My 2nd Honda Insight

[MetroMPG]

NICE!


Made in Canada, eh?


I'm sure we and the other Nordic countries have a lock on block heater manufacturing. And moose meat exports.

[mpg_numbers_guy]

How's the Insight doing?

[Gasoline Fumes]

Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy

How's the Insight doing?

Lifetime is just under 65 MPG. The Nut Wagon's log here says 62 MPG. I've been complaining on IC.
https://www.insightcentral.net/threa...nsight.126245/

And the old IMA battery is a bit iffy. I've had the IMA system shut down on me a few times. I might just remove everything after inspection in about a month. I can limp the battery along, but I had to push the car twice in one day. Autostop really sucks when there's no autostart!

[Gasoline Fumes]

Long time, no update! I completely removed the IMA system and I have an Arduino keeping the ECM from noticing the delete. MPG unchanged, power/torque greatly reduced! Why delete? Batteries are expensive!

The bucking is still there. Everything I've tried seems to temporarily fix it.

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes

Long time, no update! I completely removed the IMA system and I have an Arduino keeping the ECM from noticing the delete. MPG unchanged, power/torque greatly reduced! Why delete? Batteries are expensive!

The bucking is still there. Everything I've tried seems to temporarily fix it.

That sounds pretty good!
I had a 2000 model with M5 trans. Battery was shot. On a roundtrip from Denton up to Oklahoma City, and back, at 65-mph, and AC 'ON,' I averaged 52-mpg 'tank' mpg.
Without the IMA, on all the rolling hills on I-35, I had to downshift to as low as 2nd gear just to maintain 65-mph.
But 52 mpg @ 65 with AC was as good as my CRX 1.3 HF, without AC, and at 55-mph.

[Gasoline Fumes]

I had been driving around on Civic steel wheels with 185/70-14 tires. Not ideal, but I picked up the set for only $60. Fuel economy was pretty good with high enough tire pressure.

I recently put some OEM RE92 tires (165/65-14) on 8.3 pound Insight donut wheels. A little narrow for the tires at 4" wide, but it works. Surprisingly not a huge difference in MPG, but I feel the reduced weight at low speeds. It's about 50 pounds less than the Civic wheels and tires.

I did not paint the wheels brown. It's metallic copper!

[Ecky]

I've been looking for a source showing the weight of those wheels. I presumed they were in the 7.x-8.x lb range.

[Gasoline Fumes]

Originally Posted by Ecky

I've been looking for a source showing the weight of those wheels. I presumed they were in the 7.x-8.x lb range.

https://www.insightcentral.net/threa...7#post-1541787