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Originally Posted by Ecky
A degraded IMA still charges the 12v system until it's at its very end. With it disconnected, you still get some charging at idle, but the lights are dimmer. Charging cutoff is at 4k, but it immediately comes back on below 4k.
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So unless the battery is actually dead it's better to leave it hooked up?
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Originally Posted by Ecky
The big FCD button never breaks. The smaller ones on the cluster get hard to push on some cars. The fix isn't 3d printed, but replacements from Mouser cost less than $5. There's also a service on IC to replace all of them for $20 if you don't want to do the soldering yourself.
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Awesome, I'll have to look into that in case the Insight I end up getting has bad buttons.
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Originally Posted by Ecky
As promised, I recorded a video of driving my Insight. Video was driving home from getting some groceries. Speed limit was ~35 most of the trip, traffic was low and I caught all of the lights. I live by the lake, which is around 200ft lower elevation, so the mileage you're seeing is partly from going downhill during the last ~1.5 miles. Outside temp was also 53F which has a small but measureable negative impact on economy.
It occurs to me it would be a much better video if I narrated, might do another with that, but you'll see soon enough if you get one.
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Oh. My. Word. That is just crazy amazing. Thank you so much for sharing!!
Out of curiosity, when climbing a slight grade, is it better to "floor" it in 5th gear or downshift into 4th and maintain lean burn?
I return home for winter break the 2nd week of December. Then I drive my Civic doing pizza delivery...in winter weather...where despite mods breaking over 40 MPG will be a challenge...until 2nd week of January when I sell it and return to college. Then when I return home for spring break I'll be on the hunt for an Insight. Oh why does it have to be this long of a wait!!