08-30-2006, 08:58 AM
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Hybrids: Honda Civic Hybrid 2006
Posts: 9
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Re: Light foot methods at odds with IMA
Thanks, that seems good advice. I recently bought a HCH 2006 (about 1000 miles clocked). I live in Singapore, where we don’t have big and long freeways as much as you do in the US, But even at around 50 mph speeds, I notice that I get a strong engine-brake like effect when I lift my foot off the gas pedal. The effect is much stronger than on conventional cars, e.g. my old 2002 Corolla. This effect tends to dampen the coasting speed, and pretty soon I have to apply foot on the pedal again to accelerate to highway speed, which tends to bring down the mpg, etc.
I understand that this effect is partly or wholly due to the recharging of the battery pack. If so- is the Honda IMA technology over-hyped? "What the Lord giveth the Lord taketh away" so similarly, what the IMA gives to boost acceleration, it takes away due to rapid deceleration (charging)?
Or am I doing something wrong? Please enlighten me. Thanks.
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