First road trip with Insight CS2 installed.
With about 300km already driven in town, took off into the mountains and 200 km of gravel road driving, by the time we got back, we had about 900 km on the tank and about 150 km range left. The readout for average KM is 9.6. When we fill up, will get exact figures.
My first REGEN range was 130km, the next REGEN range was 160km and the third was approaching 200km, soot was reading 50 percent. REGEN starts at 65% according to the gauge.
While driving you wouldn't know that a REGEN was happening. The EGT3 went up to 1100 degrees to 1300 F., for about 5 minutes, varied a bit.
I got the impression, even though I was driving 100km per hour, 8th gear, if my rpm drop down to 1500 rpm, the REGEN seems to stop/pauses. Pick up when rpm increases a bit. There was no odour at all during the trip
With a little bit of testing, it seems, If you get an odour, it was because your REGEN got interrupted and wasn't finish. My DEF indicator is down by a needle width from full. About 3000 km on the truck so far. Not a heavy user of DEF so far.
I read of someone who complained, his truck hardly hit 8 gear or felt didn't stay up there when expected.
With the Insight CS2, I followed the shifting pattern and hitting 8 gear at 70km is common and no issue with it staying there at higher speed, when it climbs a hill, not too steep, it drop to 7 and back to 8. The shifting is as expected and probably explains the excellent fuel economy.
So far, I'm glad I didn't go for the Duramax or Cummins diesel. As, it more then okay for the towing that I do. The fuel economy ain't too good on those units.