Hi from the Great White North!

[bluesfan]

Hi all,

I just bought a new set of wheels -- 2008 Mazda B2300 pickup with a five-speed automatic transmission and A/C -- basically a Ford Ranger in East Asian clothing.

My previous vehicle was a 1999 Mazda 626 with the 2.0 liter four and automatic transmission with overdrive. My usual driving is a mix -- mostly rural trips but not really highway -- rolling country roads with stops and slow turns in little towns between home and work, which is 25 miles from home. My 626 did 36 mpg average (30 mpg using U.S. gallons, but I'm still stuck in Imperial liquid measure). The new truck is still in the break-in period, and average to date is about 32 mpg (roughly 27 mpg using U.S. gallons).

On a good day, gas is $1.20 a liter here. That works out to CDN $4.536 per U.S. gallon, or U.S. $4.811 based on today's exchange rate. In order to help keep my fuel costs to a minimum, I have installed a ScanGauge II and a Freedom Trifold tonneau cover, and I always try to drive like my Mom was in the front seat with me

I'm glad to have found this place, and I look forward to learning lots about hypermiling and ecomodding. I'll try to use the search function before I ask questions -- I'm not new to the vBulletin forum system.

Cheers,

bluesfan

[ankit]

Cool, 27 MPG sounds really great to me since that is what I was near until my last tank. There are quite a few pickups here. One even gets over 30 MPG (U.S. gallons) IIRC.

[SVOboy]

Welcome to EM! You're in some good company, both with the truck and the canada bit,

[Johnny Mullet]

Glad you could join us!

[MetroMPG]

Welcome bluesfan.

Nice job on the mileage to date, not even broken in. (Out of curiousity, do you normally speak in L/100 km or mpg Imperial?)

The ScanGauge and tonneau are good first steps for sure.

[bluesfan]

Thanks for the welcome everyone.

Metro, I have the ScanGauge set for l / 100 km, but I relate better to mpg Imperial. Likely has a lot to do with my age

Cheers,

bluesfan

[Bicycle Bob]

Welcome, but where did you say you were at? I'm from Hamilton, ON, but now I live near Prince Albert, SK. We get 6 months of white, eh?

[bluesfan]

Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob

Welcome, but where did you say you were at? I'm from Hamilton, ON, but now I live near Prince Albert, SK. We get 6 months of white, eh?

I'm in the middle of the snow belt -- north of Stratford ON.

(Mennonite country -- my neighbors measure their FE in miles per bale )

Cheers,

bluesfan