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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:49 AM Original message |
a car question. |
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Rochester (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. I remember reading on "Car Guys" in the paper awhile back... |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thats pretty close to what I had always heard |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hybrid engines start differently than regular gasoline engines |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. my question goes to why, perhaps. |
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NuclearDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Because in addition to the acceleration you'll need to do to move from the light in a normal car |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. Post #1 is correct - it is generally more efficient to let it idle than to stop and start it. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I don't believe that's true. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Even with fuel injection, it is still true. It was MUCH more the case with carburetors. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I'd very much like to see some hard data regarding that. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. BMW is the definition of wasting money - as in buying one. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So you got nothing. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yeah, and they also built the faulty engine on the Airbus. Read on... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Ahh, so you've gone from "It don't work" to "It works, but it's ugly!". |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Hey, so I wasn't up to speed on the start-stop system. I'll admit that. And as for the Prius... |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Edmunds says you are wrong as well... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'll put that silver thing in the "yawn" department. Boring. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. No stop / start for me, unless there is an override |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The systems available now are rather advanced. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. So, you're telling me my A/C will be running off my battery? |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. A lot of them use some form of regenerative braking to ensure that juice never gets too low. |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Well that sounds better, but I still would want an override.. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Understandable. |
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LawnKorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Old carburetors had a device called an accelerator pump that sprayed gasoline into the throttle bore |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. I have a 2007 prius I really like it . But the milage isn't very good during the |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. This technology has existed for quite a while. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. A few things... |
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