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Old 11-11-2014, 12:32 PM   #238 (permalink)
HyperMileQC
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Felicitations on starting your course. Sounds fun. And the commute is not horrible either.
Thanks. The commute is a little bit harder to obtain very good mileage (110+ mpg when hot outside). But it is a bigger challenge so I like it .

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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Can you explain? If it's too cold you can't charge?
Rmay pretty much summed it up, when it is near 0°C or colder, the NiMH batteries stops accumulating the charge really quickly and starts releasing it in heat.

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Originally Posted by Daox
Woo, thats a lot of maintenance. Good luck.
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2000 Honda Insight MT Silverstone Metallic #95 (CAN) 131K mi. 81.7 Lmpg
Best Tank : 100.06 MPG (US) | 120.2 MPG (Imp) | 2.35 L/100Km | 42.54 Km/L
Best commute : 130.8 MPG (US) | 157.1 MPG (Imp) | 1.8 L/100Km | 54.84 Km/L
Best Trip : 111.8 MPG (US) | 134.3 MPG (Imp) | 2.1 L/100Km | 47.53 Km/L

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