new insight owner

[blacknavi11]

Hello all

I am the new owner of an 2011 insight ex navi black in color, wanted a high mpg car and hope this will perform as claimed.

We currently have 300 miles on the car and the driving expierence is slow and boring, I guess that part is performing as expected i really don't like the feel of a cvt transmission and wish this car was available as a manual trans, with that said the car is comfortable and optioned nicely, dash layout is better than the prius and is comfortable to drive

it will take time to adjust to driving this car, the car in my avatar is the one i traded in for it

[kjanracing]

Slow and boring compared to a BMW? Yeah, I imagine so!

[Zwolfe]

Welcome aboard!

1 of 2 things are going to happen.

1) You grow to like the I2 more.
2) The loss of HP is going to result in you trading it back in.

[Cobb]

Welcome aboard. Se people want to trade them after a few thousand, those who keep em end up with supreme mpg.


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[blacknavi11]

Originally Posted by Zwolfe

Welcome aboard!

1 of 2 things are going to happen.

1) You grow to like the I2 more.
2) The loss of HP is going to result in you trading it back in.

I am in it for the long haul, I will like not filling up as often and can usually find a way to enjoy any car I own, b4 the bmw I had a jetta tdi with a 5 speed loved that car just not the problems I had with it. looked at another tdi but thought the insight would be more reliable

[blacknavi11]

Originally Posted by Cobb

Welcome aboard. Se people want to trade them after a few thousand, those who keep em end up with supreme mpg.


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thanks, looking foward to the supreme mpgs, any tips to achieve this will be appricated

[blacknavi11]

Originally Posted by kjanracing

Slow and boring compared to a BMW? Yeah, I imagine so!

Yea not a real fair comparison

[kjanracing]

TDI's have been pretty bulletproof. What year did you have? I had a 99 and sold it with about190k miles on it. It's still driving around.

[Willie Williford]

Before you make a judgement on the G2, get it broken in first. Around 5K you will see an improvement. Same as the G1. (My opinion)

Willie

[RahTX]

At first I really hated the CVT as well - even coming from an automatic, much less a manual transmission. That said, I've grown accustomed to it and now when I'm in either of my brothers' cars (both automatics), it just feels ... "clunky" and weird.

If the (sometimes) quirky auto-stop and performance start to grate on you a little, and you don't mind wasting a little gas, just turn off Econ. Also, since you have an EX, if necessary, you can put it in "Sport mode" - I think the manual refers to it as "Secondary" (S on the gear selector) and, hey presto! you almost have a regular car