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Motoring Memories: Honda Insight 1999-2006
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10-07-2008, 12:55 PM
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Motoring Memories: Honda Insight 1999-2006
Looking back at the original Honda Insight.
Bill Vance - Canadian Driver - Sep. 26, 2008
Gasoline/electric hybrid cars are currently the most conspicuous evidence of "going green," with the Toyota Prius as the poster child for the genre. Other manufacturers are joining the trend, and either have hybrids on sale or soon will have. Modern technology gives them good performance and reliability with fuel economy superior to a regular gasoline-engined vehicle.
Hybrids differ from regular vehicles by having two distinct power sources: an internal combustion engine and an electric motor and battery pack. The electric motor assists the gasoline engine, and in some cases can use pure electric mode to propel the car on its own, albeit usually short distances and low speeds.
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10-07-2008, 01:20 PM
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Re: Motoring Memories: Honda Insight 1999-2006
I still love mine!! 
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10-07-2008, 01:25 PM
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Re: Motoring Memories: Honda Insight 1999-2006
I'm gonna hang on to mine - it's gonna be awhile before anything outside the Aptera can go farther on a gallon on long highway trips.
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10-07-2008, 01:28 PM
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Re: Motoring Memories: Honda Insight 1999-2006
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I'm gonna hang on to mine - it's gonna be awhile before anything outside the Aptera can go farther on a gallon on long highway trips.
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Ditto. 
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10-07-2008, 01:41 PM
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Re: Motoring Memories: Honda Insight 1999-2006
Need I say more:
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10-07-2008, 01:43 PM
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Re: Motoring Memories: Honda Insight 1999-2006
THAT is a great shot!
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10-07-2008, 01:54 PM
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Re: Motoring Memories: Honda Insight 1999-2006
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For a moment, I thought the guy on the right was this guy in hiding...
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10-07-2008, 02:00 PM
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Re: Motoring Memories: Honda Insight 1999-2006
Huh, "motoring memory"??? It's far far more than a memory for me!! And my sister!!
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10-07-2008, 03:29 PM
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PZEV, there's nothing like it :)
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Re: Motoring Memories: Honda Insight 1999-2006
Hi Reid:
___Brings back memories for me and I love it every time I get the chance to drive Sean's or Chuck's
___Good Luck
___Wayne
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10-08-2008, 07:25 AM
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Re: Motoring Memories: Honda Insight 1999-2006
I looked at one of these recently. It was nice, but the two seat arrangement was a big hindrance to me and is the main reason I did not buy it. The other reason being the high price the person was asking.
I have hopes that the new Insight will perform well in the MPG department.
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