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Old 02-29-2012, 07:18 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bennelson View Post
Trying to figure out why the engine was running, when it wasn't being used to push the car down the road.

I understand that by default the car goes through sort of a warm-up process, where it turns the engine on about 7 seconds after you power it up.

But AFTER that, the engine was still cycling on and off but WITHOUT POWERING the car down the road.
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