It Just Drives Me

i think about where i have to go, can i make it on electric, when to use hv, etc. but i've never had the engine come on inadvertantly. isn't that the fun of driving the pip?

 

I think you need some medical grade cannabis ... And just chill

 

all i do is chill, pip is my only excitement!

 

Ok, take a vacation to Cali and I'll take you out to THE STANDARD ... You'll forget about that PIP, UNTIL it transforms itself into a Bentley when we go wizzzzing by everybody with th HOV access
Luv tha chit

 

i just did rt 1 from big sur to napa in may, that was enough excitement for me for a lifetime!

 

Ok, but don't discount the fun of HOV access

 

I certainly haven't ever done that, nor do I ever intend to.

Warm-up is still extremely efficient, greatly exceeding that of the no-plug model. You tend to gain back that EV capacity consumed during the process anyway.

In winter... the real thing here in MN, not what you in southern CA experience, will bring about an efficiency benefit from having went through the warm-up process already. That coolant heat will be taken advantage of even more. Currently, I like being able to accelerate hard and have the engine shut off just seconds later since it was already warmed.

 

I admit it. I've done it too. I am a little obsessed with getting the most miles out of this first tank of gas. I bought the PiP in May and have gone over 1800 miles and still have 2/3 of that first tank left.

 

I hit park when I stop at a stop sign or light after regen kicks off.

 

Probably not.

At the first stoplight in a regular Prius, I sometimes cycle power to get into EV mode to pause ICE warmup until the car is moving again. The car is too cold for any EV before that light, and plenty warm for autostop by the second light.

 

Hmm? The regular prius is different in warm-up? Are you talking about warming up the pack?

 

Not sure about the pack yet; we await lasting cold for that. There is heat resulting from the act of recharge. So, it should be interesting to witness the impact of winter reduced.

PHV does warm up the engine faster. I noticed the improvement from my 2010 right away, though didn't quantify it. I also like how quickly the engine shuts back off after using it for hard acceleration.

 

And, what is the advantage of that? Jimbo

 

If you hit a rough patch of road the car shuts off the electric motors. It does this anytime it notices a difference in speed between the two drive wheels.
When regen braking is shut off your only using your break pads and not restoring any power to the battery. This seems to last a while. I'm not sure when or after how much additional driving the car will re-activate regen braking. So I force it back in.

Example;
One part of my daily commute involves a 2 mile stretch, includes 4 stop signs/trafic lights and its on a pretty steep downhill. The road is extremely rough. Part of the road includes cobblestones but the whole 2 miles is riddled with horrible pot holes. If I hit these bumps it kicks me out of regen. So I just hit park at each of the stop signs to force the car to reset itself.

 

Got it, TY. Cobblestones still exist?

 

Yes. Its an old road that neither Cornell or the City of Ithaca want to claim as their property. The road is in horrible disrepair and neither organization wants to fix it.

 

That is possibly a good road to blockade and charge a toll, get the press involved, and then maybe somebody will claim ownership. It's a shame we have to take two steps backwards first, before we go forward.