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Old 06-26-2014, 01:27 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Cool My new 2002 Insight

Hey everybody this will be the buid thread for my new eco toy. Some of you may know my 91 civic si. I still have her. However, I spun a rod bering and have decided to dedicate it as a Track car for Land speed racing. SCTA class H/GCC for those who are interested.
She has 161k miles, leather, 6 disk cd , 5speed, and I love it!






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Old 06-26-2014, 01:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Lucky you! It looks nice.

Does it have a clean bill of health, or some nagging issues to take care of?

Time to start a new garage entry. Congrats on the new car.
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Old 06-26-2014, 02:39 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 06-26-2014, 03:19 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Storm Chasing and a Insight!!! I'm double jealous!!!

Nice looking car, keep it safe and away from getting hail damage.

I love the pics with the mammatus clouds in the background.
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Old 06-26-2014, 09:32 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Great pics!

5-speed g1 Insight is a treat to drive for an eco-nerd. You're going to have fun.
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Old 06-27-2014, 12:17 AM   #6 (permalink)
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She looks flawless.Also has a clean carfax, 4 year old battery, but seems to want to grind while down shifting into 1st and second.... not sure why (thinking syncros)

The first thing I'm doing is replacing a missing front belly pan. Then save up to rebuild the transmission and lower it (Ground Control).
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Old 06-27-2014, 12:29 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Congratulation on your purchase!

Like MetroMPG said, you will have a lot of fun hypermiling the Insight. Its the full-game, and really rewards your efforts with incredible mileage!

Great pics. Saving them to my Insight pictures folder.
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Old 07-02-2014, 12:29 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Turtle Some results.

Well, I have some results... As it turns out my cars missing front belly pan makes a substantial diffrence. However, I do not have any scientific evedence to quantify the readings of my butt - o - meter.

None the less, after adding my coroplast belly pan reinforced with 1 1/8" aluminum angle "iron" and aluminum flat strap that is rivited so that it sandwiches the coroplast. It also acts as air flow channels much like the roof rails used in land speed cars to stabilize high speed air. (Or at least that's the theory)
I also deleted the passenger wiper and the rear wiper. I used the front licence plate as a partial grill block, and removed the blocky (and presumably unaerodynamic) licence mounting bracket.

I wanted to get an idea of what this car is capable of, and fortunately , we have a wonderful ~25mile loop with little elevation change.

The conditions under which this testing was conducted are as follows.

97-98° f
winds from the east 6-10 mph.
~61°f Dewpoint.
Speeds varied from 36mph minimum and 67 maximum. (Excluding when I reset the trip meter at the 1 stop light before the test.
Average speed of 51 mph
The hybrid assist was never used.
battery meter started 4 bars from maximum charge and ended at 2 bars from full ( not sure if that is a quantifiable measurement)














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Old 07-02-2014, 10:43 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Nice going.

Oh, how I miss the Insight.
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Old 07-02-2014, 10:32 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Looks nice, love the color and the cool cloud effect.


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