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Old 05-08-2006, 10:42 PM
ElanC ElanC is offline
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Default Re: another newbie question

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Originally Posted by ravadac
toast thanks for the reply. I'm asking about how many bars are seen when letting your foot off of the gas pedal because at 55mph if I let my foot off the gas and apply no brake, I see just about full charging on my IMA. I'm just wondering if this is normal. A friend of mine has an 05 HCH and says that he sees 1 or 2 bars, but I'm seeing at least 6. I guess I'm not to worried cuz I'm seeing really good gas mileage but just was curious as to what to expect.

Jayson
The faster you're going the more bars you'll see when you take your foot off the pedal. As I recall, I get the full number of bars at 60 miles per hour or higher. As the car slows down the number of bars is reduced because less energy can be generated at lower speed.

So I think what you're seeing is normal.

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