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Old 07-03-2021, 06:46 AM   #43 (permalink)
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One last thing to note about the second gen Insight.
The recommended 2.4 bar / 34 PSI tire pressure is quite low considering the weight of the car and the size and narrowness of the wheels. Not only does it affect handling and cornering speed negatively, it also makes the car sensitive to side wind.
I run mine at 3 bar / 40 PSI which almost completely removes the side wind sensitivity and makes it steer so much sharper.
And it is 5-8% more economical on average, more so at low speeds.

There's a double lane T-junction on my commute where I can throw the car through with the extra lane as a safeguard. When the car was new and running stock tire pressure I could not exceed 48 km/h through that corner. When I upped it to 2.8 that improved to about 52, and at 3 bar 55 is doable. My best ever is 57 km/h, almost 20% faster!
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