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Just joined the cool kids club. The NSX of Economy.
I made the leap.
Last night, I bought a 2000 Honda Insight, 5 speed. 163k. It needs a lot of work. The IMA is great, there is no grind, and lean burn works awesome. The bad: The seats are stained, bad. The carpet is worn on many places. The hood looks like 160k miles behind a dump truck on a gravel road. The underbody panels have damage, not that they are not there or not functioning, but hanging down and causing drag. There are a few panels that are not color matched. A light is out, the rear hatch motor doesn't unlock, one needs the key, there is only one key, and there is more. When I drive, I remember more. The tank is at 4 bars, the whole tank for him was at mid 40 mpg. I drove 84.x miles, and the tank is JUST below 70, last I remember was 68.x (towards the end of the trip, I was working on bringing the battery back to full charge and not paying attention to mpg). Again, the underbody panels are almost dragging, and the tires have such little air in, at first glance I thought they were flat (not really FLAT, but I run 54-56 PSI in my Pirrelli's, the RE92s should 55-60psi). Researching the Insight before hand showed how awesome the design is. Being built in the NSX factory, the aluminum frame, bacisally the whole wikipedia thread on it has me drooling. More work has to be done, and I have yet to even check out the computer. If Flickr wasn't down, I would have the images to show everyone. I am excited for this adventure! Edit 1: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ead-26975.html |
Nice find!!!
I so want one of these. Someday someday... |
I have a parts car.2001 silverstone 5 speed. Let me know if you are interested in anything. The front end was wrecked.
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Congrats! You're going to have so much fun.
The pinnacle of fuel economy nerd-dom you have found. |
well done, Luke. The force is strong with you.
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Hate to make a short post, but stopped by while on hold with insurance company-
(39 dollars for 6 months, 100k/300k!!!!) But was wondering why the fuel economy was so bad- only the spare tire is a RE92, the rest are some goodyears, and THEY WERE ONLY AT 25/29 FRONT REAR!!!!!!! So far I am averaging about 70 where ever I go. Just filled the tank, 11 miles so far at 71.x mpg. Loving lean burn, but still loving it. Off hold! |
Nice! Did it come with the hat? :D
Congratulations! :) |
Not going to lie, just a little bit jealous! :D
Congrats! |
Welcome to the club! What a beatiful beast you got there. You will have a lot of fun with this car, I can assure you!
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