Ryan McEachern

I was up too Laurel! Very good game, although Sweden didnt have anything left in the tank by the third period. Not a really fair contest with so many excellent swedes out due to injuries. That being said, it sure felt good to hear that beautiful anthem again!!! The only anthem sung in that building(twice). Oh Canada!

Very cool!

I wonder if the european C-max comes with an "SL" trim option and in the beginning they thought to call it that here too?

Okay, I understand what you are saying now. My personal experience is quite different. I have 20,000 km on the car now, under a lot of different conditions, and I achieve the best MPG at the slowest speeds. The slower I can drive, the less gas I burn getting to the destination - I haven't figured out how slow is too slow, but there is a stiff penalty in going fast in my situation. We do a cross-province trip that is about 800 km round trip, and it is obvious, that in my situation, the slower I drive, the more efficient the car is. When we are in a rush, we cruise at 10-20 above the speed limit, so figure about 120-140 km/h, mixed terrain. When we are not in a rush, we drive the speed limit, or 5 over, and burn much less fuel on the trip. The very best efficiency I have seen on the highway trips was when there was a pretty good blizzard going on, and I was slowed to 50-60 km/h for a lot of the trip. The city driving follows the same pattern. Picking a route that keeps my speed to 50-60 km/h burns far less fuel that routes that have 80 or 90 km/h sections in them. Each to their own I guess.

MacGyver, I have followed this thread with interest, but I need you to explain to me slower and more carefully how you came to decide that 75mph is the C-Max's most efficient speed. As a physics guy, I just can't make sense of it. I have an open mind about these things, so lay it on me.

I am on a blackberry and laptop, and use the mobile version exclusively. The forum automatically switched to the mobile version as soon as I log in, even from a totally different PC, so it must be the Forum itself that is remembering my preference

nice work!

Dijman, yes that sounds about right.

You can't just remove the steering wheel and turn it a bit and put it back on anymore. The steering wheel is index keyed to the shaft and will only go on one way. Older vehicles could be adjusted in this fashion, but not for a long time. Sorry for the bad luck. Perhaps you will end up having to jump a curb again to avoid a collision, or get pushed into a curb, or something like that will happen this winter, and the off-kilter steering wheel may end up fixed at the same time as the new damage.

Mamalou, I just looking on-line at some diferent crockpots, and was amazed to see that some only drew 125 watts on the low setting, and one even says 60 watts on the keep warm setting, so I was wrong. Depending on your crock pot, you could very well run it off the on-board inverter, as long as it is under 150 watts. Look on the bottom of the appliance, it should say the amperage needed, and times that by 120 volts to get the wattage. It may say the wattage needed instead, which is even easier. Let me know! The one we have just says 600 watts, but I bet that is only for the high setting, and would be lower on low.

That's amazing. My Mom has had Anna's stay before, but it is a bit hit and miss. We built a house quite close to hers, but only seem to get Rufous. I have lots of different foliage planted for my beehives, but the hummers don't seem to like our yard that much. Too many bees perhaps? We have a red fox hanging around this winter though, which is very cool, a first for us. Back on topic of winter driving in the snow, we are headed up to Chase on Tuesday - it's an odd numbered year, so we spend Christmas with my in-laws. I have had the blessing of rescuing a few folks on our winter jaunts, but I am having a hard time figuring out where to put my shovel in the C-max. With my truck, and the old minivan, there was never really a limit to gear, just throw whatever you want in there.... now everything has to be considered carefully. I guess I'll have to get a compact shovel to go with our compact car. :)

Laurel, Yes, definitely going to be a learning curve for me/us with the regenerative braking coming on when on hill assist. The effect of hill assist to the driver is just like the front brakes ONLY coming on, on their own, usually right when you dont want them on. On our drives back and forth to Chase and Kamloops, we have been careful to turn the hill assist OFF anytime the roads aren't totally bare. Driving in the "L" setting on the eCVT will have the same effect, when you take your foot off the gas in "LOW" it is just like having ONLY the front brakes applied lightly.(This can be dangerous in some situations) Merry Christmas! edit: spelling

Hey John, I am also 6'4". We have the panoramic roof. The amount of headroom is staggeringly huge. You will have no problem at all. My hair rubbed on the roof of the Prius we test drove, but no matter how high and upright i put the seat in the c-max, there is still a large gap above my head.

No, even a small crockpot draws 600w. The max sustained wattage of the on-board inverter is 150w. Your best bet is to get the crock pot extra good and warm with your product inside, then wrap it up with multiple layers of towels, and put it in a box, then garbage bag over it all. The product will stay hot for an amazing long time. We have a big cast iron dutch oven that works well for this, I suppose a ceramic brown betty would work too.

Hey Laurel, I made three trips to town today in the C-max too, I chose it over the truck to give it a good test. I was pretty impressed - I didn't notice the back end breaking free at all, but the Energi has a much, much heavier battery back there, so maybe that helped. What tires did you go with? We are running Michelin x-ice3. Sounds like you north shore folks got more snow than us valley folks, as expected I guess. We are sitting right at 12cm exactly right now, switching between a light rain and snow.