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I'm on my 2nd Civic VX and they are great cars, I test drove one the other day that has 337,000 miles on it and it still ran great as is often the case because the engine turns much slower then most other cars so it takes longer to wear out, their real problem is rust, mine came from a state that doesn't salt their roads so it has very little rust, I figure it's in good enough shape to last me another 5-10 years and at that point I'm going with 100% electric.
A quick look on Ebay comes up with a $300 insight battery that is "tested as good" or for $400 you can get a grid charger to bring the pack back up to a full balanced charge while still in the car, that is if the pack really isn't working and if that is the case then the IMA light on the dash will be on, either of these should take care of your worries about a $3,000 repair to the hybrid battery pack.
I don't use the back seat of my civic vx very much so an insight is a tempting car to buy, if I drove more I'd work harder at finding one, but either car is going to be hard to find because people tend to like them and keep them.
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