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Old 09-28-2006, 10:08 AM
epodell epodell is offline
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Hybrids: HIGHLANDER 2VT
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Question warm up time for HiHy?

I've had my HiHY for about 5 months. I live in the city and have a kid so the bigger hybrid option was a necessity. I've found out that unless I drive for 5 or more miles, or more than 10 minutes, the Hybrid converter doesn't warm up. Most of my trips are within town and the ICE is running 80% of the trip. Is there a way to get the Electric part of the engine to warm up faster? Is this what I keep hearing about the "break in"? It's pathetic because my speed and the terrain are all perfect to make my MPG closer to 30 and all I can get is 24.7 due to the short trips. Had I known this, I don't think I would have gotten the car . I wouldn't even care about the MPG cause it's still way better for city than any other V6 SUV, but I'm still polluting as much as the rest of the fleet unless I can get the EV aspect to kick in faster. Thoughts?
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