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Yea, I'd love to have an Insight, or a Prius.
There's a nice little Insight for sale a little ways from here, but I can't afford it.
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10-28-2008, 04:00 PM
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Anyone ever seen an insite with the entire electric drive system removed? I'm interested to see what it weighs and what sort of numbers can be had with it. Am I right that it is only 1800lbs WITH the electrics in it?
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10-28-2008, 04:33 PM
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Anyone ever seen an insite with the entire electric drive system removed? I'm interested to see what it weighs and what sort of numbers can be had with it. Am I right that it is only 1800lbs WITH the electrics in it?
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According to Consumer Guide Automotive at howstuffworks 2002 Honda Insight Full Review - Consumer Guide Automotive the curb weight of an 02 Insight is 1847 lbs.
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10-28-2008, 06:40 PM
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Yea, I'd love to have an Insight, or a Prius.
There's a nice little Insight for sale a little ways from here, but I can't afford it.
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The wrecked one on eBay I presume?
I can't afford it, either. 
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10-28-2008, 06:43 PM
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Anyone ever seen an insite with the entire electric drive system removed? I'm interested to see what it weighs and what sort of numbers can be had with it. Am I right that it is only 1800lbs WITH the electrics in it?
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It probably wouldn't do any better... Remember that weight primarily hurts acceleration, not constant-speed cruising.
And I have to imagine the drop in weight will be very minor.
And then again, adding weight, (in the form of a number of good batteries), would actually increase fuel economy, by allowing it to operate on electric for longer periods. 
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Remember too, that you need to "accelerate" to go up hills, so weight hurts you when climbing hills.
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10-28-2008, 10:03 PM
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No, actually it's an intact one with 32k miles. Cars.com: 2002 Honda Insight
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10-28-2008, 11:05 PM
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Remember too, that you need to "accelerate" to go up hills, so weight hurts you when climbing hills.
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As does the loss of torque from the motors.
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10-28-2008, 11:06 PM
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Well hell, I REALLY can't afford that one.
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10-29-2008, 02:45 AM
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Anyone ever seen an insite with the entire electric drive system removed? I'm interested to see what it weighs and what sort of numbers can be had with it.
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Not removed, but I have a MIMA system that lets me turn off the assist (or use more assist/regen). It has pretty poor acceleration without assist, with little power until you get well above 3K RPM.
The electrical system doesn't actually weigh all that much. The battery & electronics are probably under 100 lbs. (I've never weighed them, but have no problem removing & replacing them myself.) The electric motor replaces the flywheel, so it couldn't easily be removed and leave the car runable. At a guess, I'd say all the hybrid components add maybe 200 lbs max to the car.
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