ima battery replacement - Page 3 - GreenHybrid

ElanC · #21 (**permalink**) 04-12-2006, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kmh3

When you are coming up the hill, and get to the last 4 bars, try flooring it briefly and see if the assist comes on, it would be an interesting experiment. Other people here have reported getting below 4 bars, but rarely.

Yes, I can get it to grudgingly give me a little more assist. It will go to three or four bars of assist, max, and when I let off the gas because I don't want to go more than 40 in a 25 zone, it starts to regen with a vengeance.

dshelman · #22 (**permalink**) 04-12-2006, 02:32 PM

I'm not so worried about the battery in my '06 HCH for two reasons:

1) If I drove the car long enough for the battery to go south, I'm fairly confident that by that time the cost and efficiency of replacement batteries (aftermarket even) will improve dramatically.

and

2) By the time the battery wears out, I'll be driving another state-of-the-art/current 80-90mpg hybrid, and the illegal aliens here in So. Cal will get stuck fixing the battery in my (then) old-style hybrid. More power to 'em (to coin a phrase/pun).

Heh Heh....

jaykay · #23 (**permalink**) 04-12-2006, 03:34 PM

You've paid for the price difference (hybrid vs non hybrid)in gas savings by 5 years; 3+ more years gives you enough savings to buy a 2 pack of IMA batteries at Sam's or Cosco (I'm sure they will have them by then; you may need help hauling them out to your car) and still have something left over!