I like this one more!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_zgVFnuIFg

-John

You've heard of indoor rock climbing walls at some gyms?
This could be indoor rock climbing for your car!

 

Wow, its almost like a JEEP, except that JEEPs do this little hill with or without the help of a road

 

Dude, it looked like a powerline R-O-W for Pete-Sakes, not the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Besides that, I haven't seen any requirements hybrid owners had to worship AlGore at the Holy Sierra Club Temple. Quit being so ****, diversity is a good thing. (hmmm...will i get another infraction for the anti al gore 'tude)

 

And get some MARVELOUS gas mileage doing it I'm sure.

 

Nope - the 96 Jeep Cherokee I sold to buy my HCH2 got really low FE both on and off road... Tough for any vehicle (including FEH, MMH) to get any FE in 4 low.

If Jeep produced a 4x4 that got 35mpg+ I would probably have one.

 

Dude it's attitudes like yours and the guy in the video that get trails and the rights of way to the trails closed. When I was into off roading around here I saw several trails closed because of dumb asses who couldn't keep thier trucks on the trail and their garbage in the truck.

 

But then it would be as much of a Jeep as a compass.

 

If you look through the FEH member photos section you will see some off roading pics:
https://www.greenhybrid.com/share/br...es&c=8&page=10

Myself I have not taken my MMH out for a "see what this can do" session yet. Knowing that there have been a few trails I have been on that got to where you need to be on a ATV to continue & need to back out up a steep rough hill slowly to get back out, I think I want to see what I can & can't do in an area I know I can get out of instead of getting stuck & waiting for someone with a wench to pull me back out.

This weekend I was backing into the driveway with our small trailer loaded with a wopping 6 sheets of plywood. I got to where I was stopped with the front 2 wheels against the curb. I got the engine stall John mentioned. Petal to the metal & going nowhere. Went forward just a bit & then backward. That time it was just fine.


I also have noticed that when you are stopped in EV mode you can floor it & the ICE will come back on. Sometimes handy when you don't want that slight lag such as waiting to make a left turn & want full power when there is an opening.

On your question about the regen braking, once although at highway speeds coming down a long canyon I did get to where the battery was full & the ICE was spun up to provide engine braking. Even in L absolutly no regen at that point, just the ICE spinning with 0 fuel being used.

Hope some of this babbling help!

 

Dang. I wish I could find someone with a wench to pull me

 

I missed that the first read through...