by gbarry42 (Posted Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:58:34 GMT)
Automotive terms, like many words in our language, suffer continual torture from over use by the masses. Just have to accept that a lot of folks think of "coasting" as "I'm not stepping on the pedal". You have to read between their words to figure out what they're thinking.
Responding to the OP being told "regen is inefficient": What they're really saying (between the lines again) is that you really want to avoid being in a situation where you need to slow the car down. I got this ->![:roll:]( "Rolling Eyes")
<- one time for asking a similar question ("Do I slow down gradually or wait until the end?")--all they could tell me was that I shouldn't have put myself in that position to begin with. BTW, the Prius DVD told us several times that we should "brake in good time". Had some fun figuring that one out.
Also wanted to mention that when you see MPK figures from folks in Arizona, Florida, (and maybe Texas)...be aware that their roads are flat, their batteries are warm, and they can't understand what all the fuss is about not being able to go 100 miles. It's a regional thing. Here in So. Cal., that mesa-canyon-mesa-canyon-mesa thing keeps me right around 4.0 MPK. Well, that, and the fact that I don't like to go slower than the flow of traffic![:D]( "Very Happy")
Automotive terms, like many words in our language, suffer continual torture from over use by the masses. Just have to accept that a lot of folks think of "coasting" as "I'm not stepping on the pedal". You have to read between their words to figure out what they're thinking.
Responding to the OP being told "regen is inefficient": What they're really saying (between the lines again) is that you really want to avoid being in a situation where you need to slow the car down. I got this ->
<- one time for asking a similar question ("Do I slow down gradually or wait until the end?")--all they could tell me was that I shouldn't have put myself in that position to begin with. BTW, the Prius DVD told us several times that we should "brake in good time". Had some fun figuring that one out.Also wanted to mention that when you see MPK figures from folks in Arizona, Florida, (and maybe Texas)...be aware that their roads are flat, their batteries are warm, and they can't understand what all the fuss is about not being able to go 100 miles. It's a regional thing. Here in So. Cal., that mesa-canyon-mesa-canyon-mesa thing keeps me right around 4.0 MPK. Well, that, and the fact that I don't like to go slower than the flow of traffic
