My New 2001 Honda Insight UK

[Campervanman]

Hi Everyone

I am new to this Forum and purchased my first Honda Insight 2001 UK Model.
Last week.

I have been using it for a week now and love it.

I am still learning to drive it properly.

The History of the Car

03/07/01 Registered by Honda

01/06/02 679 miles 12 month service

05/06/02 Sold to Stephen Boardman

10/09/02 9872 miles Service £74.40

02/12/02 20,503 miles Service

09/05/03 29,698 miles Service £125.62

14/08/03 35,295 miles Service

19/12/03 47,462 miles Service £174.32 incl 2 Bridgestone tyres front

12/01/05 66,502 miles Service £264,54 incl 2 Conti Eco tyres

01/04/06 78,643 miles Service £148.17

24/07/06 80,494 miles MOT £64.94

12/07/07 88,160 miles Service + MOT £219.99

10/03/08 91,581 miles Engine Light On £11.75

17/04/08 92,306 miles Service £142.53

22/04/09 99,943 miles Service gearbox oil and Coolant change £175.82

13/07/09 MOT £35.00

22/08/09 101,880 miles New tyre Hankook £35.00

15/07/10 106,117 miles Service + MOT £1940.48
Change Brake Fluid
Recharge Air Con
Replace Clutch
Replace Brake Pads
Replace 2 Tyres
Remove Timing Cover and Reseal and Sump
Replace Water Pump
Replace 2 x Eart Straps

31/01/11 Replace Windscreen

21/04/11 Fault Codes P1600, 58 P1449 Reset MCM charge battery £168.00

14/07/11 111,760 miles Service + MOT £208.08

19/10/11 112,788 miles Recharge IMA Replace car battery £150.29

19/11/11 Bought by Me Campervanman David Pickles


Car is now in Bradford, West Yorkshire

Will attach photo's just have to learn how too

[Campervanman]

The things that need doing are

4 x new tyres as current tyres a mix of Michelin Energy, Hankook, Nokian.

What modifications are worth doing to maximise fuel economy.

Best fuel consumption so far was 70mpg on trip to Manchester.

Been trying different driving techniques.

Need a fault code reader, maybe a battery charger, and a MIMA or UK equivalent.

Any advise most welcome.

[jerrydelrey]

Welcome to the forum campervanman

[gilbertguy]

Congrats on your purchase and welcome to the furum. Enjoy your car as you learn its little quirks.

[retepsnikrep]

As you are only in west yorks I suggest you bring it up to me near Thirsk for some free advice and the Perkins once over

I suggest you look up IMAC&C and OBDIIC&C and Mikes Grid chargers for a start.

My main advice is to read this forum, then read it some more, and then read some more, everything has been discussed here it's all there waiting for you.

[TRI]

Congrats and Welcome! Looks like you've found a really well maintained car. Have fun with it.

[The Citrus Smoothie]

Congratulations on your purchase, you have great taste!

I would recommend taking up Peter's offer.

[Campervanman]

Peter thanks for your offer to give my car the Perkins once over. Will contact you to arrange.

Pumped my tyres up to 44 psi, still rides fine, MPG gone up a bit.

Thing I might need to block off radiator cold air feed, as taking along time to warm up on my short 6 mile journey.

Any links to photo's

Also looking at buying IMAC&C and OBD11C&C who sells them have searched on forum can't find.

Any links

Need to get some new tyres, are Michelin Energy Tyres the best UK tyre to get.

Have been reading he forum constantly.

Some stuff is a bit too technical for me at moment.

[The Citrus Smoothie]

David, your MPG figures will suffer with short journeys, especially in the cold when the auto-choke seems to last for the first two miles. However I think it is safe to say that you will still be getting some of the highest MPG figures you can with your type of journeys (if you were to drop down to a 'poor' 50MPG in your Insight, think what you would be getting in a conventional car).

A piece of estate agent sign is good for radiator blocking. When temperatures are less than 10C it is reasonably safe to cover most of the radiator, cut a piece approx 40cm by 20 cm with a 'handle' / strip on top to make it easier to put in & pull out.

There is a new Pirelli Cinturato tyre that gets better MPG than Michelin Energy, there is a relatively recent thread on these tyres somewhere - please use the Forum search. Hope this helps!