercedes 5 cylinder diesel. It smokes!!!

I got nearly 30 mpgs with about 3,000 lbs on and once it was empty, I did a few power brake launches

This thing took off so hard, The stuff in the dash FLEW off it and slammed into the cargo bulkhead. I was absolutely stunned.

I am gonna buy one. They came down to 27,600 for it.

I was happy with the rams' 20-21mpgs, but I will love 30mpgs.

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