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In reply to the discussion: How do DUers travel to work? [View all]underpants
(183,491 posts)Honda Insight - looks just like a Prius in fact the salesman said it was a "direct ripoff"
2010- it was a fleet car so it only had 32K miles on it when I bought it the day after Christmas.
Honda didn't make the Insight for a couple of years but started back in 2010. The Insight is Honda's low cost hybrid model.
I got it at CarMax for $13,500 - just over the Blue Book value.
Okay so you are wondering WHAT ABOUT THE MILEAGE!?!?!?
It was a battery assist and cuts off at stop lights but not for the whole time usually. Several displays to toggle through giving Avg. speed, trip time, graphic showing of the gas/battery assist, and current efficiency/MPG for the current trip (resets per start) and the last three trips. It shows you how you are driving and learns from your driving to mix in battery usage OKAY BUT WHAT ABOUT THE STINKING MILEAGE?!?!?
On trips mostly to work and normal errands I get 45- 50 MPG. It lists as 41/45 city/highway but I have learned how to work it for better mileage (as someone here on DU advised me would happen when I was researching hybrids).
The day after I bought it we drove to Roanoke (150 miles) and back and have several trips around Roanoke while I was there. On 10.6 gallons of gas we got 400 miles out of it and still had 70 miles estimate left in the tank. I but $15 into it yesterday (5 gallons) and the estimate went from 247 miles in the tank to 280 when I was on the way home yesterday. It calculated that I was getting MORE miles due to the way I drive.
Fast zippy little car. GREAT in the snow and ice so far. Only 2,700 pounds (only 850 lbs in passenger and cargo max) and very low to the ground. The transmission is a little "jumpy" sometimes and the braking feels like it accelerates which I had read about in reviews.
All in all I LOVE THIS CAR.