OK so I saw the sexiest 2006 silver Honda Insight on craigslist, 91k miles, 1 owner (an old christian guy who used the car to commute his 120miles round trip, sold it because he retired), perfect condition, full service records, blah blah blah..... so i splurged a little and went out and bought it!
(HX to be sold soon)
anywayz tho, so I have some basic noobstick questions about the Honda Insight. Yeah i could spend hours searching the insight forums, which i'm sure i'll do anyway, but I figured this kinda basic stuff might be more easily obtainable on Ecomodder; and hell, its good to have a thread about all the common and good mods for a particular car.
OK, so questions are:
1) can you install a switch/button to manually enable 'auto engine stop"? I'd like to be able to kill the engine when coasting downhill on the freeway, so why not tie it in with the already existing feature of the auto engine stop.
2) it seems you can install some kinda switch that disables the hybrid function of the engine - how? this would enable you to cruize on the freeway and NOT regenerate the battery, yielding superior mileage.
3) any general tips relating to maxing MPG via driving tips, relating to the above 2 questions and the Insight specifically?
4) civic VX 13' rims VS insight 15' rims - which might yield better MPG? (assuming that they are interchangable, which i'd think they would be so long as they have the same bolt pattern, which i assume they would)
5) the Insight has lean burn, just like my civic HX. with the HX, adding MMO (marvel mystery oil) to the fuel enables the engine to get into lean burn at much lower RPM (~1800 as opposed to 2600rpm). Can similar advantages be obtained with the Insight?
I've been driving my civic HX to work for about 6 months, and generally average about 54mpg. on my FIRST trip with the Insight, i got 78MPG, AND i ended the trip with more battery charge than when i started, so some of that fuel was spent to recharge the battery - needless to say, i'm damn happy with the Insight!