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Originally Posted by Ecky
The 2010 Insight and 2000 Insight are not even close to the same car. The only thing they share is the name.
As I recall, I didn't start seeing ethanol commonly added to gasoline until several years after the car was built, and it's kindof hard to build for a fuel that doesn't exist yet.
Typically you'd expect to lose about 3% fuel economy due to the differences in energy content with E10. I'm currently trying to find the thread I read on a poster at IC that did some A-B-A-B testing with different fuels.
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FWIW, my 2011 Insight shows the same economy on hE15 (15% ethanol with a 4% water content, so 0.6% water total) compared to regular gas which over here has about 5% ethanol.
I cannot distinguish between regular and hE15 economy, not even over prolonged periods. I equalled my best commute economy several times on both.
The second gen Insight does not seem to mind ethanol.
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2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut.
  lifetime FE over 0.2 Gmeter or 0.13 Mmile.
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