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Old 06-04-2009, 12:57 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Videos: first generation Honda Insight technical & dealership presentations

These are interesting if you're a fan of the 1st gen Insight:




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Old 11-25-2009, 11:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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That is two cool videos. Nuice i like it, i wish i had an ipod to dowload it and look it on my way home. Nice
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Old 04-19-2011, 12:37 AM   #3 (permalink)
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For anyone who cares, apparently these videos are going to be removed from the Google Videos site at the end of the month.
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This video will be removed on April 29, 2011. Learn more.
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Old 04-20-2011, 10:51 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Thanks for posting these Metro, my car didn't come with any manuals so now I know what all those buttons and lights on the dash do!
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Old 04-21-2011, 08:27 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Can anyone here migrate these videos to YouTube?
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Old 04-21-2011, 09:47 AM   #6 (permalink)
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It'd be a shame to lose that first video in particular, but I think only the person who originally posted them can download/move them.
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Old 04-21-2011, 10:35 AM   #7 (permalink)
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For anyone who cares, apparently these videos are going to be removed from the Google Videos site at the end of the month.
Owch! This is one of the reasons I look at 'the cloud' with a great deal of skepticism. I still maintain local-copy services for the important ones not because I'm overly paranoid but I remember throwing out a perfectly fine, Kodak instant camera many years ago through no fault of mine.

Let me suggest that before the end of the month, see if you can make screen shots of selected frames from the movie. Then assemble the snapshots with key text describing what is being shown. ... Of course give full attribution to the original poster of the movie.

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Or a low-fi solution: set up a video camera to record the video on-screen (for personal use only, of course).

PS - noticed an inconsistency in the first video: at the ~0:48 mark, the drag coefficient given is .28 ("nought point two eight")
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Old 04-21-2011, 11:33 AM   #9 (permalink)
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There are tools to download all kinds of vids from webpages.
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Old 04-27-2011, 07:40 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Or a low-fi solution: set up a video camera to record the video on-screen (for personal use only, of course).

PS - noticed an inconsistency in the first video: at the ~0:48 mark, the drag coefficient given is .28 ("nought point two eight")
Get the Firefox DownloadHelper add-on and it will be easier for you to get them and then put them somewhere else.
DownloadHelper - Media download Firefox extension
Direct link to get it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ownloadhelper/

The drag coefficient was originally reported by Honda as .28, my 2000 Honda Insight service manual has .28 in text and its crossed out and .25 written in. The newer manuals are accurate though.

These videos are the best videos I've seen so far discussing the Insight and it also gives me a better idea of how much space I'd have under the car with the gas tank removed, seems quite a bit!

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