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Old 12-10-2019, 10:10 PM   #12 (permalink)
Natalya
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Red 2000 Insight (2017 through 2019) - '00 Honda Insight 5MT
90 day: 64.72 mpg (US)

Red 2000 Lithium Insight (2020) - '00 Honda Insight LTO
90 day: 71.76 mpg (US)
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I know of 3.

Car A:
https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...ght-33755.html

This one, it used to be mine, I sold it to a coworker. She's had it the last couple years, but I've done all the work on it. Her parents recently passed on a Prius to her so she doesn't need the Insight anymore.

It probably has close to 200k miles now. I can check the miles on Thursday.
- IMA battery has been bypassed with the Arduino setup. Lean burn still works.
- New clutch installed by me with guidance from Scott KLR3CYL back in January
- Has a CEL for a valve near the gas tank, I would take care of that before you (or anyone else) bought it
- A/C works, and has dark tint
- Still has aeromods underneath as documented in that build thread

Cars B and C are owned by another guy who is now driving a Mazda. I haven't seen these two cars in about 5 months.

Car B:
- Citrus with over 300K miles on it
- Dead IMA
- I cleaned out a mouse nest that was in the IMA compartment
- Recently had the ABS system replaced, brakes are new

Car C:
- Silver 2001 5MT
- Weak but operational IMA, or at least it was operational, it may be dead now
- Probably around 200k miles I can ask the guy
- It had a CEL for IMA but it wasn't a battery code and the battery still provided assist
- Has grid charger wire harness I installed
- Kinda looks beat up



Are you someone who would want a working IMA system or are you good with gas only? Just so you know a new IMA battery with warranty will NOT pay for itself in fuel savings.

Another option is LTO. I'm *almost* ready to do LTO installs for other people.
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