Phil, I'd just like yo thank you and Bob and HybridVue for the kind wishes and sentiments. My observations so far are while the weather here has warmed up (40's - low 60's) I can't remember seeing the Charge/Assist gauge "convulsing" like it has been the last two and a half days since last summer. Any coasting that I do on the off-ramp has the needle flying and staying at full charging. Prior to this I'd have to be also braking to get it to go all the way to the left.

Part of my route to work is down a 1 mile hill and then level to the highway on-ramp. It's all of about five or six minutes drive time. There are two stoplights on the route and by the time I get to the second light it is Auto-Stopping. On the return leg of the trip I can't remember it climbing the hill to my house with the ECO light on more than a third of the way. The last two days it's stayed on all the way to the driveway! AND, it seems like the machine is barely sipping gas when I look at the gas gauge.

I've got some vacation time starting on Monday. We're already planning a couple of road trips with the Hybrid and I'm anxious to see what numbers develop.

Cheers to all.

A Happier Jan