Hi from Chicagoland!
 

Hello,

I'm a proud owner of a 2002 Civic, and a 1998 Corolla-in-law (my wife's from when we got married). I've been reading this site and found it to be one of the most fascinating I've ever happened upon.

I love what people are doing with their do-it-yourself MPG gauges. I'm very interested in looking into building these for my cars, as well as some others. As a software engineer (who has also been known to dabble with hardware for hobby projects such as this), hopefully I can also be of some help with the projects going on here.

Looking forward to learning a lot from all of you!

Welcome to ecomodder!

I've always wondered, is chicagoland different from chicago? :p

Welcome

Feel free to jump right in with your knowledge! Welcome to the site.

Chicagoland is Chicago and its suburbs. I live about 35 miles away from downtown Chicago.

Anyway, glad to be here :)

Welcome to EM!

Enjoy the site -- we look forward to any ideas you have...

Best FE to ya :thumbup:

RH77

Welcome from a former Chicagoan--south side. It always bothers me when someone says they are from Chicago, and then in conversation I find out it's really like.....Rockford. Thank you for using "Chicagoland".:thumbup:

Didn't you know that Chicago is the northernmost suburb of Carbondale? ;)

Half-way to Rockford on I-90 myself. It really depends on the scope of where you're saying it though. For example, I lived in Japan for awhile, and if I told someone I was from the state of Illinois, they'd look at me strangely, but when I'd say "Chicago" they'd instantly go "OH! Yeah! I know where Chicago is!" pretty much every time. (Then they'd start talking about how they associate Chicago with gangs, and then I'd tell them I'm outside of the city, but I digress.)

But Carbondaleland is a bit... well, not economical to say. ;)
Actually, I've been meaning to visit Carbondale at some point in the next year or so. Everyone keeps telling me about how great the scenery is, so I thought I might go down there for some camping and hiking, etc.
Maybe once I get the OBD MPGuino working in my car, I'll suddenly find a need to take it on a trip downstate though... :D

Welcome to the site. You have two wonderful cars capable of great mileage. I look forward to updates.