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Originally Posted by donoman
There is a great guy, Mike D. on there, who has developed a Manual IMA kit, and they force him to post all his discussion in one little thread marked "MIMA". Pretty lame... Maybe we should start an "Open" Insight forum. <twiddles fingers>
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Mike's able to post freely here:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1203 
I was tickled when he signed up - I've followed his work for a couple of years.
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I have noticed that the Insight can do some awesome mileage during the daytime but the electrical load and perhaps cooler temperatures at night hit the MPG's like it's nobody's business.
I'm going to pump my tires up to 50psi today, and see what's up.
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Have you done any other mods to help build/retain heat? Partial grille block? WAI? Do the Insighters promote the use of block heaters as much as the Prius drivers do - that's certainly worth looking into.
For moving your car around 2x per day, you need Mike D's e-5th wheel!