"Realto Margarino" <rm (AT) youasked (DOT) org> wrote


What' s the old saying? "It takes one to know one."

You're also killfiled. Anyone who starts an
Omigod, will I ever live down the tragedy of it? Twenty eight full days
that I can't put my points across to this pimple on the backside of
humanity?

RM, how about flying in ever decreasing concentric circles until you
disappear altogether?

"Ron" <rgraham11 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

From the UK

On the Prius: if you have the ev mode available then a short distance on
level roads is quite possible, certainly enough to get you to safety, just
don't drive till the batteries are flat or they don't like it. I would
imagine the same is true for the other hybrids.
they all move off without the engine (under gentle acceleration.) even
without an ev button.

mrcheerful

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rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom "Ray O" writes:

Ah, then that simplifies the issue enormously. (FWIW, on the UK
"T4" package, the EV button is low on the dashboard just left of
the steering column -- NB r/h drive in UK. I have yet to use it
in a serious way, so the US may not be missing much.)
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Andrew Stephenson

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ames (AT) deltrak (DOT) demon.co.uk "Andrew Stephenson" writes:

I tried it after posting the above. The battery started showing
about 6/8-charged. Pressed the EV button and an icon lit on the
dashboard. Reversed out then went onto the road. Drove away as
usual, reaching 30mph easily, as if running normally. By then I
had gone some 200 yards along the road. At that point, the icon
flashed a few times then went out, as the car reverted to normal
mode. The battery showed about 3/8-charged. Whether the switch
back to normal was a result of battery charge becoming depleted,
or the speed I was asking the car to do, I know not. FWIW, that
road is really a lane: although it's well surfaced, only a twerp
would exceed about 40mph. So I tend to accelerate gently. HTH.
--
Andrew Stephenson

I can drive my car 1000 miles without filling my tank

How far can I drive my car if I do fill my tank?

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ames (AT) deltrak (DOT) demon.co.uk "Andrew Stephenson" writes:

Did another test. Selected EV mode. Stayed below 20mph to stop
the car switching back to normal mode, then drove along a level
road for about 3/8 of a mile, which included a turn-off and the
associated braking/accelerating. Car stayed in EV mode, using
one segment of the battery indicator (meaning energy used could
be 1/8-2/8 of capacity). Then I had to revert to normal (another
press on the EV button) because other traffic came along.

So EV mode seems to work as advertised: short range -- less than
a mile -- at low speeds, quite suitable for negotiating cramped,
poorly ventilated but not-too-large spaces.
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Andrew Stephenson

"Andrew Stephenson" <ames (AT) deltrak (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote

I've always wanted a vehicle like that to go down the drive to get the mail
at my estate's guardhouse, along with the estate with a drive long enough to
need one of those vehicles ;-)
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

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rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom "Ray O" writes:

Yes, on the whole it serves smashingly, that way. Having a super
set of windows, large enough for languid waving at peasants as I
go past, conferring sneers and/or smiles to suit each underling's
merits, is jolly handy. A slightly raised seating position means
one has a spiffing firing-line when they suddenly bolt for cover.
Quiet running, even in normal mode, means no spoiling of fun when
creeping up on them from behind. And the paintwork washes clean
in a trice. But fitting a pack of blood-lust-driven devil-hounds
in that tiny boot can be a bit of a fag. Still, deploying one or
two alone has been known to make for decent sport. A test of the
form of the sportsman, what?

Gad -- you only get the mail? Why not bag the pesty mailman too?
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Andrew Stephenson

"Andrew Stephenson" <ames (AT) deltrak (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote

LOL! A stealth car!
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)