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Originally Posted by nash
An easy way to determine if you are in "full hybrid" mode (also called stage 4), is to accelerate with the ICE past 20 miles per hour (don't exceed 34mph) and coast. If you are in full hybrid mode, the ICE will stop within 2 or 3 seconds of coasting.
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Yup, well aware of this. But the bit I myself am still unsure of is how exactly it works for "warmed up and ready to go full hybrid". My impression at this point is.. maybe a mile of ground covered after it gets effectively warmed up? But the point where I can drop into full hybrid mode varies as it takes different amounts of time to get warm.... Some days timing seems perfect and I get to a red light after all green just about the minimum distance to go full-hybrid, and some days even pulling into a lot to stop for a few seconds to trigger full-hybrid--before I hit the interstate for about 2-3 miles then hit a stretch of low-speed no-stop road (where if I'm not already in full hybrid I can't trigger it)--it's still not ready. It'd be nice to have some more official insight (an indicator on the console?) to show that the car is sufficiently warmed up to get to stage 4....
What can I say, I want more feedback from my car sometimes.
