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Old 10-19-2011, 02:39 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jimepting View Post
...It is said by many Insight "experts" that using the assist/regen will lower fuel economy numbers, since the process is inefficient to some degree - but I haven't seen any numbers on that. I certainly think I see that inefficency but it is a small one if the assist is only occasional.....
Hi Jim,

The above statement can be considered true for a stock Insight.

If the battery is on the weak side, then background charge can cut into fuel mileage without the owner really noticing.

There are three options that I know of to alleviate this:

1) Turn of the IMA battery as Metro has
2) Install a Calpod IMA disable switch (I used this for 1-1/2 years)
3) Install MIMA (which I have now in the form of MIMA-CL)

The last two options allow any type of fuel comparisons without having the IMA battery affect results.

Jim.

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