Thread: Oh well!
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Old 12-17-2007, 06:54 AM
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...I have to believe that low rolling resistance tires, perhaps inflated to a high pressure, with a narrow profile are at the root of this problem.
I have Michelins from the dealer set at the pressure they set when I bought the car three weeks ago
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...Driving uphill in 'B' mode will do nothing but aggravate you further.
Yup!
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...Did you try just staying off the gas and let the electric torque pull you? I wonder if bringing the ICE online too soon or too aggressively compounded the problem.
I tried slow acceleration, but the ICE was on
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...How about your Traction Control/VDIM? Was it on and working?
Don't know what that is
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...Here is another idea.... MOVE! I left the midwest in 1986... between December and April, I won't even go back to visit
I am waiting to find a Long Distance mover that uses hybrid trucks, the fuel efficiency of the current generation of moving trucks would spoil my average MPG, I doubt I'd ever be able to overcome that one (that was intended as a joke)
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