What is better, Honda Insight or Civic VX?

[Cobb]

2 ft off, BFD.

[mbolton1990]

I'd vote '88 CRX HF with a D15Z1



Better MPG than a VX,with more storage space.

But in all reality it's a toss-up,I would probably have to go with the VX as they're starting to bring a premium now and they're just so simple.Battery's tend to get expensive and motor rebuilds are down right affordable and simple if done yourself and have experience.

[jcp123]

That's a hard one but I'd have to go with the Civic. I have kids, so...

I would miss not having OBD2 support for UG or SG but not having to deal with IMA batteries and the old Honda simplicity would just about make up for that.

[Ryland]

I'm keeping the VX, at least for now, it has more storage space then my CRX HF did and the Insight has less cargo space then the CRX, and I do use it to haul stuff, like the 250 pounds of rock I had in the back the other day.

My big reason for keeping the car tho is that I know it, I don't have any issue driving 5 hours in it, I know it's solid if I have to I can haul stuff.

My parents also got a Nissan Leaf, so my car is now the popular choice for visiting grandma, when I save up some money I plan to put lithium batteries in their old electric car and use that for around town and going to work saving my VX for longer trips.

[jcp123]

+1 on cargo room. Even though my car is rarely the one called upon for family duty, I do moonlight as a property manager and a couple of times per year I make a run to the scrap yard with 300lbs of awkwardly shaped junk. Usually the trunk has a full load out of aluminum cans, so the short iron goes in the back and passenger seats. The property manager stuff sometimes calls for the use of a truck, at which time I borrow my Dad's F150, but most of the time the Echo will handle it. Very versatile for a notchback. An SUV or pickup would be too much. If I got something with more room, I'd rather it be passenger space convertible to cargo space when needed, a la Mazda5 or minivan.

[Fat Charlie]

Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian

Hahaha! Are you my long lost brother or something?

Just someone with similar transportation needs and a similar way of choosing to meet them.

Your pic of the hay bale helped put the Fit on my wife's good side when it was needed.