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#83 of 212 Re: I drove an Insight this afternoon! [rookie60] by dbostondriver Mar 27, 2009 (2:18 pm)
Replying to: rookie60 (Mar 27, 2009 12:42 pm) Nice. Any opinion on the exterior styling? Wheels? I almost stopped by the Honda Dealership to take a look. With gas going up and Obama's new mandate I would expect Hybrid sales to go up. Replies to this message: rookie60 (Mar 27, 2009 2:36 pm) dbostondriver (Mar 27, 2009 3:11 pm) rookie60 (Mar 27, 2009 5:24 pm)
#84 of 212 Re: I drove an Insight this afternoon! [dbostondriver] by rookie60 Mar 27, 2009 (2:36 pm)
Replying to: dbostondriver (Mar 27, 2009 2:18 pm) Exterior is nice. That is what the hybrid airflow shape dictates. I prefer the Insight over the Fit. The wheels appear small. Not a bad design though. Bet the farm that gas prices will go up. It is not Obama that will raise prices. Chinese and other third world countries demanding gas, new federal gas taxes, and inflation from the stimulus package will do that. Also, OPEC is cutting back on production. That also will cause prices to go up. It is a perfect storm for $4.00 per gallon to come back. Replies to this message: dbostondriver (Mar 27, 2009 3:11 pm) rookie60 (Mar 27, 2009 5:24 pm)
#85 of 212 Re: I drove an Insight this afternoon! [rookie60] by dbostondriver Mar 27, 2009 (3:11 pm)
Replying to: rookie60 (Mar 27, 2009 2:36 pm) Yeah, I was reading the Wall Street Journal. Honda predicts they will sell over $3million scooters alone. I think $3 is the normalized price, but we will see. Replies to this message: rookie60 (Mar 27, 2009 5:24 pm)
#86 of 212 Re: I drove an Insight this afternoon! [dbostondriver] by rookie60 Mar 27, 2009 (5:24 pm)
Replying to: dbostondriver (Mar 27, 2009 3:11 pm) $3million scooters???????? $3 is the normalized price??????   I don't understand what you mean.
#87 of 212 My Insight came today and my Fit left. by dweiser Mar 27, 2009 (5:47 pm)
I traded in my 2009 Honda Fit Sport w/Navi on a 2010 Insight, it arrived today. It's been pouring for 3 days here in western NC but I had to take a little drive in the Insight. I loved my Fit, I hope I love the Insight. The Fit was getting 34 m.p.g. and the Insight shows 39.5 m.p.g. after being driven from SC on major highways to be delivered. I expected higher m.p.g. on the Insight to be honest but like everything I have to say, no hasty judgments. The Insight hasn't been with me even 24 hours. The Insight is (to me) a nicer looking vehicle than the Fit which I thought was fine looking. No audio controls on the steering wheel on the Insight EX as there were on the Fit and I already miss that. The Fit had no bad manners, handled well, and was fairly zippy. The Insight is sluggish (w/ECON on), the engine seems to "tremble" a bit when stopped at a light (seems like it's going to stall), the steering is "sloppier" than the Fit's excellent feeling steering, and stopping with regenerative braking is, to be honest, weird. More later as I get used to the Insight. My brother emailed me tonight that Fits are selling for dealer cost. If the Insight moves into the 45 to 55 m.p.g. range I believe I'll love it; if not I'm going to miss the Fit with its "magic seats", handling, peppiness, and stereo steering wheel controls. Even though I'm 63 I'll NEVER buy another vehicle that won't accept/play mp3s from a thumbnail device. Replies to this message: lucien4 (Mar 27, 2009 6:34 pm) dbostondriver (Mar 28, 2009 10:34 am)
#88 of 212 Re: My Insight came today and my Fit left. [dweiser] by lucien4 Mar 27, 2009 (6:34 pm)
Replying to: dweiser (Mar 27, 2009 5:47 pm) With most Hybrids you get lower mpg in the break-in period. So that should improve. Pity they don't have audio control buttons on steering wheel with the EX without Navi (in Europe they do). I can definitely see that it takes some time getting used to a Hybrid coming from the non-Hybrid Fit. Imagine previous gen Hybrids had even less road feel (e.g. Prius I...). I had no trouble getting used to drive Civic Hybrid.   According to the manual it should play MP3/WMA/AAC from USB (EX). Do you have an LX? In that case I guess you have to resort using data CD (which can play both MP3/WMA). Or there's also an auxiliary input jack that might be an option.
#89 of 212 Both the Fit and the Insight play MP3s lucien4 by dweiser Mar 28, 2009 (2:15 am)
I see my last sentence was confusing. I can listen to my MP#s with my Sandisk thumb USB device plugged in. I could in my Fit Sport and I can in my Insight EX. I wasn't very clear about that. I should have said something like, I have enjoyed listening to my MP3s (with the random selection - like shuffle on an iPOD) so much in the Fit & the Insight that I'll never own another vehicle (in the future) that doesn't have that functionality. I owned a $100,000 Porsche 911 C4 not long ago and it didn't play MP3s AND the Random playback had to be RE-SET every time the car was started! Give me a break!! I joked my $15,000 Honda Element had a more sophisticated audio than my $100,000 Porsche! Sorry for being so long-winded. Replies to this message: lucien4 (Mar 28, 2009 7:56 am)
#90 of 212 Re: Both the Fit and the Insight play MP3s lucien4 [dweiser] by lucien4 Mar 28, 2009 (7:56 am)
Replying to: dweiser (Mar 28, 2009 2:15 am) Ah got it. Thanks for the review by the way:-). Keep us updated on the mileage. So far I've heard from someone else he got 52mpg on the highway on his test drive but real-world conditions can vary and the average mpg can be quite different.
#91 of 212 Re: My Insight came today and my Fit left. [dweiser] by dbostondriver Mar 28, 2009 (10:34 am)
Replying to: dweiser (Mar 27, 2009 5:47 pm) Thanks for the update. Pretty amazing that there is finally a Hybrid for the masses. Hopefully they will sell a ton.
#92 of 212 Outrageous price they're asking by bmoore1 Mar 28, 2009 (9:21 pm)
I test drove one today in SoCal (Miller Honda on Van Nuys). Nice car. Pretty zippy to drive. Loads of room in the front. A bit cramped in back. The materials are slightly cheap inside. The look outside is great. Very sleek.   The only problem was the price... they were asking $3,500 above MSRP. The sales guy said it was a premium because they'd only gotten five and already sold 3. He didn't expect the premium to decrease any time soon.   His boss confirmed their strategy of raising the price although he said maybe they could lower it "a little bit." He said the Priuses also were selling for above MSRP as a point of comparison.   I was kinda turned off at that point. I see that carsdirect.com also quotes the sticker price. $3.5K premium? That's over 15% of the car.   Another potential buyer who was also looking had the exact same reaction. Replies to this message: kyfdx (Mar 29, 2009 6:05 am)

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