Saw one of these today

"desertdog5051" (desertdog5051) 11/22/2013 at 20:33 • Filed to: None

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dogisbadob > desertdog5051 11/22/2013 at 20:39

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What a cool awesome cute lil car. They really really should've sold a non-hybrid version as a CRX.

I think the manual versions a had lean burn mode that the automatics didn't (the Civic VX and HX also had lean burn). Another problem is that most of the stick buyers would subject the batteries to extreme charge/discharge cycles for hypermiling, thus severely shortening the battery life.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > desertdog5051 11/22/2013 at 20:41

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I see quite a few of these every month! They are so cool.

Drive the fuel efficient car for boring tasks and to work and drive the specified fun car for fun things!!!

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > desertdog5051 11/22/2013 at 20:41

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I see a green from time to time in little Texas (Alberta, Canada)

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > dogisbadob 11/22/2013 at 20:44

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That's kind of dumb, trying to hypermile a battery...your mileage would still be the same lol

Xander, Proud of BOXER > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 11/22/2013 at 20:47

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Wat.

You discharge the battery for more EV use and then use hills or other things to charge it. It's a very good method to increase fuel economy.

dogisbadob > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 11/22/2013 at 20:47

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Well not hypermiling a battery per se, but rather, making the battery kick in more than it should, or something like that

PanchoVilleneuve ST > desertdog5051 11/22/2013 at 20:49

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They're still my favorite hybrid (not counting things like the Owen Magnetic). I think the secret for hybrid coolness is making them as spaceship-like as possible.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Xander, Proud of BOXER 11/22/2013 at 20:50

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Yes, that's good! But there should be a point to which the car shouldn't be running on such a low amount of juice. EV owners need to realize there are limits

edit: by hypermiling I meant you still have to recharge it when you can't get more juice out of it or say to yourself "okay I need to recharge it." idk where i'm going with this anymore

Sn210 > PanchoVilleneuve ST 11/22/2013 at 21:01

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I agree, these are way cooler than the Prius. Too bad Honda's second take at the Insight was more blah than the Prius though...

Jordan Clifford > desertdog5051 11/22/2013 at 21:09

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Did you happen to see it flipping endlessly at 175 miles per hour?

The last one I saw did that.

RMudkips > desertdog5051 11/22/2013 at 21:12

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I think the idea was too Mead-esque for the road. I think when they go that route they tend to have cool ideas, eighth Civic for example.

6cyl > desertdog5051 11/22/2013 at 23:22

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I bet that motor could take some boost and that would make one of these a rocket ship as they weigh under 1,900lbs.

jdrgoat - Ponticrack? > 6cyl 11/23/2013 at 01:56

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I actually as strongly attracted to the idea of one of these Insights with a K24 swap and associated 6 speed...

Xander, Proud of BOXER > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 11/23/2013 at 10:54

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Most hybrids don't let the battery SOC drop below a certain percentage and it doesn't charge past a certain percentage and it doesn't let you charge at a certain rate all to maintain battery life.