Came across this G1 Insight on Craigslist
 

2001 Honda Insight Hybrid "Gas Sipper"

Doesn't have much info in the ad other than the low miles, but this could be had for three grand and it's a sub 100k car!

And here's a second one with high miles but working IMA that would go for two grand

http://orlando.craigslist.org/cto/4933129920.html

Now is the time to buy these things, don't wait til gas prices go back up or they'll be going for ridiculous prices

Oh, man.

I gotta pay off the one I have before I'm allowed to get another.

Yeah, if I didn't already have one, and these weren't on the other side of the country...

But how the heck does anyone manage to get only 52 mpg from an Insight? Maybe the parking brake has been stuck since they bought it?

Yeah, right? I averaged 61 mpg on the way home from buying my first Insight, in the middle of summer with the AC blasting and sitting it a couple of traffic jams

I can't believe the low lifetime mpgs a lot of Insights show, are they racing them?

how does it look? are you close?

to the first one

Nah, it's close to two hours from me (not that I haven't driven farther than that to buy an Insight) but I'm booked up the rest of this week and pretty much all weekend or I'd run up there and look at it for you.

That's a good deal if it's not a POS. You could probably get him to send you a bunch of pics at least, but the two important things (IMA condition and downshift grind) are things you have to view in person :(

My manual insight had a 47.2 lifetime mpg when I bought it. I had a insight come into the shop yesterday that had 36.6 lifetime mpg (manual).

Most people that don't understand these cars or know how to drive them, and put oversized cheap tires and drive without the IMA won't get better than 40.

ah **** I had less money then I thought. nvm

I'll take it LOL.

regards
mech

Wish they would pop up for that price around here.

I don't even understand how you can get 36 mpg in it and not want to just get rid of it. Seriously, what's the use of a 2-seater 70hp car that doesn't even get good gas mileage? Maybe because the other hybrid they were driving was only getting 23-24?

Mine had 52 lifetime when I bought it, but the car couldn't stay in lean burn. Still, this car was the first I've ever owned with a standard transmission, has a weak battery, couldn't get into lean burn, I had only owned it for two weeks, and I was still getting 62mpg on the FCD. The guy who owned it before me had it for over five years. I just don't understand how it's even possible to get less than 50mpg in this car. It gets 50mpg when I'm going uphill.

Alot of people let their cars sit and warm up before driving. They also race to stop signs and red lights. I think the average driver gets 50-55 in a manual trans insight.

True, and living in FL, that's only a problem for me about two weeks out of the year. That's unbelievable. If you had said the CVT, I could see that, but the manual? Sheesh.

I'm surprized someone has not snatched this one up. I have the cash, just wish I was closer. I bought Pops 2001 Eldorado in Orlando.

regards
mech

36.6!! Holy carp! What is he doing, towing an Accord? Using it as a construction site generator?

I can do better than that with my truck!