Rueter, you are a very lucky man to live in Banff - beautiful town in a beautiful area.
I use Husky gas and get mid grade gas for the price of regular in BC and with my BCAA card, I save a bit on the price. You can get 92 octane gas at Husky with ethanol - which provides you with gas line anti-freeze. See: MyHusky.ca | Where We're Going
Glad you like the B. welcome and hope you enjoy this forum too.
The compression demands premium gas. In an emergency you can get away with regular and just to get you to the next gas station.
We've discussed this here before.
Cheers, Derek
i live in banff alberta canada...rocky mountains....drove the b from hear to vancouver then down to seattle wash......then back again......lovin the car.......car preformed really well climbing the mountain roads......fantastic on gas......i know it says min 91 octane, is this super important......almost $1.40L for supreme....thanks....this forum is really helpful.....
I don't think it's terribly important.... you got knock sensors in the engine and it will retard timing if need be..... but to avoid pinging (ie predetonation) just don't drive it pedal to the metal.... I fill with regular quite often. My 300E hasn 280k km on it without any problems so far... my B200 has 50k on it as well. But those mountains around Banff they sure must get in the way of the view
To my slight embarrassment, I found another 'hidden' feature of my B last night.
When driving into work yesterday morning, my range said that I had 137km. By the time I was driving home (20km later approx) in the afternoon, I saw that the gas gauge needle had edged closer to E, and a little orange square had appeared, right beside the E. I love the subtle feature of the orange square only appearing when you are close to E - v. cool.
Also, at that time, the range feature in km had disappeared from the instrument panel - replaced with a suggestion to refuel immediately. As I drove further, the instrument panel then informed me that I was on the reserve fuel tank. After that not so subtle hint, the display then changed to a picture of a gas pump with the fuel hose connected to a B Class . I promptly filled up, and deposited 50.24 litres of gas into my baby. (I suppose that may answer the debate as to whether the 6 litre eserve tank is included in the 50 litre capacity or is over and above the 50 litre tank)
I know it is bad to wait that long to refuel - my bad . I failed to anticipate that the 137km of range actually meant 25km before the car would go bananas and get in my face about feeding it some gasoline .
When the B is programmed to unlock once with the driver's door only (using the fob), and you drive off with the automatic lock feature engaged, at your destination, when you open (thus unlocking the door) only the driver's door will unlock. HOWEVER, if you click your fob twice to unlock all doors, all the doors will also unlock when you arrive at your destination and you unlock your door by just using the door open handle (not the unlock button). Seems like the car's computer remembers your last fob sequence.
I thought my locks was malfunctioning until I tested it out a few times.
Unlike most other MPVs the B class is very limited on storage areas here are a couple of ideas for those that might want to utilise a little extra in the way of storage.
The first 2 pictures show an existing fair size storage space that could be used if you want to leave valuables (out of site) in the car. There is quite a bit of room hidden behind the inner lining of the rear pocket (the one without the manual & first aid kit etc)
if you just pull the inner compartment lining at the top the whole assembly pulls forward (& this is how you would change rear bulbs) giving a largish area between the inner boot side and the inside of the rear wing. As you can see I have a fair amount of stuff packed in there as well as a spare litre of oil.
The second photos show how I have opened up a cubbyhole( which was on my old B but not included on the new one) just behind the rear seat on the opposite side of the car that has a cubbyhole for the jack & toolkit.
The lining is quite thin & can be cut with a Stanley knife (I have left the hairy edges on so it can be seen in the photo but will trim these off with scissors so this cubbyhole will be virtually invisible when finished. You may need to line it to stop things rattling inside.
I am looking for one of the original M/B plastic covers to finish the job off as per my old B but I think I will need to find one of these at a breakers yard.
I was cleaning the inside of the car the other day ( sadly found no lost coins ) and noticed that our car did not have the second compartment "cubbyhole" behind the rear seat. opposite the side with the jack. I thought it had just been left out on our car. I feel better knowing someone else has no storage spot as well.
I was going to cut it out if I could get the plastic cover for it. Nice to have a spot to store things like jumper cables, tire sealant, gloves, rags, etc. that you do not use very often. Will checkout your other recommendations as well, might come in handy at the border.
Looks like your car is turning into a smugglers dream Good money in BC converting trucks to haul extra items across the border.
If I was ever lucky enough to find a newer B in the scrap(breakers)yard, I'd have a field day with all the parts I'd want.
Power electric seats with lumber adjust for one, spare leather steering wheel etc...etc...parts,...parts,...parts...
they sure must get in the way of the view
. I failed to anticipate that the 137km of range actually meant 25km before the car would go bananas and get in my face about feeding it some gasoline 
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Good money in BC converting trucks to haul extra items across the border.
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