It's taken us some time to learn how to slowly accelerate to stay in "stealth mode" as we refer to it. From a dead stop, I too find 5 miles per hour is the magic number, BUT, if I'm able to coast and get the engine to shut down, I can lightly feather the gas to resume movement and speed and have seen an increase from 20mph to 35 before the engine comes back on (in just 6 weeks).

Patience and practice is all I can suggest, but mostly, congrats on your purchase.

C&J the prirates

C&J the Gas Pirates

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