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Originally Posted by timcob
My logic was that your already spending a bunch of $$ on the Hybrid technology and are selling yourself short if you dont have the data to exploit it. The battery level and the directional arrows are the most useful. The arrows get thicker when more energy is flowing to and from the various components. This data replaces the standard charge guage next to the tach and I find that guage completely useless.
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My biggest complaint is that the GPS was bundled with the hybrid gauges. I bought my '05 off the lot and it didn't have the nav unit. When it came time to get the second one, I told the dealer I wanted the exact same thing and bought the '06 off the truck. I look at it like AWD, it would be nice for me to have once in a while but live perfectly fine without it 99% of the time.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to have the hybrid gauges as I am sure they are pretty handy and fun to play wth. But, I don't think my (I said my, can't speak for anyone else
) mileage would be any better with them. I can tell by the charge/assist needle when the ICE will fire and have refined my driving style as much as I am going to. I just couldn't justify paying close to $2000 for it.
Maybe one day they will separate the good from the bad.