I’ve been meaning to post a recap on the 100 MPG Challenge, with links to the posts from my cross country drive. So here it is…

It all began here. In May 2005, just as my car was getting wrapped in graphics, I had this crazy idea to drive across the country to promote the One-Tonne Challenge and get people excitied about fuel efficiency.

The idea was presented to the City of Abbotsford for their approval. John Vissers presented the idea at a council meeting.

I put this website together overnight, and had help with the logo.

I arranged to take five weeks off of work, and picked a start date, which coincided with another smart car event in Victoria on August 28th. And so it began at Mile 0.

Here are links to specific dates and places from the trip:

August 29th, Abbotsford, BC.
August 30th, Barriere, BC.
August 30th, Hinton, AB.
August 31st, Edmonton, AB.
August 31st, North Battleford, SK.
August 31st, Birch Hills, SK.
September 1, Wadena, SK.
September 1, Yorkton, SK. This is where I surpassed 100 MPG for the first time, achieving 113 mpg, or 2.49 L/100km.
September 2nd, at the 100th Meridian in MB.
September 2nd, Thunder Bay, ON.
September 3rd, near Nipigon, ON. 100mpg.ca readers will remember the ‘Thanks for the vacuum’ story. One of my favorites.
September 4th, Massey, ON.
September 4th, Bruce Peninsula, ON.
September 4th, Mitchell, ON.
September 5th, Stratford, ON.
September 5th, London, ON.
September 5th, Mississauga, ON.
September 5th, ‘How much stuff can fit in a smart?’
September 6th, Fuel Economy results: Victoria to Toronto’
September 6th, Bradford, ON.
September 7th, Toronto, ON.
September 7th, Uxbridge, ON.
September 8th, Kingston, ON.
September 9th, Montreal, QC.
September 9th, Oromocto, NB.
September 10th commentary by John Vissers.
September 10th, CTC Gagetown.
September 10th, PEI.
September 11th, Charlottetown, PE. More here.
September 11th, Antigonish, NS.
September 11th, North Sydney, NS.
September 13th, near St. Johns, NF.
September 13th, Mile 0, St. Johns, NF. Includes fuel economy recap for leg 1 of the journey.
September 13th, arriving in Gander NF. Some more thoughts here.
September 14th, Gander NF.
September 14th, Corner Brook, NF. More.
September 15th, Flowers Cove, NF. More.
September 16th, Labrador. I promise to post all of my pictures and stories from Labrador… and soon!
September 17th, aboard the Nordik Express. What a day. A very worthwhile excursion.
September 18th, Kegaska, QC.
September 18th, Natashquan, QC.
Some thoughts from around September 20th: here, here and here. I missed out on Quebec City, but guess what… I plan on going back.
September 21st, Dorval, QC.
September 22nd, Ottawa, ON. A few pictures from my visit to Transport Canada are here.
September 23rd, marathon, ON. You can also read about the 16 Showerhead Challenge.
September 24th, Lake Superior and area.
September 25th, Atikokan, ON.
September 25th, Kenora, ON.
September 25th, Brandon, MB.
September 26th, SK-MB border.
September 26th, Dog River, SK.
September 27th, Calgary, AB.
September 29th, Kelowna, BC.
September 29th, Abbotsford, BC.
September 30th, Abbotsford, BC. Some ‘thank you’ messages, and a recap on trip expenses.
October 1st, Vancouver, BC. Final fuel consumption figures are here.

I’ll try to jazz this up a bit, and give some additional thoughts on bits of the trip. I can say this now - it was very condensed. Putting together this recap brought back to life the ups and downs of traversing the country in 33 days.

Thanks for checking in.