With my continued gas savings I bought this! (2001 Insight)

[cowmeat]

Yeah, I'm not surprised . . . . .

#1 - He's been a hypermiler at least as long as I have
#2 - He drives in the same area as I do, which is basically flat
#3 - On his first tank he passed me in the vehicle competition
#4 - He's my son, and I taught him all my tricks, and he uses them better than me!

(His twin brother is right behind me in the vehicle competition, our Insights are #3-6 in the Hybrid top ten list)

[KFM]

Ain't gonna happen on this tank. I'm expecting about 2 mpg lower at fill-up time.

I've been getting a lot of the bugs sorted out on this tank, though, and driving my wife around with A/C, so we'll see what it looks like in the future. I was kind of expecting my mpg to go up from my first tank, not down, but I wasn't able to use the air with my battery in the state it was in before grid charging it, since it would recal about 10 seconds after switching it on. Where my first tank was basically no air, this one's been around about 20%. I'm still learning some tricks of driving a manual, and some Insight-specific tricks regarding assist/regen, so we'll see.

I still can't see how people are getting trips of 90-100mpg, though. I don't think I've ever gotten anywhere near that. Starting and stopping twice on a ten mile trip pretty much kills that, and usually I'm starting and stopping at least five times on the way to work, 10 or 11 on a bad day. I'm leaving my trip FCD settings as-is through this tank, though, to get a better idea of how far off the mileage is. After this tank, I'll use it to gauge my trips and see what mileage I'm getting. I might also reinstall my Ultra-Gauge, since I've forgotten for about three weeks to put it back in my wife's car and she didn't seem to mind.

I just got some new RE92's put on and filled up to 44psi all around, which is as high as the installer was willing to go. One of them was leaking air pretty bad, and got as low as 27 at one point. Unfortunately, the car doesn't put out enough juice through the 12V DC to fill the tires up that high, so they only get to about 36 before it starts losing pressure when using the Insight's 12V.

Does anyone know if I can wire the compressor up to a 12V wall wart to power it that way? It looks like a car battery's amperage is pretty high, but I'm not sure what it actually pulls through the DC adaptor. I've heard some people say that it'll work, and others say that it won't. I'd rather not just chance it, though I could technically just rewire it to the same/a longer 12V plug. My wife ( strongly ) suggested that I don't, since we share one compressor, but since it really doesn't pump up my tires, anyway, I don't see what it could hurt.

[mikeyjd]

Originally Posted by cowmeat

Yeah, I'm not surprised . . . . .

#1 - He's been a hypermiler at least as long as I have
#2 - He drives in the same area as I do, which is basically flat
#3 - On his first tank he passed me in the vehicle competition
#4 - He's my son, and I taught him all my tricks, and he uses them better than me!

(His twin brother is right behind me in the vehicle competition, our Insights are #3-6 in the Hybrid top ten list)

Good reasons haha!

[cowmeat]

Swapped out my recently malfunctioning EGR valve halfway through this tank, now it's back to low-accelerating and holding lean burn smooth as silk!

I keep hearing that you have to buy the Accord 4-cyl version to use on the Insight, but since the V6 version was cheaper I bought that one. The base was a perfect match, and although the plug was a little awkward because it's orientation is a little off, it still only took a couple of minutes to install, and it works perfectly.

Less than 52 bucks, with a gasket:

Standard T Series EGV658T EGR Valve | eBay

Does anyone know if I can wire the compressor up to a

Cheapo, just buy one!

[KFM]

That's the same one you bought? Because that one doesn't say anything about a gasket being included.

[cowmeat]

Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by the gasket! It's the OEM material too, not a cheapo paper one like I got with the one I put on Turtle.
Unfortunately, I bought an extra gasket because I didn't know I was getting one with the EGR valve, so I have a spare if anybody needs it. I'll have to open the package to see what kind it is, I haven't looked at it yet.

[cowmeat]

Looks like I'll have my first 70+ mpg / 700+ mile tank if nothing changes in the next 120 miles. Five bars left on the gauge and mpg steadily climbing

Weather is warmer now, and with my route change I've been able to gain mpg almost daily now. Should break 76 mpg on the FCD by the end of this tank, which in reality will put me somewhere between 71 & 73 mpg for the tank. I wish the FCD was a little more accurate, but it looks like it'll definitely be a 70+ mpg and 700+ mile tank.

[Daox]

Wow, very nice.

[cowmeat]

I'll bump it up even higher if I ever get a chance to install the shift knob you sent me!

[KFM]

I'm thinking tomorrow if you have the time. That's impressive mileage! I'm going to just settle for over 60 at this point and not stress myself out and still get bad mileage.