Red 2000 Insight 5spd - 45k miles - IMA Light On - Make Offer!

[Need4Speed]

As another data point, I bought my 2001 CVT with 19K miles in October for $7750, and had passed up a 2000 5M with 58K miles last May for about $8K. I should have purchased that one, but was not ready. I decided on the CVT since my older son is on his learners permit, and wanted my wife and son to be able to drive it.

[kvomax79]

I bought my 00 5speed with 125k miles a year ago for 3k. If this car was in California and around that price range, I would jump on it.

[timny1984]

Originally Posted by nitrocars1

If only there were a way to plug it in for 15 or so hours every now and then.

Have you read about Mikes grid charger? Might want to look into that.

http://99mpg.com/ProjectCars/gridcharger/


Tim

[tadpole]

a 2003 with this low mileage should be under the Honda Warranty (10 years 150K). Go directly to Honda USA to find out.

[kvomax79]

Originally Posted by tadpole

a 2003 with this low mileage should be under the Honda Warranty (10 years 150K). Go directly to Honda USA to find out.

From the thread title "Red 2000 Insight 5spd", he has a 2000 and not a 2003.

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by nitrocars1

I appreciate your offer but I'm not sure where your $2k figure came from. I posted it at $5800 on Craigslist and I've had a lot of interest (with the ad stating it has bad IMA batteries).

The car is worth more than $2k if I sell it as a parts car (and wrecked Insights often go for that much or more). I could do the repair at Honda then sell it for $9k and come out several thousand ahead of what you're offering. In reality, it should be worth more than $9k with only 45k miles and brand new batteries. The batteries are really the only expensive repair the Insight has to worry about.

Thanks again for your offer, but I'll have to decline.

I think the point he is making is that in reality these usually don't sell with a bad battery for more than $3k, you will get tire kickers and the do you finance are you a dealer types asking at higher amounts but I doubt they help your situation.

If you can get $5800 more power to yah, if you were in Wisconsin, i would probably offer in the $3k area and leave the rest to luck.

So by all means fix the battery and get your $9k, remember though its still a 12 year old car, most folks figure a 12 year old car is still a 12 year old car.

you need to find that one particular guy to get more than book. (nada)

[tadpole]

The battery and IMA light matter less to me than the overall condition of the car. A worn-looking interior is a deal breaker. Can you provide any images?

[rayholan]

PM'd you about the car.

[thubosky]

Still available?

[nitrocars1]

The car has been fixed and now works like new! The battery back was reconditioned and bad cells were replaced. The controllers work wonderfully...they were mounted to the battery pack and the local Honda dealer replaces them rather than transferring them.

At this point the car is like new with a few exceptions: It has three parallel scratches on the roof from a briefcase (this was there when I bought it). They don't show much but if the light catches them, they are visible. There are some rock chips on the front (courtesy of TX roads) and 2 door dings (one on each side).

When the previous owner had a stereo installed, the shop tried to take the dash apart the wrong way and broke some of the clips. There is a small space where the part with the A/C controls meets the rest of the dash, only on the passenger side of it. It isn't visible to the driver at all and most passengers don't notice it either. It does not rattle of have any functional effect on the car. For the record, I've replaced the stereo with a different one (that will come with the car) and I installed it correctly (it was in an Insight before I moved it to this one).

Those are the only defects I know of...the car is really clean, has only 45k miles, and a newly reconditioned battery pack. You have years of life left in it. It is due for an oil change (on my 3k mile schedule) in about 1k miles. I can have that done before I sell it.

I'll try to take pictures next week. I know the price is going to go up with gas prices (last time it was $4/gal, they were selling for close to $20k). I'm not expecting to get $20k for it, but I also won't take a pittance for it. Let me know what it would be worth to you!