QUOTE(royngan2000 @ May 20 2011, 07:08 PM)
i notice
During raining day, when i have auto headlamp on, and auto wiper on, the engine will fire up very soon.
I believe when the hybird battery is potentially low, and the wiper uses a lot of it, the engine will fire up.
just my 2 cents
The early start during raining was not due to high current load on the system.
The system detected that the wipers are on and engine started to support aircond compressor, to minimize fog on the windscreen = safety.
Try switch on wiper on bright sunny day while stop. The auto-stop will only shut down the engine mere 10 seconds.
Added on May 21, 2011, 7:30 pmQUOTE(westlife @ May 20 2011, 10:58 PM)
my engine fire up damn fast comparing to my NHC. i dun feel the sound of engine starting like any other cars.

Insight's engine started using IMA motor. Hence no cranking sound.
Look carefully below/nearby intake manifold, Insight did have a normal starter unit but that will only be used when the IMA system is too low on battery (the 100v one), or that battery konged redy
At least they have back-up plan.
This post has been edited by watonk: May 21 2011, 07:31 PM