Honda Insight

I just bought a 2002 Insight with 13,000 miles on it last week. I cannot believe how well it drives. Even though it's a CVT I get over 50MPG combined. That's wintertime driving in a very hilly area. Some of my friends on Corvetteforum laughed when I told them about it but how can anyone ignore this kind of "performance"? BTW- My 2004, 6 speed Vette gets 32 MPG highway. Not bad either.

A Corvette and an Insight...very opposite combination, wouldn't you say? lol I like it

I just bought (May '08) a used 2002 Honda Insight at,

International Motorwerks, Inc.
500 4th St South
La Crosse, WI 54601
608-784-9280

I live 90 miles from them and they delivered the car to me. They say they deliver all over the states.

Hi HB, They didn't charge me anything, to deliver the Honda Insight to me. After looking & taking a test drive in the car and all of the paper work was done, I said, "Now I just have to find a way of getting it home". They said, "They would, no charge". They said, they do it a lot. I don't know if there is a milage limit. Their toll free number is 1-888-434-6632. They say, they sell more hybrids than anybody. You might, also want to go to website AutoTrader.com I just found today (Tue, 22) 20 listed around the country. Maybe you can find one closer to you. I was looking on the internet about comments on the Insight & Toyota Prius. The prius had way more negatives. The negatives on the Insight, that I found are; noise, driving at highway speeds (I can attest to that), cheap speakers, no cruise control, driving in snow, bucking problem with the manual transmission, a problem with the electromagnetic field (EMF), is supposed to be dangerous to humans. See site, http://consumeraffairs.com/automotive/honda_insight.html I'm keeping my car anyway; I'm 70 years old. I also didn't like the inside rear view mirror. I put on a bigger slip on mirror. Let me know how you make out. I'm curios Good luck keike@scacable.com

HELLO! Where could I buy a CIVIC hybrid with 5-speed MT？ Thanks.

looking for 2008/9 honda insight. I'm in long island, NY. Any around?

Dude!! They stopped making them Sept. 06
Do a google search to find them for sale

Hey, my folks have agreed to help me buy a new car but are really apprehensive about used hybrid batteries. They would rather buy me a new prius than trust a used insight. But I insist that I really want an insight.

Can anyone tell me anything about their battery life? When will I have to replace it, will it be hard to find, and will it cost an arm and a leg?

Thanks for any advice

Lauren,

All Honda Insights in the U.S. have the hybrid electrical parts such as the Batteries all covered for the first 10 years or 150,000 miles by Honda... so anything in that period is no cost to you.

My 2000 model year Insight has 118,000 miles on it and no issues with the original Hybrid battery.

After the 10 year / 150,000 mile Honda warranty, you have many options.

Remember that the local Honda dealer is privately owned and is not Honda the Company.... Honda the company has given discounts to good customers even when there is no warranty or legal reason that says they have to.

Cheapest... $ only cost the time of a qualified person... it has been shown that unlike other hybrids the Insight can be modified to run without the NiMH Hybrid battery pack... without it you loose the electric assist and the regenerative braking... but the car can easily be made to do everything else.

2nd Cheapest... $ only the time of a qualified and properly equiped person.... the most common issue that happens with the Insight battery packs is that the sub-packs in the car get out of balance with each other over the years ... the Insight does not have the ability to correct this on its own so it just gives a error code... a qualified person can remove the battery pack and repair most imbalances.

3rd cheapest... $250+ .... the Insight battery pack can be rebuilt using the salvaged / used batter packs from other more mass produced hybrids... the 2005 and earlier Civic Hybrids use 20 sub-packs that are 99% identical to the Insight's 20 sub-packs .... other Hybrid battery packs require more modification to work properly.... In 2008 I bought a 2005 with under 30k miles on it civic HEV battery for $250, to experiment with.

4th cheapest... $600 + .... buy a salvaged / used Honda insight battery pack and the Honda Service Manual and replace the pack yourself.

5th cheapest ... $1,200 + ..... buy a new / reconditioned battery pack from Honda and install it yourself.

6th cheapest / most expensive... $2,000+ .... pay a Honda dealer to replace the battery pack with a new one for you.

good luck and enjoy.

THis blog is about a vehicle that's been running since the year 2000. Now VW is coming out with a vehicle that, if you can ignore the stink, pollution (the "clean" is relative to older diesels not not close to Insight's ULEV/SULEV ) and high price of diesel fuel might do as well. I'm going to wait until Honda comes out with their new hybrid.

I didnt know what an Insight was a year ago when I turned down the offer of one for free. A month ago I found out what it was and had to buy my own, a 2000 model with 172,000 miles on it for $13,900. Sure wish I had researched it earlier! BUT, its the greatest car I have ever owned in many ways. I get 65 to 75 mpg and it will drive at 85 mph all day if I want to (top speed is 110 mph) while also giving me a great ride and AC. Of course, getting 75 mpg at 85 mph and with the AC on and two passengers with luggage, is NOT possible.

But by slowing down to the speed limits, getting 65mpg with the AC on and a full car (as above) from Corpus Christi to Tyler TX (400 miles) last Tuesday, was possible.

The new hybrid coming out next year will actually be more like the Insight a two door more modern looking car. It's also supposed to be cheaper. Check out the site (you might have to copy and paste)

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/06/17/hondas-next-hybrid-could-revive-insig...