I met up with ‘Walter from Wadena’ Saturday afternoon after arriving from Birch Hills in a strong headwind, and an otherwise unremarkable fuel economy result. After chatting with Walter for a couple hours, and showing him this blog, I filled up at the Co-op, and headed due north. The Scangauge had me pegged as low as 3.4 L/100 km when I arrived in Tisdale.

Prerssing onwards west to Melfort, the wind was less favourable, and I ended up with a 3.6 L/100 km, which is 78 mpg (imperial)

Realistically, if I had been running the OEM width tires as opposed to the wider Vredesteins, I would have done 0.3 L/100 km better. Which means the 2008 gasoline smart would be capable of 3.1 L/100 km in ideal conditions, driven at 80 kmh. That’s 91 mpg Imperial or 76 mpg US. And that’s without any other modifications…

So there you have it… the gas smart is quite capable if driven nicely. I’ve actually got the 2008 up for sale now, and hope to find a good home for the car.

I’m looking to return to SK in September with the ‘canada1′ diesel, and make an attempt at 2.1 L/100 km over a 1200 km stretch. That would be 135 mpg (imperial) or 112 mpg US.