SMCC Montreal Economy Run - June 9th, 2012

[blownb310]

Raw results converted to mpg's (US gallon) [before penalties and with the original 198 km distance]:

Gas Class:

1. Darin Cosgrove, 2000 Insight: 76.12 mpg.
2. Mike Kamm, 1997 Geo Metro: 63.23 mpg.
3. William Morin, 1999 Toyota Tercel: 53.33 mpg.
4. Francis Reid, 2005 Toyota Echo: 50.80
5. Jeff Dungen, 1992 Toyota Levin GT Apex: 50.15 mpg.
6. Luc Lachambre, 2013 Smart ForTwo: 48.90 mpg.
7. Patrice Quenneville, 2008 Smart ForTwo: 46.03 mpg.
8. Ken Snowman, 1990 VW "FrankenJetta": 43.88 mpg.
9. Chris Werner, 1997 Saturn SW2 wagon [with four passengers]: 41.19 mpg.
10. Nathalie Wing, 2010 Smart ForTwo: 40.14 mpg.
11. Stephanie Beaulieu, 2009 Smart ForTwo: 39.93 mpg.

Diesel Class

1. Frederic Bedard, 2005 Smart ForTwo: 73.50 mpg.
2. Marc-Andre' Lajeunesse, 2006 Smart ForTwo: 62.22 mpg.
3. Michel Cuerrier, 2005 Smart ForTwo: 57.95 mpg.
4. Martin Boisvert, 2005 Smart ForTwo: 48.30 mpg.

Hybrid Class

1. Mathieu Laframboise, 2012 Toypta Prius C: 58.07 mpg.

[JethroBodine]

I had an awesome time all around on this rally. It really is great being able to talk about mods, statistics, and plans for the vehicle in real time and have the people you are talking with actually be interested in what your talking about.

The Jetta, however, found things a bit more difficult. So far things are looking a bit off, mechanically. Over the weekend I used a gallon of antifreeze, two quarts of oil, lost both my front smoothies, blew the right front strut, and lost 3(so far) screws on the belly pan.

Coming back into America, had a crew of 3 inspectors and a something?-sniffing dog go over my car for 15 minutes.

Jeff, thanks for being a great host/tour guide. I really had a great time and look forward to seeing everyone again.

Better numbers next time!

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by blownb310

second overall in my stock Metro

Congrats are due on that - no mods!

But, Miiiiiiiiiiiike......



(From: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ropped-90.html )

Add a short boat tail to that, along with the usual complement of other aero mods plus LRR tires, and you've seriously got yourself an Insight killer. (And a really cool looking Metro.)

We already know you can weld!!

[nerdboy]

Originally Posted by HyperMileQC

Si ont avait à refaire le rally, je crois que nous nous concentrerons uniquement sur la consommation brute, ainsi nous obtiendrons de meilleurs résultats dans 3 catégories sur 4. Et comme je suis vraiment a chier en math, nous aurons pas de problèmes avec les calculs et les "Francis esti, roule plus vite on est 3 minutes en retard!" et lui de répondre "Chu déja dans l'fond!"

Oui, en effet si vous ignorez le chronometrage, il serait possible d'ameliorer les categories "brute" et "% > TC". Par contre la categorie L/100km/tonne inclut les penalites pour les retards.

Je pense qu'apres votre experience de samedi, vous seriez capables de refaire le parcours plus rapidement et plus economique. Le defi c'est de garder assez de momentum pour ne pas devoir clancher a 5000rpm pour monter les cotes. Si vous maitrisez le rhythme des bouts sinueuses et montagneuses, vous aurez de fortes gains.

Originally Posted by HyperMileQC

All our mods need to be fixed now, because of this rally

That's the one unfortunate thing about the conditions of a few of the roads in this rally. I hope you were looking for an excuse to rework some mods.

[nerdboy]

Originally Posted by JethroBodine

The Jetta, however, found things a bit more difficult. So far things are looking a bit off, mechanically. Over the weekend I used a gallon of antifreeze, two quarts of oil, lost both my front smoothies, blew the right front strut, and lost 3(so far) screws on the belly pan.

Coming back into America, had a crew of 3 inspectors and a something?-sniffing dog go over my car for 15 minutes.

All this reminds me that I need to find a new oil cap! But perhaps I've stumbled upon something - replacing your oil cap with a wedged-in dirty rag adds 5mpg.

Glad to hear that you made it home okay despite the weight-reduction services offered by our lovely 198km course. Hope that the fixes aren't too time and resource consuming. At the border I'm sure the doggy was looking for contraband rhubarb. They got tipped off by Wonderboy blatantly crossing with a pile of it in the front seat.

[MetroMPG]

I wonder if dogs like rhubarb jam or if it's an acquired taste for them too...

[MetroMPG]

More slice & dice of the results...

Raw results in mpg US [before penalties and with the original 198 km distance], all classes:

1. Gas - Darin Cosgrove, 2000 Insight: 76.12 mpg.
2. Diesel - Frederic Bedard, 2005 Smart ForTwo: 73.50 mpg.
3. Gas - Mike Kamm, 1997 Geo Metro: 63.23 mpg.
4. Diesel - Marc-Andre' Lajeunesse, 2006 Smart ForTwo: 62.22 mpg.
5. Hybrid gas/electric - Mathieu Laframboise, 2012 Toypta Prius C: 58.07 mpg.
6. Diesel - Michel Cuerrier, 2005 Smart ForTwo: 57.95 mpg.
7. Gas - William Morin, 1999 Toyota Tercel: 53.33 mpg.
8. Gas - Francis Reid, 2005 Toyota Echo: 50.80
9. Gas - Jeff Dungen, 1992 Toyota Levin GT Apex: 50.15 mpg.
10. Gas - Luc Lachambre, 2013 Smart ForTwo: 48.90 mpg.
11. Diesel - Martin Boisvert, 2005 Smart ForTwo: 48.30 mpg.
12. Gas - Patrice Quenneville, 2008 Smart ForTwo: 46.03 mpg.
13. Gas - Ken Snowman, 1990 VW "FrankenJetta": 43.88 mpg.
14. Gas - Chris Werner, 1997 Saturn SW2 wagon [with 4 passengers]: 41.19 mpg.
15. Gas - Nathalie Wing, 2010 Smart ForTwo: 40.14 mpg.
11. Gas Stephanie Beaulieu, 2009 Smart ForTwo: 39.93 mpg.

[nerdboy]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

11. Diesel - Martin Boisvert, 2005 Smart ForTwo: 48.30 mpg.

We should note that these guys brought their own biodiesel and ran on that. They also ran with the roof open - I'm sure they would have easily been over 50mpg otherwise, which is great to see from an alternative fuel. They're the "green" Smart below:

[Wonderboy]

At the border I'm sure the doggy was looking for contraband rhubarb. They got tipped off by Wonderboy blatantly crossing with a pile of it in the front seat.

I spent a whole 2 minutes at the border. I had a cloth covering up my grocery bag and the foil-capped grape juice it contained (it actually was just sparkling grape juice) with stalks of rhubarb from Darin's garage chalet poking out of it. The guard asked me where I was going, how long I'd been in Canada, and pointed at the rhubarb and asked what it was. I told him it was rhubarb and he smiled and said he didn't know if it was prohibited or not but probably not and motioned for me to go through. I had a bunch of crap in my back hatch too that didn't get a second look which I could've concealed all manner of contraband in... maybe some horse meat.

[blownb310]

I went [both ways] through the border quickly as well. I simply told them that I was going to participate in an SMCC economy run event in Montreal. He said "Where will it start?" I said "Uhh, from that town where Celine Dion is from".

I couldn't remember Charlemagne at that moment.

Their computer monitor probably shows them the pattern of my border crossing once each year, and always in early June.