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#41 of 150 Air Conditioner Cooling? by midnightcowboy Oct 20, 2004 (4:17 am)
Wayne (Excel) ,   You have a 5-speed Insight. How well does the Insight AC coll down on hot (above 90 degreess0 days?   I had a 1995 Acura Integra GSR and it colled very slow, maybe 5 minutes before you had real cold air. After I put in a cold air intake ( clear up a lot of the space take up by the factory air filter) it cooled much faster, taking only 1 minute.   YMMV,   MidCow   P.S.- If I could ever find a car dealer that had a 5-speed Insight in stock that I could test drive, I might buy one. I am just not sure if I could handle the perfomance. However, I have test driven a Jetta TDI 5-speed twice and was pleased with the performance.   P.S.S. -Wayne thanks for all of your insight and comments on the Hybrid forums. I for one really appreciate your knowledge and your point of view. Most of the time I fully agree with you! Replies to this message: rfruth (Oct 20, 2004 4:08 pm)
#42 of 150 by billy5 Oct 20, 2004 (3:01 pm)
Greetings; On both of my Insights the AC has cooled the interior down very quickly, even on 103 degree days. Concerning the earlier post: Yes, Wayne is probably the best at getting high mpg. But really, any driver who WANTS to can do nearly the same thing, by re-thinking things in terms of: high tire pressure, slowing down, highway driving only, momentum, keeping OFF the brake pedal, very gradual acceleration, lean burn, watching the instant mpg graph. Billy....
#43 of 150 Re: Air Conditioner Cooling? [midnightcowboy] by rfruth Oct 20, 2004 (4:08 pm)
Replying to: midnightcowboy (Oct 20, 2004 4:17 am) Every car I've ever owned or ridden in that had a properly functioning A/C had/has cold air within seconds. I must say my current '00 Civic hatch requires a higher fan setting than most to stay comfortable but it does the job & there's cold air from the get-go. Xcel is a master at squeezing everything possible from a gallon of gas but I agree anyone who wants better MPG from whatever they drive can do so with some simple steps http://www.drivecleanacrosstexas.org/ - Astros in 7 !
#44 of 150 Just happened yesterday ... by midnightcowboy Oct 21, 2004 (4:04 am)
On my way home from work, I usually drive with the fast work flow far left lane. But guess what there was a silver Insight I bascially had trouble keeping up with I guess he was in the correct lane at the right time. He seemed to do okay at 70-80 mph!   My question about the air conditioning was because I agree with Rob , almost all cars I have driven except for one : 1995 Acura Integra GSR, had more than adequate cooling.   Billy, Thanks for your answers.   YMMV, MidCow   P.S- Just put new tires, brakes, radiator flush on my commuter car. So I guess it will last a little longer.
#45 of 150 by electrictroy Nov 18, 2004 (9:17 am)
Why do people automatically assume the Insight is slow and/or the air conditioning doesn't work?   Seriously, I'd like to know.   I own an Insight and it always amazes me when people come up to me and say, "How slow is it?" (shaking head) I wish people would stop making assumptions.   Anyway, the Insight has a top speed of ~120 mph, and 10.5 second 0-60 acceleration. It's not slow. And the A/C gets so cold I need a winter jacket.   The Insight is just like any other <100 hp car (Focus, Echo, Beetle, et cetera).
#46 of 150 10.5 seconds to 60mph.............................. by daysailer Nov 23, 2004 (5:15 am)
is near the "slow" end of the range offered by modern vehicles and is the most optimistic that I've seen among Insight test reports. Don't misunderstand, I admire the Insight's technology and consider it the best of the Hybrids thus far (in 5 spd form), but it is slow among modern cars and has modest handling and braking capabilities to boot.
#47 of 150 effect of SULEV,ULEV,LEV, etc.? by shewith Dec 27, 2004 (2:52 pm)
I don't know much about cars, but I would like to buy an Insight to get high mpg (saving money is helpful) and to produce low greenhouse gas emissions (I work at being as green as I can afford).     http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm has info on mpg and emissions. I selected the year, Honda, and Insight and it gave me info (and had links to other info) about various versions of an Insight. It seems I should be looking for an SULEV version in automatic because that's the only version that does both high mpg and low greenhouse gas emissions.    I have several questions:   (1) The other day I looked under the hood of a 2002 Insight at a used-car dealer near me and neither the salesperson nor I could see the version (SULEV, ULEV, ...) listed anywhere. Is there a foolproof way to find out the version?   (2) Is it correct that if I want high mpg AND low greenhouse gas emissions, I need to find an SULEV+automatic? It seems that some of the versions have not very good emissions, but maybe I'm not interpreting that correctly.   (3) To find an SULEV, would I need to get a car from California? Or do cars that meet the SULEV standard get sold elsewhere, even when new? Or are all Insights for the US market manufactured to meet the California standards (SULEV?), as my mechanic guesses?   (4) If a Insight isn't an SULEV, can it be tuned by an everyday mechanic to have as low greenhouse gas emissions as an SULEV? (My mechanic says he doesn't have any information on variations in tuning Insights.)    (5) Is there a way to get an analog reading of mph and mpg while driving? (An Insight I drove earlier this year--a 2000--had a always-changing digital reading of mph or mpg or both (I forget which), and I could see it might give me a headache in time.)   (6) An Insight is pretty small. Does that make it less crashworthy? I do a lot of commuting on an interstate.   (7) Is there year an Insight year that's especially reliable?   (8) I don't see any online listings of Insights for sale that lists what version (SULEV, etc.) the car is. Is there a listing that does?   (9) Am I going way overboard with this, in the sense that every Insight has such good emissions that going to great lengths to get the best emissions is foolish? I can't tell how much difference the difference makes.   Thank you for your help. I'm not very car savvy, and yet I'd like to do this if I have a reasonable amount of confidence that I know what I'm doing. Replies to this message: gagrice (Dec 27, 2004 3:52 pm) electrictroy (Jan 06, 2005 10:10 am) rfruth (Jan 10, 2005 2:22 pm) xcel (Dec 27, 2004 3:56 pm)
#48 of 150 Re: effect of SULEV,ULEV,LEV, etc.? [shewith] by gagrice Dec 27, 2004 (3:52 pm)
Replying to: shewith (Dec 27, 2004 2:52 pm) I don't see any online listings of Insights for sale that lists what version (SULEV, etc.) the car is. Is there a listing that does?   It is all confusing. I can tell you the SULEV rated Insight was produced for CA and the other CARB states. Also the CVT Insight gets about 9 mpg less than the Manual. The manual transmission Insight will put out less GHG than the CVT model. I would look for the best used Insight you can find. Preferably with some warranty left on it. No matter which version you get it will be very Clean and Green compared to most cars on the road. And best of all you are saving a lot of money on gas. Replies to this message: electrictroy (Jan 06, 2005 10:10 am) rfruth (Jan 10, 2005 2:22 pm)
#50 of 150 forgot one question by shewith Dec 27, 2004 (3:56 pm)
(10) I've had Honda's before. They all seem to do poorly at heating the passenger compartment in the winter. In the Insight the same? Or did they make the heater work better in the Insight? Replies to this message: xcel (Dec 27, 2004 4:15 pm)

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