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And particularly the kill switch will gain you more MPG than anything else. When you finally install it, you'll kick yourself for not having done it sooner. It preserves the car's Autostop logic/functionality, so the electric power steering remains active and the engine automatically restarts (quietly, via the IMA motor) simply by: 1) putting the shifter into any gear; 2) depleting brake vacuum; 3) pressing the accelerator. It's all very slick.
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Okay Metro, I have finally added the kill switch. I can already see just from testing it for a couple of miles that you're correct, I'm already kicking myself that I didn't do it earlier!
It's just like when I used to P&G in Black Widow, minus all the work!
Make sure clutch switch is off (or car wants to re-start)
Simultaneously push in clutch pedal and click the kill button to the off position
Cruise down to lower speed or full stop in neutral with engine off
Push clutch pedal back in and click kill button back to on position
If starting from full stop, it autostarts
If re-starting at speed (P&G) it autostarts and I just have to shift to correct gear and match revs
Pretty sweet, and I have to assume on the next tank I will see a huge mpg gain. The one thing I hate about the Insight is how bad the gas mileage is around town, and I think I'm about to overcome that last hurdle! Turtle is about to become the favorite car I have ever owned!
Thanks to Balto for that nice write-up with pics! I walked right through it with no trouble at all
