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MetroMPG · 05-01-2014, 11:09 AM

Anybody know offhand if the Civic hybrid can still be driven if & when the second pack dies, like the gen. 1 Insight can?

I'm assuming it can be... It has an auxiliary 12v starter motor like the Insight.

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