BretJ

On a steep grade, the Insight will burn less fuel during the climb even though the RPMs are higher due to the EV assisting. The instant MPG rate will show poor milage, but the overall MPG will climb. While the milage appears poor for a short period of time, the shorter burn duration uses less because of the EV assist. Wanted to see if the CMax would respond the same way.

Yep. I have noticed it happen on occasion and it appears to be dependent on battery charge. The Insight does it automatically under certain circumstances as well but you can work the system to kick it on manually.

Here is something I have been working on but have yet to find a consistant method with my CMax. When climbing a hill, one of the techniques recommended for my sons 2004 Honda Insight is to punch the throttle for as long as possible (speed, traffic etc.) in order to engage both EV and ICE. It works very well in his Insight but, as I said, I have yet to find a method to engage both manually with my CMax. Sometimes it works, other times no joy. Thoughts?

Luckily, mine was purchased before the Jun 2005 cutoff and is transferable any number of times. Just costs the transfer fee.

Sirius offered the Lifetime subscriptions early on when they were starting out. It has not been offered for quite a while.

Was happy to find that my lifetime subscription transfered from my portable unit to my CMax. Only cost was a $75.00 transfer fee.

I am taking the car in to have it checked but has anyone else had issues answering incoming calls with the steering column button? I can no longer answer incoming calls with the button. Instead, I have to answer calls with the MFT. Same thing with every phone I have tried so I am pretty positive it is the button. (Only 1300 miles on the clock so it is well within the warranty)

It is in the low 30s right now here in sunny Florida....guess I need to make a grill cover.