VIN# JHMZE1358YT004280
2000, 5 spd, A/C, silver on gray
14k miles
I've owned it 2 years
Honda certified warranty for 7 yrs/75k miles
Good commuter car
50 MPG city / 70 MPG highway (EPA ratings are higher, but not likely in Los Angeles

For more detailed info and many recent pictures go to: http://www.mrmunsell.com and check out the Insight links on the left.

Please email me with any questions.



Modified by mrmunsell at 10:32 PM 6/16/2004

 

Nice car!

 

damn why does that car get that nice *** steering wheel

 

Thanks b18crx.

4DoorGeezer... I have no idea.... but I wish it fit my EG.

 

what would u say the actual MPG was?

 

I normally drive this car in the city and average about 50 MPG (thanks to LA traffic and traffic light timing).

I have made some road trips to Vegas from LA. I usually get around 72-73 MPG on that trip... it's usually a bit higher until I start hitting those elevation changes. In the actual city of Vegas, I was getting around 60 MPG in the city there.

Mike

 

this may sound like a dumb question but how much power does it have and how does the power compare to the accord or civic .... - kinda intrested

 

Here are some specs collected from various sources (Honda, Car&Driver, etc):

Horsepower without IMA / with IMA: 67 HP @ 5700 RPM / 73 HP @ 5700 RPM
Torque without IMA / with IMA: 66 lb.-ft. @ 4800 RPM / 91 lb.-ft. @ 2000 RPM

IMA = Integrated Motor Assist

0-60 MPH: 10.6 seconds
1/4 Mile: 17.8 seconds
60-0 MPH: 139 ft
Skidpad: 0.77g
Slalom: 63.1 MPH
Top speed: 112 MPH

Although the Insight doesn't make much power, it is lighter than a current generation Civic. The body is all aluminum and composite and weighs in at 1856-1887lbs (depending on what source you go by). So the power/weight ratio is enough to provide acceleration on par with a regular Civic.

Also, others have asked about how it works, does it need to be charged, etc... so here is some info in that regard:

The Insight primarily runs on it's 1.0L 3 cylinder gasoline engine. The electric motor only provides assistance to the gasoline engine when additional power is needed (moderate to WOT acceleration, climbing a hill, etc).

The electric motor is powered by a 144V battery pack. When not providing power assist, the electric motor serves as an alternator to charge the 144V battery pack as needed. There is a DC-DC converter that delivers 12V for the regular vehicle electronics and to charge the regular 12V battery (there is no 12V alternator). The electric motor also serves as the primary starter. There is secondary 12V starter that only gets used if the 144V battery pack is too low.

You put regular gas in it like a regular car... you do not need to plug it into the wall overnight or anything like that.

Here are the warranty coverages on the Insight (taken from http://www.insightcentral.net):

Full warranty coverage: 3 years / 36,000 miles
Conventional portion of powertrain: 5 years / 60,000 miles
Hybrid Battery Pack: 8 years / 80,000 miles
Various computer, control and power modules: 8 years/ 80,000 miles
Catalytic converters: 8 years / 80,000 miles

Please let me know if you guys have any other questions.....


Modified by mrmunsell at 7:13 PM 6/6/2004

 

Bump for a ''clean'' car

 

K series swap? kinda defeats the purpose of mpg, but that car is lighter than hell, everything is freaking plastic

nice car good luck

 

i wish i had one

bump for me not having 10k

 

Curious - How much?

 

I think in the future when this car becomes cheaper we will be seeing k-series in these things.People will learn too manipulate the wiring harness in this.Then we will have the new CRX

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by narib2oo1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Then we will have the new CRX</TD></TR></TABLE>

anyone seen the new crx? any pix anywhere yet?

 

This car was sold this morning.

Thanks,
Mike