Hey Guys, first post.......
 

The title says it all.

I just wanted to say hello.

A bit of background on me;

I do appliance repair as my primary business. I drive over 100 miles per day. I cannot believe I never got into hypermiling up to this point. But, after 20 years of driving for work, I have begun paying attention to my driving habits. I have already gone up from 18mpg in my Caravan to 23.3mpg and climbing. Not the best in the world. But, for a parts laden work van, that is not bad. (as a sideline, I am buying a Ford C-Max soon). :D

Anyway, I also manufacture high-end electric bike drive systems and am a member of Endless Sphere on-line forum. My E-bikes have an MPGe of over 2,000!

So, hello to all!

Matt

welcome! good to have you and your appliance expreience, have you upped your tire pressure in the van? also read up on the 65+ mods and 100+ tips at the top of the page.:thumbup:

Yes, I have upped the tire pressure. I have been driving for 25 years and (though I am sure I will get flack for this) I have always run my tires at 5 pounds over their sidewall pressure. I know many people will disagree with doing that. However, I have never had a blowout and I have always driven 20,000 to 35,000 miles per year for work. I have seen shops seat beads and it takes a huge amount of pressure. So, an extra five pounds is no big thing. Also, I get an enormouse amount of miles out of a set of tires.

Anyway, I drive so much for work that I figure it is time to get serious about mileage.

Hmm, maybe a CNG conversion on my future C-Max would be cool. ;)

Matt

Welcome to the site Matt. A work vehicle is what a work vehicle has to be. Its good to see you've improved your mileage by quite a bit!

It would be great to have someone on the forum with a C-max. You'll probably be the first. It looks like a very nice vehicle, and I'm anxious to see how it performs compared to my 2nd gen Prius which has a very similar EPA rating.

The mileage will depend on how I drive it. :)

I live in northern Il. You can pop by and see it sometime.

Matt