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UltArc · 09-14-2013, 01:12 PM

I made the leap.

Last night, I bought a 2000 Honda Insight, 5 speed. 163k.

It needs a lot of work. The IMA is great, there is no grind, and lean burn works awesome.

The bad: The seats are stained, bad. The carpet is worn on many places. The hood looks like 160k miles behind a dump truck on a gravel road. The underbody panels have damage, not that they are not there or not functioning, but hanging down and causing drag. There are a few panels that are not color matched. A light is out, the rear hatch motor doesn't unlock, one needs the key, there is only one key, and there is more. When I drive, I remember more.

The tank is at 4 bars, the whole tank for him was at mid 40 mpg. I drove 84.x miles, and the tank is JUST below 70, last I remember was 68.x (towards the end of the trip, I was working on bringing the battery back to full charge and not paying attention to mpg). Again, the underbody panels are almost dragging, and the tires have such little air in, at first glance I thought they were flat (not really FLAT, but I run 54-56 PSI in my Pirrelli's, the RE92s should 55-60psi).

Researching the Insight before hand showed how awesome the design is. Being built in the NSX factory, the aluminum frame, bacisally the whole wikipedia thread on it has me drooling.

More work has to be done, and I have yet to even check out the computer. If Flickr wasn't down, I would have the images to show everyone. I am excited for this adventure!

Edit 1:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ead-26975.html

09-14-2013, 01:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
UltArc Hydrogen > EV Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: NW Ohio, United States Posts: 2,025 Silver Flea - '05 Honda Insight 90 day: 58.96 mpg (US) Thanks: 994 Thanked 402 Times in 285 Posts	Just joined the cool kids club. The NSX of Economy. I made the leap. Last night, I bought a 2000 Honda Insight, 5 speed. 163k. It needs a lot of work. The IMA is great, there is no grind, and lean burn works awesome. The bad: The seats are stained, bad. The carpet is worn on many places. The hood looks like 160k miles behind a dump truck on a gravel road. The underbody panels have damage, not that they are not there or not functioning, but hanging down and causing drag. There are a few panels that are not color matched. A light is out, the rear hatch motor doesn't unlock, one needs the key, there is only one key, and there is more. When I drive, I remember more. The tank is at 4 bars, the whole tank for him was at mid 40 mpg. I drove 84.x miles, and the tank is JUST below 70, last I remember was 68.x (towards the end of the trip, I was working on bringing the battery back to full charge and not paying attention to mpg). Again, the underbody panels are almost dragging, and the tires have such little air in, at first glance I thought they were flat (not really FLAT, but I run 54-56 PSI in my Pirrelli's, the RE92s should 55-60psi). Researching the Insight before hand showed how awesome the design is. Being built in the NSX factory, the aluminum frame, bacisally the whole wikipedia thread on it has me drooling. More work has to be done, and I have yet to even check out the computer. If Flickr wasn't down, I would have the images to show everyone. I am excited for this adventure! Edit 1: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ead-26975.html __________________ Best Tanks: Mustang - 54.83 mpg (US) at the Green Grand Prix Insight - 82.91966 mpg (US) over 818.5 miles. Last edited by UltArc; 09-17-2013 at 08:38 PM..