10:00 am, Maple Creek, SK

I’m grabbing some breakfast and as you can tell, some free wireless too. I arrived in SK last night and camped again just past the AB-SK border.

I have aired up the tires to 45 PSI cold, and filled up. From Maple Creek, I am heading south to the Red Coat Trail (Hwy 13) and then east to Weyburn. From there, it’ll be north to Wadena, and that’s when I’ll likely be in full hypermiling mode.

I’ve managed decent mileage thus far, even though I have been sticking to the speed limit mostly, which means 110 kmh at times. Managed a 3.0 L/100 km (better than 90 mpg imperial) from outside of Calgary to Maple Creek despite this, so I’m thinking it’ll be a good day…

I’ve been using the boost gauge as one of the four that the Scangauge displays in real-time. The latest version of the Scanguage programming (v4.05) includes the ‘BST’ gauge standard in the preprgrammed set, and you can also adjust for the relative air pressure of where you are. The boost gauge alone could help you get better mileage out of your diesel. The lower the value, the better your fuel economy. I use the boost gauge to determine if shifting down a gear for a hill is better than staying in the higher gear and trying to hold my speed… ‘You cannot manage what you do not measure’.

Until the next post….