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To everyone- Here's an article I came across today from Edmunds.com's New Headlines featuring the Honda Insight: Rising gas prices promote hybrid car popularity. Hope you enjoy.
Happy Motoring!
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Thanks for your comments. ;-)
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For those interested, here's another interesting article, I recently came across, about the $2000 federal tax credit available for the Honda Insight. You'll also find links within this article leading you to other articles about electric and clean fuel vehicle tax credits. Hope this is helpful.
Btw, are there any Insight owners out there that have filed for this tax credit? Please share your experience with us. Thanks.
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If you fit this description and care to share your input on the subject, please contact Kristen Gerencher at [email protected] or Jeannine Fallon at [email protected] by noon EST Tuesday, March 19. Thanks for your participation.
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Don't forget tonight's Town Hall Chat, 5-7 pm PT/8-10 pm ET. Tonight's topic -- Why my next car will/won't be a hybrid.
Hope you can make it!
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http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ncap/cars/1571.html
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Can anyone help me out?
The 5-speed appeals to people who want a manual transmission, while the CVT appeals to people who want an automatic transmission.
While both versions offer very impressive fuel efficiency & emissions levels, engineers have to make some design tradeoffs between these two goals. The 5-speed puts more emphasis on efficiency & greenhouse gas emissions, while the CVT puts more emphasis on level of California emissions certification.
The 5-speed was designed to achieve the best possible fuel efficiency - and thereby the lowest possible greenhouse gas emissions - while still achieving ULEV California emissions levels. The CVT, on the other hand, has been tuned to achieve an even tougher level of California emissions standards - SULEV - at the cost of a reduced fuel efficiency and slightly higher greenhouse gas production.
Nonetheless, the CVT Insight still achieves the best fuel efficiency of any gas powered car with an automatic-transmission, being significantly better than even the Toyota Prius.
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rfruth in Houston
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23,000 mills average 65 gml shows in the computer display, 80% hway,
and $5700 tax brake for a price $21000 including tax and 6 years warranty I paid cash.
It can go easy to 100 ml/h and I can pass 800 mills with one tank.
It all depend how you are driving and how you are shifting and using the battery.
This is the best thing ever happen to me.
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Metro's/Swift's are very reliable cars too. Just go to the Metro thread to see what I mean.
Just to give an idea of cost: Let's assume you drive 20,000 miles per year (quite a bit more than average) and an Insight gets 65 mpg average. If fuel costs $1.75/gallon (it's less in most places in the U.S.) then you'd spend $538.46 per year on fuel. With a Metro/Swift, let's assume you average 43 mpg (easily done). Then the cost per year for the same assumptions would be $813.95 per year. That means the Insight is saving only $275.49 per year for the Insight. That's less than one monthly payment for a new Insight, and even if you could find a used Insight for $10K, it would take you ~15-20 years to make up the purchase price in saved fuel (more if you have to pay interest on a loan).
I like the Insight, but it's just too expensive for an "economy car".
That's the real reason the big 3 aren't biting yet. They're using their heads!
To rfruth- Just curious, are you still thinking of trading up your Civic for a Honda Insight?
It would be interesting having more Insight owners participating here.... ;-)
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That's a good point.
Yeah, I always liked Metros but never bought one...till recently, I bought a low-mileage '98 for $3200. Great car! It's a shame GM/Suzuki had to cancel them, but I guess people just wanted SUV's.
I do understand that some Insight buyers just want to be as green as possible and saving money is not the primary motivation for buying one. That I can respect and I imagine that is the major reason that most Insight buyers opt for the insight over other less expensive economy cars.
Good luck, and please keep us posted on your purchase.
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http://www.insightcentral.net
Warranty Information
The Insight has a typical Honda warranty for most of the car, with a much longer (8 year) warranty for many of the new technologies included in the car. Here is a brief summary of the warranty that applies in the United States:
Full warranty coverage: 3 years / 36,000 miles
Conventional portion of powertrain: 5 years / 60,000 miles
Battery: 8 years / 80,000 miles
Various computer, control and power modules: 8 years/ 80,000 miles
Catalytic converters: 8 years / 80,000 miles
As the US goes to war for 'cheap gas' for huge SUVs, please keep the idealism behind the Insight alive. They're not cars for 'cheap consumers', they're cars for responsible citizens of planet earth.
BTW, I've just ordered a silver 5spd. Ok, back to munching my granola... <G>
Good points. Also, some would argue that the manufacturers bear some of the responsibility here as well. And creating green cars that are affordable to people of all income levels would make a more a significant impact. Not to mention, manufacturers that have been breaking profit records, year after year, can certainly afford to invest in this.... Just my two cents. ;-)
To get back to the subject: congrats on your Honda Insight purchase! When do you expect to take delivery? We look forward to hearing all the details.... Thanks for your participation!
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I'm a new soon-to-be member of the Insight family. I'm in Vancouver, BC, and have just purchased a 2000 5spd w/AC from a dealer in Ontario. The dealer is shipping it out to me next week. I'll have my VIN in a few days... It was a trade into Image Honda in Hamilton, Ontario, with only 23,000 KM on the odometer. Paid $17,800 CDN with 60 month Honda Canada financing at 7.4%.
The identical car is available used in Vancouver now (at Regency Honda), however it has 72,000 KM on it, and looks rough (mangled alloys, broken skirt, cracked tail light, and it was the 'burger bus' for the dealer, so the cargo area is completely stained). After viewing the car once when it was priced at $16,800 CDN, then asked to come back again when they'd reduced it to $14,900 CDN. Was about to put my offer in when the salesman said that, since they had just reduced it, there was NO WAY any offer below list price would be entertained... (all I wanted was new, cleaner, floor mats...). That blew me out the door.
Now the amazingly great staff at Carter Honda in Vancouver have graciously offered to accept my car shipment from Image Honda, handle all my documents for me, clean it, and have offered the services of their 'Insight' technician to spend a couple hours going over all the details on delivery.
This is my 5th honda product, and the service just keeps getting better. With my last Honda purchase, a new 1998 Accord from West City Motors in Belleville, Ontario, my salesperson Karla had a box of home-made cookies she'd made herself waiting in the back seat at delivery....
I realize, factoring in the US exchange rate, that perhaps I've given average to high dollars for the car. But I also feel better knowing that perhaps the little extra commission was enjoyed by the salesperson, and some extra profit has helped operations at the dealership.
It's good 'Car-ma'....
It sounds like your sale price is pretty close to list. Search online, and don't be afraid to buy one out-of-state. CA has a high demand and short supply. I believe there was one dealer in Lousianna selling then for $5000 under list; shipping should be under $1000...
Good Luck
If not what is an expected highway speed on fairly flat smooth highway. with one person ? with two?
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