Theory: Use EV mode just before home...

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by quantumslip

i can confirm this. i tried to use this when leaving my parking garage at work. i can start off in EV mode, but as soon as i go any reasonable speed (>10mph or so, don't remember exactly), EV mode shuts off, which makes it quite useless

That's because your engine's cold. If it's fully warmed, it'll be 25mph.

[quantumslip]

Originally Posted by Tideland Prius

That's because your engine's cold. If it's fully warmed, it'll be 25mph.

yep i know that, just saying EV mode can work when engine is cold, but it's like trying to run with crutches

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by quantumslip

yep i know that, just saying EV mode can work when engine is cold, but it's like trying to run with crutches

lol.. nice analogy.

[DaveinOlyWA]

Originally Posted by 32kcolors

Then why am I able to do that on my 2010? I start it up, press the EV button, shift into D and move to a different parking spot, all without starting ICE (even when it's cold). As soon as I press the EV button again to get out of EV mode, the ICE starts up.

Originally Posted by quantumslip

i can confirm this. i tried to use this when leaving my parking garage at work. i can start off in EV mode, but as soon as i go any reasonable speed (>10mph or so, don't remember exactly), EV mode shuts off, which makes it quite useless

well, i will try it again at a much lower speed i guess. but having the modded EV switch on the SPM in my situation discussed above, its a MAJOR inconvenience to not have EV options when moving 300 feet.

but i already knew about the 10 mph limitation (for what i am doing, 10 mph is the average speed anyway. i live on a very narrow residential street bordering a park. tons of joggers, kids, etc. many in the neighborhood, no doubt "interlopers" i have seen racing up and down the street at 25-35 mph ...ya, 25 mph is waaay beyond reasonable safe speeds here!!) right now, we are in the middle of soccer playoffs. so 3 times the traffic, cars, kids, etc. so speeds are even slower.

[MJFrog]

Originally Posted by quantumslip

yep i know that, just saying EV mode can work when engine is cold, but it's like trying to run with crutches

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss running with crutches.

Back in my teens when I was a scout, I went to a Jamboree where I saw this kid (in another troop) that had a withered leg. He had been using crutches most of his life.

Needless to say, he didn't use them the same way someone with a broken or sprained leg uses them. His technique was to use them independently of the other and in concert with his good leg. It would be more appropriate to say that he had three legs to run on rather than two.
And he could run FAST!

[CivicQc]

Originally Posted by royrose

My car is still on order. I expect to get it in about 6 weeks. I'll post my experience when I get it.

royrose, now that you have your new prius, have you had a chance to test regeneration down your 400 m hill?

[quantumslip]

Originally Posted by MJFrog

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss running with crutches.

Back in my teens when I was a scout, I went to a Jamboree where I saw this kid (in another troop) that had a withered leg. He had been using crutches most of his life.

Needless to say, he didn't use them the same way someone with a broken or sprained leg uses them. His technique was to use them independently of the other and in concert with his good leg. It would be more appropriate to say that he had three legs to run on rather than two.
And he could run FAST!

after going to a Prius meetup after my posting, I found out EV mode with a warm engine allows you to goto 25mph AND accelerate past the middle line in the HSI. So I've learned alot since then, and maybe I shouldn't jump to conclusions