Thanks...I would have to agree that the car is very subjective and variable about what it posts. As I mostly do short trips with lots of starts and stops, I average about 43 klm per charge. This rarely is the actually kilometers traveled, usually it is less. At first I was charging after every drive but upon reflection decided this might not be the appropriate way to go...so now I charge the vehicle only when it is virtually out of charge (every 2 or 3 days), or if I know I have a longer trip the next day. The ICE never has come on and in two months my fuel tank was still on full. Most mornings the temp is around 12 degrees in Sydney when I start driving and this does not seem cold enough for heat. In the afternoon, the sun warms the car up and I have been using the fans to breath or opening a window.
Then on Sunday I decided to go visit friends on the Central Coast. Of course it was poring and bucketing the whole way. I made it to the the expressway on the ev charge and with 1 km showing put the charge on once on the highway. This seems to have worked fine though I now suspect that if I had used the save button instead I would have a better millage rating. My main problem was trying to get the windows to defog, without freezing myself out. Any suggestions? And has anyone come up with the most economical way to use the climate control? In reading the discussions on the most economical use of the ICE, I learned that I needed to travel approximately 70 mph to go into parallel hybrid mode. As all the Australians will agree 70mph( 120 kph) is illegal except in the Northern Territory. Besides the road conditions were not conducive on Sunday. While driving through the heaviest rains the FCM was not available and Crusie control was also having problems. I suspect this might have been a problem with the sensors being overloaded.
I wish Mitsubishi would have a set of procedures published instead of the stream of consciousness manual which wonders ...