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Old 08-20-2015, 01:02 PM   #151 (permalink)
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When work slows down for the winter months (Jan & Feb here) I hope to have time to put the belly pan on Ron Burgundy. I like how it quieted the road noise a bunch on Turtle, kind of miss that.
Not sure it helped much with mpg, since my kid gets better gas mileage in it than I ever did even with the belly pan. Turtle is now "Dr Horrible" and he's right behind me in the top ten hybrids.

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All yall need to start discharging and recharging your ima packs rather than waiting for an IMA light to so something about it.
My other son is working on some discharge-ready harnesses that will work with my Hybrid Automotive charger. Hopefully that will help! His Insight is "Terminator" and he's right behind Sharkbait in the top ten hybrids.

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Old 08-20-2015, 02:02 PM   #152 (permalink)
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Ecky, sorry to tell you, but the belly panel does nothing to combat rust. All your evap equipment on the right side of the car in the rear will still rust, as will all 3 or 4 brake/fuel lines that run along there. I recommend taking preventative action before rust becomes a problem.
What would you recommend?
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I have heard of people spraying WD40 over vulnerable areas once a week. On the insight it would be the aforementioned brake and fuel lines, and a brake line against the firewall on the drivers side.
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Old 08-30-2015, 07:04 AM   #154 (permalink)
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KFM and I hooked up our discharge-ready harnesses, adding in-line fuses to both grid charger harnesses on Terminator and Ron Brugundy. We still need to hook up a fuse on the harness of his brother's (Dr. Horrible) Insight.
His arm fits that tight gap way better then mine! He didn't even get cut, which is a feat I have never accomplished when working on an IMA battery.
Hopefully next weekend at least one of us will get the chance for a full discharge/grid charge.





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Congrats to my son in solidly overtaking me in top ten spot in the mpg challenge with his Insight Dr. Horrible (f.k.a. Turtle). He squeezes out better gas mileage out of that car than I was ever able to do, and I just can't keep up with him in Ron Burgundy, (and it's not like I'm not trying, lol)!

Good job, son! I'll have to step it up pretty hard to catch up with you.
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Old 09-04-2015, 02:22 PM   #156 (permalink)
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Nice driving on your sons part
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Both my sons do really good with their Insights, they're true hypermilers at heart!

If KFM had a better route available he'd probably have already passed me in the standings too. Unfortunately for him he works in downtown Lakeland, and after half a dozen stop lights he has to drive up a couple floors into a parking garage.

You're probably gonna end up passing me too, nice first tank on yours! Glad to see you joined the Insight team in the team challenge
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Lol, that's probably pushing it, but I was definitely doing better going to Valrico every day. Once I get around to wiring up the killswitch, I should be getting some decent mileage again. That is, if I didn't kill my battery by over-discharging it.
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Old 09-08-2015, 11:10 AM   #159 (permalink)
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Is that a solar cell in the center of your hood?
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