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Old 01-16-2017, 08:45 AM   #220 (permalink)
Daox
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CM400E - '81 Honda CM400E
90 day: 51.49 mpg (US)

Daox's Grey Prius - '04 Toyota Prius
Team Toyota
90 day: 49.53 mpg (US)

Daox's Insight - '00 Honda Insight
90 day: 64.33 mpg (US)

Swarthy - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage DE
Mitsubishi
90 day: 56.69 mpg (US)

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Its sooo nice to be back in the Insight! The car just warms up so much faster than the Prius. No wonder the 3rd gen Prius' went to a coolant heat exchanger vs the coolant thermos. This morning we had freezing rain. It would hit your windshield and freeze. I didn't preheat the cabin, I just scraped and went on my way. But, as the car was warming up, the ice was building up on my windshield. If I had been driving the Prius, I would have had to stop and scrape. With the Insight, I had enough heat quickly enough (under 1 mile) to put the defrost fan on low and keep driving using my wipers to start wiping away the ice building up.

So, once again... I love this car. I can't wait until its really running good and I can really start modding it.
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