... I had a Citroen BX like that. As I remember there were three things that partly compensated for the extra safety concerns:
1) A separate accumulator for the brake supply from the one for suspension and steering; 2) A handbrake that worked on the front disks; 3) A huge red "STOP" sign in the dash that came on if the main hydraulic pressure failed.nib
There's some theoretical benefit on a long run too. If the engine's powerful enough for hills and acceleration it might not be working at anything like full power when cruising, it might be better to run the engine at its most efficient for bit, powering car and charging, then run on electric only for a bit.
Our PHEV does that. Whether it helps much on mi/gal I haven't decided!
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The French can cook and make wine but shouldn't be allowed to design cars.
The reality is that very little energy is used to restart the engine.
Most family cars are run at maximum efficiency for cruise anyway
The only benefit I can see is downhill braking
But that has to be offset against the extra complexity and hence lower efficincy of the power train
What average mpg reading? My 2004 Highlander dosn't have any cool features like that.
That might depend on the trim level. My 2002 Highlander Limited had average mpg, miles to empty, etc.
Get a ScanGauge II and plug it into the ODB port. I mainly used mine for fuel mileage although the current car does that by scrolling through the odometer items.
I did have it in the instantaneous mpg mode one time and was amused to see the mpg go to 99.99 when I got off the gas going into a curve.
That's for sure. I looked at a DS back in the day. Fascinating car but my mind kept tabulating the things that could possibly go wrong.
Technically there are several motors, all electric.
Yes, my Peugeot 308's instantaneous mpg goes to 999 mpg (as if!) when I lift off the power. But it only does this while I'm moving *in gear*. If I press the clutch (as a test) while I'm moving, the mpg goes to about
150 mpg, presumably because a little bit of fuel is needed to keep the engine idling when it is not being turned by the wheels, whereas if the wheels keep the engine turning, the fuel can be cut off *completely*.
Fantasy.
Bullshit
That was a car? I thought it was a character in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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All automatics do that.
And yet here they made a chicane (jutting out sidewalk to "calm" traffic) on a blind bend on a steep hill, and gave priority to those going uphill. When I pointed out the downhill folk might not stop quickly enough in winter, I was told they didn't want to inconvenience people doing a hill start. When I said that was in the test, I got no reply.
That has always been the case tin the UK, for those who can't use a manual for whatever reason.
No they don't. Not for the last few decades. In fact my 1998 Golf used less, because it was always in the perfect gear, which included ones inbetween the real gears, since it had a torque convertor.
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