Recent content by Icerunner

55k on mine - and still every now and then the burned rubber smell, always after using charge for a while (or after high demands on the engine - for example climbing long hills). What amazes me the most is how on earth MMC could create something that can burn for so long without causing any...

Thnx for trying anyway :-) I really start to believe it is due to my drivingstyle... I tried to replicate it, and so to keep it honest I explicitly did not pre-throttle before I pushed the pedal-to-the-metal whn testing with SAVE on and off. Suddenly, I could not replicate it myself either. Only...

Update: paid extra notice to the way I drive, to see what's the difference between SAVE an no-save in regard to delay from the engine. It might be that I'm subconsciously throttling a bit to start the engine, before taking over. When in SAVE, it will keep the engine running (a bit?) longer...

Maybe your drivingstyle prevents you from experiencing the type of behaviour I mean? I literally mean delay of about 5 seconds without any real response from the car. To reproduce: Regen on B5, keep speed at about 100km/h, and then press the pedal to the metal. Then try the same with SAVE...

... And as extra info - I'm not describing something that I suspect to detect, it is something that happens with overwhelming certainty and predictability, and which I use for almost 2 years /55.000 kilometers now. And I'm quite the accelerator :oops: (sorry for all you environmentalists, I'm...

It is not a problem with warming up the engine - if I switch off SAVE, I'm in immediate 'danger' of getting the slow ICE-startup (not the regular delay, but the extra delay you sometimes get in certain highway conditions). The delay really feels like it's partly due to the ICE switching from...

Indeed my point. Every now and then the delay before the ICE is started seems to be exceptionally long - this might have to do something with switching from regen to going full throttle/powering the front wheels mechanically. It seems like the PHEV delays a few seconds (literally seconds!)...

It seems I'm misunderstood: the intention is not to start the ICE right away. The intention is to let the ICE start swiftly at the push of the gaspedal, without risking the all too known lack of response for a few seconds every now and then. This is achieved by simply putting the car in SAVE...

Pressing SAVE while standing still indeed doesn't help. Pressing SAVE however when driving, as soon as you enter busy traffic, will make the ICE respond quicker to pedal push - more specifically, it prevents the awfull 5-second-long delay before the car seems to respond when taking over

There is no transmission :) More worried about pushing the brakes along with the 'gas'pedal... Puts some serious stress on the electromotors?

Tip for take-off: put it in neutral, floor the pedal, and pull back the lever to drive for take-off. If no-one is next to you, you can do this with running motor, which makes it rev to max speed in neutral, enabling really quick take-off (forgot about the revving one time, had the music so loud...

I unplug, and hang the cable away, then unlock the car, step inside and press start. All under 10 seconds. Never a single problem.

Weird sense of humour alert! On-topic: 1 person did seem to suggest to recirculate - definitely not advisable indeed :D I don't know if it applies, but maybe due to the temperature of the batteries there is some humidity build up underneath the seating, if you don;t regularly run the A/C? I...

What I noted: -Preheater: Air is heated beyond the last set temperature - seems to always give the same heating (in cold weather, e.g. minus 5 degrees, 10 minutes preheating seems too short - I set it to 30 mins, and step inside my car after about 20 minutes - this way it is always on until I...

I feel misunderstood :o No, for real - fog is no magic. ;) I'm not saying you need to run the ICE, I'm saying you need to run the AC. If you turn on ECO first, it won't use the ICE for running the AC, as someone above pointed out. Sure it's a problem when the car fogs up, but it's not...