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As others have said, you can do just fine with an 'underpowered' car. You may have to change your attitude & driving style a bit. You can't expect to crawl up an on-ramp, pull in to the travel lane and floor it to merge, for instance, but you shouldn't be doing that anyway. You need to get a running start on steep hills instead of expecting to maintain constant speed, but if you're driving for economy, you should be doing that anyway. And you need to look ahead and anticipate, but again, you should be doing that anyway.
And don't be afraid to drop into 3rd or even 2nd to accelerate when needed. That's what the gears are for.
*2000 Insight, 1000 cc engine, not much battery assist left.
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