MikeT

My Canada 1 is for sale for $2500. The catch is, that's the price only for my daughter! Others wanting it can forget it. Ha! She will probably end up buying it in the next couple of months. I'll buy a set of winter alloys for the new GLC 350e with the proceeds.

At this point the engine needs to be removed and rebuilt/repaired, or a new engine substituted. Starting and listening is not going to make the problem go away, but could make it worse. For the timing chain, take the filler cap off and see if the cam sprocket has slack. If so, it's likely the culprit, but there can be serious internal collateral damage.

Uh oh, Jumanji is about to start! It's not a hard metallic knock which could be partial good news.

Get a replacement engine. Should be some in wreckers.

Could be camshaft or valve-related if it's half engine speed.

Got the replated Peugeot OE brake line fittings today, 21 excellent ones (I think I need 18) and 5 OK-ish ones. I also had one last batch of stuff replated, including some KF2 hardware. One of the large nuts looked like Swiss cheese after being de-rusted and plated! Next step is to remake the brake lines again, and then I should be ready to try a start for the first time after the rebuild.

I think it sounds terminal - a rod bearing or two may be blown.

I think the first step is to use a knee to push the door skin inwards and then unhook the lower bit of the skin.

There is a way to get the door skin off and then essentially break into the car since the innards of the door are then visible and accessible. I've not done it but I am sure it is possible. It involves distorting the door panel quite a lot to disengage it from the door frame, and it does resume its original shape afterwards.

Today the B200 was sold for $1000 to our nephew from Chilliwack. The car will henceforth be used for a 5 am commute to Coquitlam from Chilliwack, 150 km a day. Should be easy km at off-peak times, so 500K km is a possibility. Here is Cam driving his new car away...

Lifetime is now 1.7 L/100 km and 19.7 kWh per 100 km. The cost of going 100 km on electricity is about 1/4 that of fuel. So roughly converting this hybrid economy to fuel alone on the basis of energy content, the actual equivalent L/100 is 3.91 L/100 km. The carbon dioxide effect is a lot lower that that 3.91 though, because electricity in BC is so clean (~90% hydro). In cost it's about $5.62 per 100 km. $5.62 around here buys 3.5 litres of gasoline. So 3.5 L/100 km in cost....smart-like economy on the road but because it's gasoline and not diesel, plus most of the drive is from electric power, the carbon footprint of the motive power is far less than a smart cdi. The car itself was expensive so don't conclude that this is an economy car!

Fuel consumption is down to 2.2 L/100 km. The cost of electricity from home to go 110 km is about $2.80.

Lifetime fuel consumption is smart-like, or even better. Electrical consumption is a bit more

Well the car was a bit late.....the plan now is to get it on Saturday June 7th. It arrived at the dealer around noon Thursday.

Better to stay in gear on the overrun, as no fuel is burned....idling down a hill in neutral burns more fuel, though the car may roll a tad farther than if it's in gear. In the end, probably a wash either way and the car will not go back into gear at speed because the layshaft is not spinning and the synchros would burn out, not to mention the clutch disc. I think the 54 HP came out in 2010 actually so they may be importable now.

The 451 D to get is the earliest 54 HP version. No particle filter (IIRC) and decent power. So that'd be circa 2014 models and 2029 is the importation date for those models. My car's tires are wider than stock: 175 section on the front and 195 on the rear, versus 145 and 175 respectively. It eats about 0.2 L/100 km according to European FE tests (official). Well worth it IMO. 100 MPG is possible but you have to drive like a mobile chicane to do it.

3.6 is great. Lifetime average in my stock smart with 175/195 tires was 3.95 over 250K km. My BRABUS Canada 1 also has 175/195 tires and a Fast Eddy remap and its lifetime is 4.2 over 188K km. It's driven reasonably hard. Can score in the mid 3s if I try.

As our new GLC 350e will be delivered on Monday June 2, we will be selling the B200 to our nephew in Chilliwack, who will use to to commute into Surrey every day. He says he wants the 500,000 km grille badge but we will see how attainable that is, especially if an expensive repair comes up. I've disclosed the full situation of the car to him and the price is low, at $1000. We will drive it on one last road trip this coming weekend, to Penticton for a pre-fondo bike ride. Should have about 361,000 km when he gets it.

Will take delivery June 2!

Getting closer: Blue River BC on the CNR.

May be ready for pickup at the very end of May or first couple days of June!

Do you have glass coverage (comprehensive) on your insurance? Claim it, if you do.

Need to pedal faster.......

Well heck....the last info about the ETA shown in the screenshot above was all wrong. Got another update today. The car is actually in Bremerhaven still. It should get on the Carmen RoRo vessel May 8th and arrive in Halifax on the 20th. ...which means it should arrive at Mercedes Nanaimo around June 9th and be delivered a few days after that.

Make an offer, includes spare wheels with nearly new winter Michelin X-Ice Snow.