RE: Honda Insight: You Know You Want To
Discussion
IN51GHT said:
Blackpuddin said:
There's a very nice looking 83k '00 manual on ebay at the minute.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-Insight-Mk1-manual...
You bugger, I was keeping that quiet in the hope I'd scoop a bargain.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-Insight-Mk1-manual...
Ok so ignorance is bliss but i did not know this car was so far ahead of its time. I read that kerb weight twice and was even more suprised to find out that a lupo gti is only about a second faster to sixty. Round town who cares about the odd second. Genuinly intrigued by this car now. And its stopped my misconceptions about hybrids.
Dagnut said:
Why did they give silly Jetsons styling? How did this car flop and the Prius succeed? Objectively this is a better car.
For aerodynamic efficiency. Don't think it was a flop, they sold a good number of them in the States as I recall, being a two-seater it was never intended as a mass market machine. I always look at these and think they missed a trick by not doing a "sports" version. Squint a bit and it's almost MX3ish in it's proportions. There was a really cool looking little coupe hiding in there somewhere. Up the output of the engine a bit, obviously send the power to the back - fun little drifty coupe that could reliably get 70ish mpg... FOURTEEN YEARS AGO. Think how insane that sounds. 14 years ago an E36 BMW 320 could only just do the 0-60 dash under 10 seconds, and not much under, and that had double the cylinders and double the capacity. Did that get 70mpg? Did it hell. Sure it's a lot bigger, but who ever bought a coupe - by any manufacturer - so they could put things in the back?
The ONLY hybrid I'd be seen dead in!
Just realised this would be an excellent replacement for my ageing commuter... although perhaps with a manual box.
Such a tragedy that this cool little car was made nearly 15 years ago, and the game has gone backwards not forwards. Modern hybrids are crappy, dull little things that hardly do what they promise. Mind you, that seems to apply to a lot of cars these days...
Just realised this would be an excellent replacement for my ageing commuter... although perhaps with a manual box.
Such a tragedy that this cool little car was made nearly 15 years ago, and the game has gone backwards not forwards. Modern hybrids are crappy, dull little things that hardly do what they promise. Mind you, that seems to apply to a lot of cars these days...
They are great cars.
Mine's currently doing 120mpg trundling around Denmark on holiday with me and the mrs
if you buy one of them or a civic hybrid then I can help you with any problems. I run two Insights and a Civic
I also supply and fit various gizmos along with new IMA batteries.
www.solarvan.co.uk
Note the Civic HCH1 hybrids are peanuts to buy and can do 70mpg and more with some decent driving and a bit of tlc.
Mine's currently doing 120mpg trundling around Denmark on holiday with me and the mrs
if you buy one of them or a civic hybrid then I can help you with any problems. I run two Insights and a Civic
I also supply and fit various gizmos along with new IMA batteries.www.solarvan.co.uk
Note the Civic HCH1 hybrids are peanuts to buy and can do 70mpg and more with some decent driving and a bit of tlc.
IN51GHT said:
Do it, on my daily 20 mile round trip I'm getting an average of nearly 90mpg. I'm on my third one know, each time I've sold up & got a lower mileage example, my current one is sitting at under 26,000 miles.
But "budget for a new clutch"... IT'S A CVT
Apologies, that's been removed now. Ad originally said manual and some slipping so (foolishly) assumed that it was a clutch issue before looking at the pics! But "budget for a new clutch"... IT'S A CVT
Edited by IN51GHT on Tuesday 18th June 12:42
Edited by IN51GHT on Tuesday 18th June 12:44
NDNDNDND said:
Such a tragedy that this cool little car was made nearly 15 years ago, and the game has gone backwards not forwards. Modern hybrids are crappy, dull little things that hardly do what they promise. Mind you, that seems to apply to a lot of cars these days...
The thing is, hybrids ARE 'a lot of cars these days' - hybrids are everywhere, almost every maker does a few - they're just cars...For edginess you need a full electric car or something equally 'out there' in both tech and cost.
As for maintaining the batteries on this one - unless they're stored somewhere ridiculously inaccessible, I doubt it's a massive task. In a few years the ability to replace battery packs will be just something else most 'garages' have to do - there will be places you can buy compatible cells and so on and so on.
That's if they don't bond them into the chassis or use some weird and wonderful configuration!?
theJT said:
I always look at these and think they missed a trick by not doing a "sports" version. Squint a bit and it's almost MX3ish in it's proportions. There was a really cool looking little coupe hiding in there somewhere. Up the output of the engine a bit, obviously send the power to the back - fun little drifty coupe that could reliably get 70ish mpg... FOURTEEN YEARS AGO. Think how insane that sounds. 14 years ago an E36 BMW 320 could only just do the 0-60 dash under 10 seconds, and not much under, and that had double the cylinders and double the capacity. Did that get 70mpg? Did it hell. Sure it's a lot bigger, but who ever bought a coupe - by any manufacturer - so they could put things in the back?
If you really want something like that, look out for a Suzuki Cappuccino - Driven gingerly, they can easily achieve 50+ mpg's, but handle great and a pack a surprisingly decent punch when worked..Most have disolved by now though..
gofasterrosssco said:
If you really want something like that, look out for a Suzuki Cappuccino - Driven gingerly, they can easily achieve 50+ mpg's, but handle great and a pack a surprisingly decent punch when worked..
Most have disolved by now though..
The Insight can be turned in to a quick car, just get in touch with peterperkins. Economy when 'upgraded' is staggering.Most have disolved by now though..
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