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What do you think of the honda insight 2010?

2010 Honda Insight test drive opinion?

  • Yesterday I test drove a 2010 Honda insight. I was very unexcited about the new design. The particular vehicle that I drove was a hybrid design with a semi-automatic transmission. There were many things that I enjoyed about it and others not so much. The interior had a very spacious and nice design. The seats were very comfortable. I did not like the Gauge cluster though. The speedometer was digital and would change from being back lit blue to being back lit green based upon whether the engine were running on combustion or electricity. This I found very distracting. The colors would change quite often. My other complaint about the interior was the, what i like to call, "THE BLIND SPOT!". If you have to merge over or even look backward you are faced with a quite large blind spot. This makes being inside of the very spacious interior feel very cramped. My other complaint with the car is the fuel economy. The car is rated at 41 and 50 miles to the gallon. THis is absurd. a car that has the ability to run on an electric motor or a fuel injected motor should be able to run at a minimum of 180 miles just on the battery packs before transferring over to gas. and the gas engine in this car should be able to get in my opinion at least 60 miles to the gallon. This is my opinion of the new 2010 honda insight. They should has stayed with the original design of a fully electric platform.

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    Whoever showed you this car did a piss poor job. The blind spot there is nothing he/she could have done about that. The light changing in the speedometer is to teach you how to drive for the best fuel economy. Talked to a customer that has had it for about a week and she said she never realized how bad she drives fuel economy wise. The estimated fuel economy is with the ECON mode turned off. With it on you will get closer to 60+. Automobile.mag has an article about it's test where the average was 66 and one averaged 69. Then again this is all based on HOW YOU drive. If you saw the light in the dash changing alot then you are driving to hard. The Honda Hybrid Civic/Insight doesn't use the same system the Prius does. They never had a fully electric design. If anything is wrong with the electrical motors or battery then you will have to call a tow truck. The Honda can start and drive where you need to go even with a dead battery. The Insight has many benefits. Like I said whoever showed you the car did a piss poor job.

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If you had the color coded lights change too fast and you thought the mpg was way off it sounds like you might want something like the tesla roadster. But if 126k is a bit pricey then there is the model s for 49k after a 7.5k tax credit. This is with a 230 mile range battery and they say a 300 mile battery pack is an option. Link http://www.oncars.com/story/410/Tesla-Reveals-the-Model-S

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I used to think that the Honda Insight was an amazing car, but knowing there are some problems with it, apparently when you need to turn right just a little bit, you need to turn the wheel more, and people right now think that the Insight copied the Prius design.

"A car that has the ability to run on an electric motor or a fuel injected motor should be able to run at a minimum of 180 miles just on the battery packs before transferring over to gas. And the gas engine in this car should be able to get in my opinion at least 60 miles to the gallon." Umm, no. The Toyota Prius is even lighter than the Insight and it gets nearly 50mpg, 60 if it's lucky. Besides, if you have ANY battery that's pulling a ton and a half of car, there's no way it would go 180 miles. And no gasoline engine in any modern car would get 60mpg. Nice try though.

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Honda's gasoline-electric hybrids have never been able to move on electric alone. The electric motor merely assists the gasoline engine by providing extra power when needed. That's why it's called the Honda IMA system (short for Integrated Motor Assist). The Honda IMA drivetrain is merely a modified regular-car drivetrain, where the transmission flywheel is replaced by a small electric motor and battery pack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Motor_Assist If you want a gasoline-electric hybrid that can get the car moving on electric alone, it would be one that uses the Power Split Device hybrid drivetrain. Ford, Nissan, Lexus and Toyota hybrids use this system. Unlike the Honda IMA system which is a modified regular-car drivetrain, the PSD system is closer to an electric car, with a large MG2 electric traction motor geared directly to the car's driving wheels via the PSD outer ring gear. How the PSD system works: http://www.eahart.com/prius/psd Presently the biggest limitation in PSD hybrid cars is the small battery pack-- It only holds enough charge to move the car on electric alone for about a mile. Though in the future more powerful Lion battery packs might allow further range on electric alone. Hope this helps.

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