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Old 01-10-2005, 06:22 PM
JeromeP JeromeP is offline
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Location: Eastern Washington State
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Originally Posted by flare
If you force it, it will overcharge the battery. By force I mean use a charger. My friend did that to his 01 and the battery charge was over the top. It was very fast though, he clocked it at 8.7 seconds.
Can I ask a stupid question?

Why did your friend "overcharge" his battery. I suppose I'm a bit more on the cautious side, but the Prius isn't exactly an inexpensive vehicle and after what I paid for it, I'm not sure I would have the intestional fortitude to "plug" the car in someplace and do my bidding to the main traction battery.

But it is interesting to note the acceleration increase.

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