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You'll accept worse fuel economy because you're concerned about what other people think your car says about you? Not me!
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I did some work around the house for my folks this evening and borrowed the Civic to go get some supplies. I'm figuring out how to "glide" it. Glide in quotes because while the engine is "off" (with valves closed), the crank is always turning, and the transmission is still in gear (blast you, less efficient IMA!). So obviously it doesn't glide as well as a Toyota hybrid.
And if you shift to N, the engine fires up again. And if you kill the engine with the key, and switch back to "run", the engine fires up again. Grr. If it were mine, first thing on the list would be an effective kill switch mod.
Still, managed 4.5L/100 km / 52 mpg (US) from a cold start on a ~12 km / 7 mi. round trip in moderate city + outskirts traffic. I'm starting to get the hang of it.
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