This morning I was getting on one of the famous Orange County Autobahns (toll roads) and I found myself following another Salsa Prius. I was kind of excited since I hardly ever see any Prii around in my weekly trips to work and back. I decided to get up beside them and give them a wave when all of a sudden it turned into a race. They were about 3 car lengths ahead of me at around 85mph. I started to gain and slowly pass them at ~97mph and finally hit a top speed of 109. At that point the car started to slowly, in steps, decrease in speed. What had happened was the battery got down to the purple bars and I believe it just ran out of juice, then the computer takes over to manange the charging of the battery. The reason I'm pretty sure this is what "speed limits" the car is that when I first got the car I had hit a top speed of 113 and backed off because of the tire rating. A dealer had told me he had some customers that said they had hit speeds up to 120+.
Don't worry I'm going back to my 65 cruise control trips...all this just because I wanted to say Hi.
Don't worry I'm going back to my 65 cruise control trips...all this just because I wanted to say Hi.