A little background about me. I'm both an automotive mechanic and aircraft mechanic. Before the Insight I use to hypermill my Acura RSX Type S on my commute to work which was kind of a lot of work without much award. The RSX-S is rated 31 mpg hwy and the best I was able to get on a tank of gas is 42.1 mpg.
My insight was brought from AZ and imported into CA. Before the trip back to CA I did an oil change with Mobil 1 in the parking lot of the motel I stay at. The avg mpg was 54.2 mpg. After I got home I changed all the fluids, filters and clean up the engine bay.
After the tune up I achieved 59.4 mph on my commute to work which is not bad compare to my RSX but I want to be better then EPA rating. So something had to be done.
Under the car and there was no under engine plastic at all so I added a home made one. http://www.insightcentral.net/forums/problems-troubleshooting/51937-my-way-not-buy-200-oem-under-body-plastics.html
With the plastic installed I was able to obtain 69 mpg on my commute which is much closer to EPA rating.
Something else has to be done to get better mileage, so i did a clutch and brake switch mod.
With the brake&clutch switch mod and mastering the use of the buttons which took about 1.5 weeks where I pull my best mpg on my commute at 95.8 mpg
My insight was brought from AZ and imported into CA. Before the trip back to CA I did an oil change with Mobil 1 in the parking lot of the motel I stay at. The avg mpg was 54.2 mpg. After I got home I changed all the fluids, filters and clean up the engine bay.
After the tune up I achieved 59.4 mph on my commute to work which is not bad compare to my RSX but I want to be better then EPA rating. So something had to be done.
Under the car and there was no under engine plastic at all so I added a home made one. http://www.insightcentral.net/forums/problems-troubleshooting/51937-my-way-not-buy-200-oem-under-body-plastics.html
With the plastic installed I was able to obtain 69 mpg on my commute which is much closer to EPA rating.
Something else has to be done to get better mileage, so i did a clutch and brake switch mod.
With the brake&clutch switch mod and mastering the use of the buttons which took about 1.5 weeks where I pull my best mpg on my commute at 95.8 mpg