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Originally Posted by Ecky
I haven't sat behind the wheel of a 2nd gen Civic Hybrid, but the first gen and Insight both have insanely tall gearing, and for the CVTs, try to keep the revs down. Honda's secret sauce to great fuel economy is to use the smallest motor they could get away with, with the tallest gearing that didn't make the car undrivable.
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The 1st gen and Insight have lean burn. This model doesn't due to political pressure. Also the reason the battery has problems... the battery has 30% less capacity than the Prius but is expected to push the same load. I suspect Honda had lean burn in the spec but then got hit with bad press/advocacy and panicked, cut lean burn and stuck with the battery they'd already ordered. A knee-jerk design, in other words.
In terms of revs, the car won't rev past 3200rpms at all, and it's impossible to accelerate without it hitting at least 2300. I keep the pressure steady because it does no good to floor it (revs out and accels slower), and sports mode is a no-go.