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Old 05-23-2006, 05:05 PM
ElanC ElanC is offline
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Default Re: Mountain driving

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Originally Posted by williaea
I have never really tried to use the S position actually (or at least I have never TRIED to. I know that the car doesn't regen in S from the one time I slid the shifter past D and into S... took a few minutes before I figured out why I couldn't regen... ).
If you're going down a hill you get more regen in S than you do in D. If you're going down a steep hill you can hold your foot on the brake and get a lot of regen, or you can shift to S. You'll see the engine RPMs go higher and you'll get more regen without touching the brake pedal.

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2006 HCH Alabaster Silver w/Navi
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