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Old 03-05-2015, 07:30 PM   #88 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cowmeat View Post
Now take that a step further and compare the used market.

I paid 4,500 bucks for my Insight, it has 111,000 miles on it and a new battery. Say you can get a used (name your brand here) that comes within twenty miles a gallon of what my Insight gets with that mileage (good luck) and re-do the math for let's say a five year period of ownership.

I'd like to see that spreadsheet, cause that's my plan.
Problem is there aren't enough first gen Insights with just replaced IMA batteries to go around. Presented with such a deal I would have absolutely jumped. It's a bit like a lottery winner saying it's easy to make a million bucks
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