2018 HyCam amateur review and ongoing blog

Well when you push the Start button (assume it works thus), is there a few seconds grace before engine starts? That's your ticket to ride: slam it into gear, move a bit, shut it down, within that window. Repeat as needed. If the window is say 15 seconds, that's enough to be practical.

 

For my Gen 4, you cannot always put in EV mode. I notice they do not say how long you have before the engine starts.

 

According to Tire Rack:

"The engine and driveline is estimated to consume 80% of the fuel, while the remainder is used to overcome inertia, wind resistance, converted into heat by the brakes or consumed when the vehicle is idling."

 

Test it. Basically: start the car, and sit, counting in your head. How long does it take before the engine kicks in? If you counted to 15, reliably, maybe treat 10 as your cut off. This'll be enough to move the car from the garage to adjacent driveway for washing, as an example.

 

I didn't understand from post #41 that you're focused on lower speeds.

Still, the Tire Rack data is interesting considering that all models of the new Camry have about the same Cd while the EPA fuel economy estimates between power units vary by almost 100%. I'm not sure if the TR estimate applies to alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles though.

 

is this your first toyota hybrid?

 

i can never get our '13 hycam out of the garage before the engine starts, unless it was driven earlier in the day, or it is mid summer.

 

Answered in post 11

 

ah, time to read the o/m. i know, it's 7,000 pages.

 

You sure it’s not 6,999 pages?

 

if only...

 

I never tire of trotting this out, under 100 pages, virtually a shop manual:

'58 Volkwagen Beetle Owner's Manual | PriusChat

 

mendel lives in a very mild climate. i have never found his engine on times to be accurate here, but i am jealous.

 

Shhh! I know, having won SCCA sports car championships and SCORE events in what some would call wretchedly excessive fuel consuming and polluting vehicles, not that I care especially while watching the 24 Hours of Daytona underway now.

These days I've throttled back to instructing at HPDE events.

 

We now have more complex cars and simple people.

 

Maybe a different air filter or (groan) a cold air intake might change it enough.

I don't think so. Knowing where someone is coming from helps eliminate unnecessary communication (see above) and/or confusion. Unless one is going to be an @ss about it, folks here actually want to hear about other hybrids and experiences.

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