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I get 68ish, and I pull a 6% grade every day. Not too shabby eh?
I love my insight, but I would jump at the chance (money permitting) to toss a VX engine with 3.73 gears from a HX in an insight. Would still get 55-65 with a little effort but have 50% more power to play with, and turbo kits for civics are a dime a dozen.
The insight is old, and it definitely shows it. Inside the cabin is SUPER loud, it's uncomfortable, and slow. I know it gets good MPG, and that's why I drive it, but I have been considering getting a spark (non EV) since driving one recently. If you upgrade all the above complaints, which can be done, you will be in the hole about 3-5k.
I also don't recommend an insight to anybody anymore, even if they drive 50+ miles to work. I have learned that a lot of people can't handle replacing the IMA battery when it's time, and get really bad battery anxiety. I'm honestly tired of hearing about it. Even if you only get 55mpg on average (that's about 75mph with the A/C on driving semi aggressive) you will still save enough in gas (at 3$ a gallon) to replace the battery 3 times in 10 years/100,000 miles. If you get a good vendor battery (hybrid revolt or bumblebee) it can easily last 10 years as long as you do routine discharge/recharge cycles and drive the car every day.
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