Sale Story

[epqsoq]

I had been researching gas mileage and was in the market for a car. I had just read about them and discovered this forum when one popped up on autotrader at a dealer 46 miles from our town. It had come off lease in upstate NY, sat on a dealer's lot for a month, and was bought by Automax in Marlboro and listed on Autotrader. From reading the postings on this forum it was clear that Insight owners absolutely love them so I drove up the next day and put down a deposit. I feel I was VERY lucky to have one come up for sale nearby just at the time I was seriously starting to look for a car. I LOVE the Insight and just wish Honda would start making something similar.

[jack9994]

i had a 2 litre Audi which was costing a fortune in fuel - i checked on a UK gov website for the most economical car on sale (Insight!) - looked on autotrader and found one for sale about 80 miles away - the dealer already had someone interested who was coming to view but he never turned up and i got it for £6250 inc 2 years Hondacare warranty (in March 2005). Best investment ever and i never intend to get rid of it unless something more economical comes along (and i will have to wait a long time for that). I bought it with 54k miles and now at 122k miles. Best is 104 mpg commute, worst mileage is about 60mpg

[jat1793]

Another Insight went for sale in my area, about 16 miles away. It was only for about 4k, and there were no pictures so I was suspicious, but I went to look for fun anyway. In my head, there are three reasons that this Insight can be on sale for so cheap: IMA light, bad body damage, or that the sellers are just plain od stupid

We ventured through the cramped, dirty parking lot, absolutely filled with cars. No Insight in sight. I saw the car seat on the ground being cleaned. Then I saw that distinct Insight wheel; it was there. It was awful.

Check Engine, IMA light were on. The car had some minor body damage on the door. Absolutely filthy inside. (imagine a dog living inside a car for two days, minus the poop of course) The hatch barely worked. 200k miles Lmpg was 38!!!!

One of the people there didn't know how the hybrid worked, and I think he said that he thought it was pure electric. Then he went on to say that there's no service for the Honda Insight (like he knew) The only good thing was that I saw it, and that at least the engie ran. I could tell that the car had just been let out to sit in the sun for days, even weeks, in the hot sun here down south. The battery pack must be destroyed by now.

Very sad to see a Honda abused so much It would be the perfect car to convert to electric however.