Hello,
I just got a 04 Prius for test drive. My questions is:
1) When coasting with foot off the gas padel, the car is in regenerate mode right?. So when I start touch the brake it should go into more deeper, harder regerate right?. What I am not so sure is when hard regenerat begin. When I press a little more, just a little bit more, it seem the hydralic is kicking and grabing the disk. Is that seem like what you veteran Prius feel like ?. The grabbing of the wheel seem like mechnical grab rather than electrical grab.
2) What is B mode drive for ?. Is it more harder regenerating or just mechnical drag via engine freewheeling?.
3) From what I experience so far, to drive a Prius and achieve 50 mpg and beyond, would require a complete overhaul of how you drive. From accelleration, coasting , speed modulating, trip planing, look a head, etc. etc. Is that seem sound like what you veteran feel too or am I just nerves.I only drive it for about 25 minute in heavy traffic all by myself.
I like the concept of regenertive, the design of the Prius propulsion system such as shutdown the engine, how it restart the engine, power split device, cvt, electric motor, cleaner. But I am not sure if it enough to change driving habbit. Now if I change my driving habbit and it give me 100 plug mpg that would be something I would surely do. I guess it's pretty easy to for get that Prius is a very clean car and that most people, myself included would over look it easily and just focus solely on mpg.
Comments are real welcome.
I just got a 04 Prius for test drive. My questions is:
1) When coasting with foot off the gas padel, the car is in regenerate mode right?. So when I start touch the brake it should go into more deeper, harder regerate right?. What I am not so sure is when hard regenerat begin. When I press a little more, just a little bit more, it seem the hydralic is kicking and grabing the disk. Is that seem like what you veteran Prius feel like ?. The grabbing of the wheel seem like mechnical grab rather than electrical grab.
2) What is B mode drive for ?. Is it more harder regenerating or just mechnical drag via engine freewheeling?.
3) From what I experience so far, to drive a Prius and achieve 50 mpg and beyond, would require a complete overhaul of how you drive. From accelleration, coasting , speed modulating, trip planing, look a head, etc. etc. Is that seem sound like what you veteran feel too or am I just nerves.I only drive it for about 25 minute in heavy traffic all by myself.
I like the concept of regenertive, the design of the Prius propulsion system such as shutdown the engine, how it restart the engine, power split device, cvt, electric motor, cleaner. But I am not sure if it enough to change driving habbit. Now if I change my driving habbit and it give me 100 plug mpg that would be something I would surely do. I guess it's pretty easy to for get that Prius is a very clean car and that most people, myself included would over look it easily and just focus solely on mpg.
Comments are real welcome.