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Old 07-11-2013, 12:38 PM   #78 (permalink)
California98Civic
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The GREAT/AWESOME/AMAZING thing about the Insight is: to restart the engine, all you have to do is shift back into gear (or tap the gas pedal... or deplete the brake vacuum reservoir...). The quiet, high voltage motor spins the engine to life in the blink of an eye. Very slick.
I wonder if that would be true of any car with the stop/start function?

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(* So late that the car is conditionally sold at the moment.)
Wait, really?
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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