I left Mizzou Friday night to head for southern LA. My best friend's daddy had passed away the week proir, and I was going down to be there for her and to attend the funeral. This gave me an excellent opportunity to see just how good my Insight was on an all highway trip. 579 miles to be exact.
Here are the results!
Trip down -
Trip back up -
Total miles and fuel economy -
I was hoping for at least 70 mpg on the round trip, and very optimistically 80. Neither happened, but I learned a lot about the car and how it behaves at different speeds, drafting different vehicles and in different climates.
I can say I have never had a vehicle that was so responsive to drafting. This car eats it up and was necessary when I had headwinds roughly 60-70% of the trip.