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#203 of 212 Re: With a few more thousand miles on the odometer... [njinsight] by rookie60 Oct 12, 2009 (9:54 am)
Replying to: njinsight (Oct 12, 2009 6:11 am) I now have 6,000+ miles on my Insight. I agree with almost everything. However, I just got back from a 2,000+ trip from Minnesota to Arkansas. I wish I could get your mileage. I get 42-46 in normal city/highway driving. I did get 50mpg twice. Both on 50-60 mile per hour cruises. On my trip to Arkansas, cruising at 70-75, I got 41-42mpg. The car cruises nice at 75mph but strains. It does need a bit more power. At 75mph I would average about 39-40mpg. The car is surprisingly very quiet. Hardly any road noise. Great car around town.
#204 of 212 Re: With a few more thousand miles on the odometer... [njinsight] by dnatech Oct 18, 2009 (3:49 am)
Replying to: njinsight (Oct 12, 2009 6:11 am) Thank you for your review!Nice details with different driving modes. I have a Ford Focus with 97K and,on one hand I want my Focus to"live" for another 2 years (I get 34 mpg with it, mostly highway driving), but on the other hand, I want it to go, so I can visit a Honda dealer and get an Insight. I've been reviewing everyone's input and it seems a good hybrid without a sticker shock! I am not interested in a performance car and, with the gasoline price will go up with the crude oil price going up and the dollar going down in the world currency market. Replies to this message: mickeyrom (Oct 18, 2009 4:56 am) dnatech (Oct 24, 2009 3:07 am) elias (Oct 26, 2009 5:39 am) rookie60 (Oct 26, 2009 6:45 am)
#205 of 212 Re: With a few more thousand miles on the odometer... [dnatech] by mickeyrom Oct 18, 2009 (4:56 am)
Replying to: dnatech (Oct 18, 2009 3:49 am) The Insight with cruise is only a couple of hundred less than a base Prius. The overall quality of the Prius is much better.Check it out. Replies to this message: dnatech (Oct 24, 2009 3:07 am) elias (Oct 26, 2009 5:39 am) rookie60 (Oct 26, 2009 6:45 am)
#206 of 212 Re: With a few more thousand miles on the odometer... [mickeyrom] by dnatech Oct 24, 2009 (3:07 am)
Replying to: mickeyrom (Oct 18, 2009 4:56 am) Well, I live in New England & I read that the Prius can be trouble with icy road and its lack of disengaging "automatic traction control"(not sure of technical term here). The other thing is that I want a dash display in front of me and not in the middle of the console. Correct me if I am wrong on either point. Thanks Replies to this message: elias (Oct 26, 2009 5:39 am) rookie60 (Oct 26, 2009 6:45 am)
#207 of 212 Re: With a few more thousand miles on the odometer... [dnatech] by elias Oct 26, 2009 (5:39 am)
Replying to: dnatech (Oct 24, 2009 3:07 am) proper ice+snow tires can solve the traction problem for prius in winter, for most cases. but if there's no way to disengage traction control, that's a blocker problem for new england winter driving, as far as I understand. When stuck on certain kinds of snow/ice conditions, the only way to get the car moving is to rock the car back and forth, intentionally spinning the wheels- with traction control OFF .
#208 of 212 Re: With a few more thousand miles on the odometer... [dnatech] by rookie60 Oct 26, 2009 (6:45 am)
Replying to: dnatech (Oct 24, 2009 3:07 am) I liked the looks of the Prius.Beautiful futuristic body style. They sell more hybrids than all the others combined. The Insight handles better than the Prius. Seems more like a real car. Prius gets better mileage. However, the biggest kicker and deal-breaker for me was that dash display in the middle. I think it is ridiculous that they put it in the middle. I would never buy a car with a dash like that. I hate that dash. That's just my personal opinion. Obviously, I am in the minority because they sure have sold a lot of Prius'.
#209 of 212 Agree re Prius dash by barb36jack31 Nov 04, 2009 (6:56 pm)
eWas all set to buy the new Prius. Sat in the driver's seat and realized I could not read the center positioned instruments. What a disppointment! Did not buy. Am now looking at the Insight. Who knows?
#210 of 212 Insight more visible on the Net! by dnatech Nov 14, 2009 (11:44 am)
Finally starting to see more of Insights in New England and the car is mentioned more often on the internet in comparison with other cars. I guess people only think of the Prius which is so common. Glad to read I am not the only one who cannot comprehend why the display is in the middle of dashboard in the Prius? Replies to this message: mickeyrom (Nov 14, 2009 12:10 pm)
#211 of 212 Re: Insight more visible on the Net! [dnatech] by mickeyrom Nov 14, 2009 (12:10 pm)
Replying to: dnatech (Nov 14, 2009 11:44 am) It's not just it's location that I don't like.It's too damned small,and unless you have perfect vision almost impossible to see clearly.
#212 of 212 Short trip to France by dnatech Nov 22, 2009 (4:15 am)
Well France has many different cars on the road than the ones we have here. However, the cars here like Honda fit & Nissan Versa are starting to make the USA look more like France. Did see a few "Priuses" and saw more Japanese cars, but French and Europeans cars dominate the market. The gas is so expensive that French people stick to 4 cylinder cars and there are very few big cars! Somehow though, the cars idling in the traffic jams make an awful smell, just wondering if their gasoline is different than here, it's not a diesel odor?

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