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158 messages, Last post on Jul 24, 2009 at 11:27 AM
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pf_flyer HOST: I'd say you used pretty bad judgment. You traveled out of gear driving on a couple of miles grade, not knowing what is at the bottom, not realizing that your brakes would heat up to the ineffective point, and it causing you to "swoop" through an intersection. Poor driving judgment like that can get you or others killed. Hypermilers should be the least of your worries: I've never heard of hypermilers showing such poor judgment. What really caught my eye was "But hey, it's your neck, not mine" because you completely distort what I am doing: 2:00AM, max speed 50 down to 20MPH on an almost level, familiar road I travel many times a day 365 days a year is not poor judgment, nothing as you have described. rfruth, "coasting in N is illegal in some states unsafe and does very little (if any) good in the MPG dept" Coasting in N is only a small part of what I'm doing. What I am doing has very, very good results- see my post: misterme, "Hybrid Tips: Optimizing mileage" #231, 31 Mar 2005 9:04 pm As for the illegal part, did you exceed the posted speed limit? You know those limits are placed for safety sake. How about rolling a stop sign? That's illegal too. Have you ever tailgated a slow driver? Surely that's dangerous and is one of the leading causes of accidents.. kernick: When you do any the things listed above do you think you are smarter than average and know better? Genius? If I'm in the far right lane of an unclogged 6-lane freeway going the speed limit enjoying my 90MPG segment as most others just gas it going +10 to +15 over, tailgating each other in the speedy Left lanes among other things then who is it that thinks they are smarter than the law? Are you among them? I hope not. |
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I didn't go down the grade out of gear, just had it in fifth and was tooling along touching the brake to keep the speed in check. You want to call that bad judgement? It was an error on my part that resulted in an unintended consequence, not a conscious decision to give up part of the controls of the vehicle. Am I to assume that a hybrids brakes don't heat up when used going downgrade in neutral to control speed??? And for what it's worth, from the post prior to yours, the claim of being able to get a car out of neutral and into gear in milliseconds may qualify as THE single most outrageous claim I've seen yet. Reaction time is measured in TENTHS of seconds at best. And that's just to get the process started of stepping on the brake or releasing the clutch or whatever it is your about to attempt to save yourself. My comment about it being your neck distorts nothing. You're taking a risk that I simply wouldn't take for some fractional gain in mileage. Just as I wouldn't take the risk that some of the tuners take on public roads with their vehicles. We're going to have to agree to disagree on this one I'm afriad.
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Apr 01, 2005 8:50 pm) |
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Here are some tips for getting better MPG without having to coast in neutral #1 Take a large box.... #2 Search car from stem to stern and place all items not necessary for safety or comfort in box.. #3 Place box in Garage... #4 Check all tyre pressures are correct for load in car e.g. higher if car is heavily loaded (See drivers manual #5 Remove lead weight from right shoe Here endeth the lesson P.s. this works with any vehicle... hybrid or otherwise |
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Recently I tried an experiment early one morning when no traffic was on the road. I set the cruise control of my '06HCH at 30mph and drove for about three miles on a level surface without stopping. During that period the EV mode engaged two or three times as evidenced by the MPG gauge pegging out and two bars showing on the Assist gauge. Wasn't able to travel more than l/4 mile continuously without it reverting to the gasoline mode but it does work. Conditions permitting I now use the cruise control when driving for an extended distance in a 30mph zone, its very easy to drive 5-l0mph over the speed without the cruise. So I reduce the chance of being stopped for speeding plus a micro mpg saving 
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I recently purchased my Civic Hybrid and love it. Because of demand, I wasn't able to test drive the Hybrid; instead I purchased the VIN number and picked up the car a couple of weeks later. One gadget I was sure the Civic would have was a "remaining miles" meter or gauge that informs the driver of how far they drive on the remaining gas in the tank. While I try not to drive on fumes, it's really nice to know how much gas I have before filling up. My BMW had this feature and I loved it. Perhaps I overlooked a button that can display this information? Any guidance is very much appreciated.
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Replying to: gibraltarla (Apr 26, 2006 2:44 pm)
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Replying to: gibraltarla (Apr 26, 2006 2:44 pm) This gives an extra .4 gallons in the tank. Also on the fuel indicator when the gas tank light comes on you are supposed to have two gallons left, or another 90-100 miles amazingly. |
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Replying to: jph3006 (Apr 28, 2006 12:17 pm)
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Replying to: gibraltarla (May 02, 2006 11:43 am) I don't agree. I find the Honda Civic LX with 4 speed auto to be noisy and poor accelerating in the city by comparison to my 2003 HCH. Because of the CVT, the HCH glides from a stop, and never has the sound of a struggling little four cylinder pulling at uncomfortably low RPM against an automatic transmission.
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