Joined the Sprinter Revolution

[BajaSportsmobile]

I flew to Oklahoma City, OK Wednesday, arriving at 3 pm and bought a 2008 Sprinter that I found on Craig's List. Wrapped up the transaction and hit the road for San Diego about three hours later.

Drove straight through with a 2 hour stop in Albuquerque for a shower and a two hour stop in Phoenix for lunch with a friend - just over 24 hours total trip.

From GPS:
Trip Distance: 1378.69 Miles
Trip Time: 19:34:02
Average Speed: 70.59 (that includes slow speeds in towns....)
Max Speed: 87.90

Driving speeds were between 70 and 85.
Hit one huge storm in Texas - unbelievable lightning, wind, rain and hail.
All in all a very comfortable ride.
20.3 mpg in one stage averaging 75 mph - impressed.

I'm going to enjoy these Sprinters!!!

Not giving up my 4X4 E350 SMB just yet but at twice the fuel mileage...:Wow1:

 

[bknudtsen]

Nice! Post some pics when you get a chance.

 

[BajaSportsmobile]

 

[bknudtsen]

:clapsmile

 

[mhiscox]

20.3 mpg in one stage averaging 75 mph - impressed. I'm going to enjoy these Sprinters!!!

Thanks for sharing the trip information. You were really bookin' it. That fuel economy is sweet for the V-6 at that speed. I suspect that the lower roof helps, and it sure makes for a good looking truck (especially with the MBz grille).

Enjoy the truck.

 

[Ryanmb21]

Nice! what are your plans for the truck? How will you use it?

 

[Overland Hadley]

Very nice!

 

[Overland Hadley]

Nice! what are your plans for the truck? How will you use it?

This?

 

[SoCalChaos]

if you find a way...

to do this without breaking the bank to badly... i will join the revolution to!

btw... the SGI-5c worked perfectly!
4x4 conversion is done and I'm on the road in Oregon, THANKS!

 

[bdog1]

After reading your sig. (Impressive)... I guess you could go that fast cross country all the way home! Nice ride!

 

[Overland Hadley]

After reading your sig. (Impressive)... I guess you could go that fast cross country all the way home! Nice ride!

Just checked the sig out. Impressive indeed!

 

[BajaSportsmobile]

After reading your sig. (Impressive)... I guess you could go that fast cross country all the way home! Nice ride!

In 2007, when I was 50, I solo'ed the 1000, when it was closer to 1400 miles, in a single seat buggy in a time of 53 hours (had to do some major work on it during the race). I had 1 hour of sleep during that time and 4 hours of sleep in 96 hours.

Six years later I'm still tired!

 

[upsidedown]

What is the plan for the front 4x4 conversion? Independent front A-arms with CV shafts like a 1 ton Chevy truck? No solid axle in front right? Got a website or pic of the conversion plan?

 

[ujoint]

Looks good, nice body style. How is the interior set up?

 

[BajaSportsmobile]

Looks good, nice body style. How is the interior set up?

It is a blank palette - not sure what I am going to do with it. I wanted one to see if I like it - so far I do. I do like the Econoline platform better for towing and off-roading and my E350 rides better than the Sprinter but 24 mpg is really attractive as is the space inside.