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Old 07-18-2010, 11:32 PM   #21 (permalink)
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I do that, then once at speed I lift and then set cc. It was a trick people with the scion xa did as it helped the vvt to adjust. So, for scion owners who went to speed and set cc got less mpg vs those who pause or lifted a second for the vvt to adjust.

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With the 2nd Gen Honda Civic Hybrid, if you release the accelerator slightly for the engine speed to drop down, there is a certain amount of pedal you can put back in to where it will add additional load to the engine without ramping up the engine speed. They seem to have it down to an art with trying to keep the RPMs as low as possible. Has anyone with a 2nd Gen Insight tried to do something similar. They do this as part of their acceleration, bring the car up to a certain speed, release the accelerator a tad to get RPMs to drop down and use just enough pedal to add load without raising the revs.
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