I got my current battery reconditioned and balanced out and here is how it drives now.

It used to be very unactive in the assist after I got it reconditioned, but slowly its being more active for whatever reason. For whatever reason, it seems only the first 4 bars are usable, and below that, it doesnt want to give any assist unless your giving it considerable gas. It does the negative recal once every other day, though the interval seems to get longer and longer for that. It does seem to hold a charge alot more, but I dont get why it doesnt ever charge now during idle, and it only does when stopping or going down hill.

Place I got it the recondition at was boulderHC in colorado, and I paided 500 dollars... probably a bad investment in my part given that my mpg is only around 45 which is the same as before!! Maybe another firmware patch will do the trick? If anyone can cheer me up I would be grateful.