No parts missing on mine, just a mess from the leaking wheel cylinder. But on my friend's 2002 CVT Insight that I installed my battery in, both auto adjusters were missing. Not really a big deal. But one brake cable wasn't even connected!
I can't not hypermile anymore, but I would do better if my average speed was a bit lower. I need to leave the house early, not late, when I'm going somewhere! I'm using basically the same technique I used in the Civic. Cruising at light loads (LB), gliding down hills. Cruise & glide? I only do P&G if the road suits it.
I'm hoping a new TPS will help leanburn, as well as cure the bucking. I have trouble staying in LB over ~40 MPH. In my experience, Insights feel like they're always going uphill at about 50 MPG instantaneous. If I cruise at 35 MPH, I can average at least 100 MPG. I was going 45-50 MPH in the Civic on my best tanks.
At least I can see a definite advantage to the Insight on faster highway trips. It'll get 70 MPG in conditions where the boxy Civic Wagon would get only 50 MPG.
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2000 Honda Insight
2000 Honda Insight
2000 Honda Insight
2006 Honda Insight (parts car)
1988 Honda CRXFi
1994 Geo Metro
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