Hit 150 today!

[peterperkins]

Sorry I mean mpg not mph

150mpg last 200 miles (Display limit) and 129.5mpg last 1100 miles, 95.6mpg last 107,000 miles.

45-55mph snail like pace, but enjoyable and satisfying dawdling round Yorkshire.

Lot's of nice cars overtook me which is fine, nice to see them out on a decent day.

[DaveShark]

C'mon then, what is this frugle machine?

[Roo]

DaveShark said:

C'mon then, what is this frugle machine?

Insight.

[Ron Burgundy]

Roo said:

DaveShark said:

C'mon then, what is this frugle machine?

Insight to what you'll be getting when we all drive around in AC mobiles!.

[delboy735]

peterperkins said:

Sorry I mean mpg not mph

150mpg last 200 miles (Display limit) and 129.5mpg last 1100 miles, 95.6mpg last 107,000 miles.

45-55mph snail like pace, but enjoyable and satisfying dawdling round Yorkshire.

Lot's of nice cars overtook me which is fine, nice to see them out on a decent day.

Frugle to drive..................would be interested to find out how much it will cost to dispose of the car when its batteries die!!! Not very green then I suspect.

[walter leever]

That's not a car that's a sewing machine

[peterperkins]

Batteries = recycled at end of life, same as most others nowadays. You can't just landfill them.

Sewing machine? I think Honda actually make them don't they?

It's not a Chim/Pork/Merc/BMW etc but it's not that slow 112mph. Fast enough for me.

[Aranell]

peterperkins said:

Batteries = recycled at end of life, same as most others nowadays. You can't just landfill them.

Sewing machine? I think Honda actually make them don't they?

It's not a Chim/Pork/Merc/BMW etc but it's not that slow 112mph. Fast enough for me.

Coal powered too...

[peterperkins]

Have you seen my wind turbines? No they don't power it but one could

[Baffled Spoon]

Not usually too bothered about economy myself, but impressive mpg achievment nonetheless. I've always liked the mk1 insight - really quirky and well designed. The new one that is coming out looks pretty good too (much better thn a pious at any rate).

[identti]

Aranell said:

peterperkins said:

Batteries = recycled at end of life, same as most others nowadays. You can't just landfill them.

Sewing machine? I think Honda actually make them don't they?

It's not a Chim/Pork/Merc/BMW etc but it's not that slow 112mph. Fast enough for me.

Coal powered too...

I bet it doesn't do 150mpg at 112mph though.

That's what confuses me about people who drive Priuses on the motorway. I've seen a few driving to work each day, and I'm sure there are way more economical cars for motorway cruising. A friends Dad has one, and it's ok at town speeds, but at rush hour cruise speeds it would be diabolical.

[mattiselvis]

I really like Insights - much cooler than Prii - there's one that tools around West London from time to time. Any pictures of yours?

[peterperkins]

www.150mpg.co.uk

[BoRED S2upid]

Miles per gallon of what? or does it still rely on some petrol?.

[randomman]

So how much did I hit on my bike this morning? 0 GPM... I win

Sort of, seeing as I need to ride back later on today and its raining now.

[peterperkins]

BoRED S2upid said:

Miles per gallon of what? or does it still rely on some petrol?.

It's a petrol and electric plug in hybrid (PHEV).

Over the last 236 miles it has been doing 150mpg and has also consumed 19kwh of mains electricity.

It's used 1.57 gallons of VPower at 96p per L so petrol cost is £8.85

Cost of electricity £2.85 at 15p unit x 19kwh. I don't have a cheap rate meter.

Total cost for 236 miles = £11.70 or 5p a mile.

Electricity is taxed but not at the same hideous rate as petrol.

So the more petrol I offset the better.

Battery depreciation is not included so call it 10p a mile to allow for that.

[mattiselvis]

peterperkins said:

www.150mpg.co.uk

That's a great site! I take it these are pretty rare in the UK - were they import only?

[peterperkins]

No they were sold here by Honda UK, only about 250 in total in country. Quite a few of those 250 are imports.

[BoRED S2upid]

Is that a lime green interior?. Does it only come in lime green? that would give me a headache.

[Wilburo]

hahaha, I see a lot of these around Leatherhead.

My friend calls them the Honda dogsh!t, but I think they're ace. I never knew they were hybrid though, thought they were just petrol.