I saw my red car's doppelganger in Sterling, VA today going the other direction.
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A thread for Insight spotters. From time to time we see Insights when we least expect them. I thought perhaps a thread full of only these encounters would be fun.. I'll start:
I saw an Insight in Fort Benton Montana Monday June 26th about 11 am. Folks, Fort Benton is a small, small town on the Missouri River. I was there to take a canoe trip down the river. I'm all ready to go when I see a silver Insight...WITH TEXAS PLATES. So I'm walking down the street in my PFD trying to catch the Insight, lol they read a little about Lewis and Clark and pulled away. Just about the last place I ever thought I would see an Insight.
I saw an Insight in Fort Benton Montana Monday June 26th about 11 am. Folks, Fort Benton is a small, small town on the Missouri River. I was there to take a canoe trip down the river. I'm all ready to go when I see a silver Insight...WITH TEXAS PLATES. So I'm walking down the street in my PFD trying to catch the Insight, lol they read a little about Lewis and Clark and pulled away. Just about the last place I ever thought I would see an Insight.
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saw a red G1 parked on 16th street in Indianapolis near an IUPUI storage facility. it was missing the plate.
I saw a red Insight in Stoughton, Wisconsin. It was parked on Forrest Street directly off of East Main.
5/13/2009 bay bridge
Saw a Silver insight today on the SF bay bridge around 11am. Was a woman driving it. Car had 4 distinct stickers on the back...maybe parking stickers? Right brake light was out
Saw a Silver insight today on the SF bay bridge around 11am. Was a woman driving it. Car had 4 distinct stickers on the back...maybe parking stickers? Right brake light was out
I saw a silver Insight heading east on East Ponce de Leon near Scottdale GA today, I was headed the other way in my red g1 and I waved but I don't think the driver saw me.
The Insight looked kinda beat up, driver was a white guy, and there was a small black bumper sticker on the rear bumper on the driver's side like to the left of the license plate, but I couldn't make it out.
The Insight looked kinda beat up, driver was a white guy, and there was a small black bumper sticker on the rear bumper on the driver's side like to the left of the license plate, but I couldn't make it out.
spotted a silver G1 in Mount Juliet Tennessee yesterday, going north on Mt Juliet road.
I was driving in town the other day, in downtown Charlotte, NC, and just as I pulled up to stop for a light, amid all those tall mirrored facade buildings, I looked over and saw a guy in a G1 Insight just like mine, same color and everything. I quickly gave him the obligatory nod and thumbs up, and he did the EXACT thing. *chorlte* (....I don't "LOL", ever!, it should be against the law, in typewritten speech). Looked like a pretty cool guy, too, 'cept for the fact that he was driving up on the sidewalk. What a D*CK!I saw my red car's doppelganger in Sterling, VA today going the other direction.
Thanks, now we know where "Somewherein" is. Be a gentleman and change it in your profile.
Willie
Willie
Two freakin’ blocks from my house on Weston Street in La Crosse, WI. It’s almost 11pm or I would have knocked on the door of the house.
May or may not be the same silver Insight I saw around town a while back. Never seen one this close to my house. These things are thick around here!
Park
May or may not be the same silver Insight I saw around town a while back. Never seen one this close to my house. These things are thick around here!
Park
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Okay yesterday I saw a blue one I think getting onto Peachtree Industrial to head north right where it crosses under I-285 on the north side of Atlanta.
Then today I saw the same silver one I reported seeing a week ago in the same spot going the same direction on East Ponce headed towards Clarkston or possibly just I-285. He must live in Decatur or Avondale Estates. There's a guy with a JDM early 90's Nissan GTR right hand drive over in AE (I see that guy every now and then on I-285, most noticeable car in the area I would say. It helps that he lives on a busy street and parks it outside near the road, can't miss it, gunmetal gray.)
Anyway, back to the silver Insight I saw today it really is scuffed up bad on the front bumper, saw the bumper sticker again, couldn't read it. Driver had window open this time, he had short black hair about 2" in length -- if this meets your description there's a DEDICATED Honda Insight repair bay literally 1 minute off the path of your daily commute if your car has issues lol.
My greatest hope is that tomorrow I'll see another Insight that way I'll have seen one three days in a row. This has only happened to me once before. (obviously excluding Insight Fest 2016)
Then today I saw the same silver one I reported seeing a week ago in the same spot going the same direction on East Ponce headed towards Clarkston or possibly just I-285. He must live in Decatur or Avondale Estates. There's a guy with a JDM early 90's Nissan GTR right hand drive over in AE (I see that guy every now and then on I-285, most noticeable car in the area I would say. It helps that he lives on a busy street and parks it outside near the road, can't miss it, gunmetal gray.)
Anyway, back to the silver Insight I saw today it really is scuffed up bad on the front bumper, saw the bumper sticker again, couldn't read it. Driver had window open this time, he had short black hair about 2" in length -- if this meets your description there's a DEDICATED Honda Insight repair bay literally 1 minute off the path of your daily commute if your car has issues lol.
My greatest hope is that tomorrow I'll see another Insight that way I'll have seen one three days in a row. This has only happened to me once before. (obviously excluding Insight Fest 2016)
That's a pretty funny story. (and hope to see you again in Frederick!)I was driving in town the other day, in downtown Charlotte, NC, and just as I pulled up to stop for a light, amid all those tall mirrored facade buildings, I looked over and saw a guy in a G1 Insight just like mine, same color and everything. I quickly gave him the obligatory nod and thumbs up, and he did the EXACT thing. *chorlte* (....I don't "LOL", ever!, it should be against the law, in typewritten speech). Looked like a pretty cool guy, too, 'cept for the fact that he was driving up on the sidewalk. What a D*CK!
Saw a dark blue G1 on the 101 Warrenton - Astoria (OR) bridge heading north. Did not see him on time to toot, wave, and honk my horn.
Saw that silver one again today but on a different road this time in the evening heading toward Avondale Estates. So that's 3 sightings in 3 days, BUT two of them were the same car so I'm not sure this counts as a three-in-a-row situation.
Nowhere! I just got back from a 3,000 mile trip. I traveled in NM, TX, OK, KS, AR, and LA. I didn't see a single Insight. A lot of people saw me, though. Apparently a lot of people haven't ever seen a little green tadpole shaped car with a red boat tail. If I had a dollar for every picture I saw being taken I could have paid for my gas!
Sam
Sam
Nowhere! I just got back from a 3,000 mile trip. I traveled in NM, TX, OK, KS, AR, and LA. I didn't see a single Insight. A lot of people saw me, though. Apparently a lot of people haven't ever seen a little green tadpole shaped car with a red boat tail. If I had a dollar for every picture I saw being taken I could have paid for my gas!
Sam
Have a picture of your green tadpole with boat tail? I'd like to see it. Similar last month when I drove home from Boston I went all the way down the coast to florida, up to TN and then over to CA up to SF bay area and never saw another insight.
But I did see one the other day at Sams club in concord CA. Looks like it was well taken care of! Silver in color.
Finally found where that little red G1 Insight lives in town, about 7-ish miles away from my house. Saw it once last year but saw it again yesterday parked in a driveway while driving by.
Pictures attached.Have a picture of your green tadpole with boat tail? I'd like to see it. Similar last month when I drove home from Boston I went all the way down the coast to florida, up to TN and then over to CA up to SF bay area and never saw another insight.
But I did see one the other day at Sams club in concord CA. Looks like it was well taken care of! Silver in color.
Sam
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Just out of curiosity, is there a reason that you chose red, as the color for your tadpole's tail, as opposed to a, seemingly more obvious, solar array paneled hue, that one might expect to see adorning such a contrivance?Pictures attached.
Sam
Don't know what kind of mpg increases you are seeing with it, but, if nothing else, it certainly increases your visibility to, as well as your margin of safety from, the otherwise errant, distracted, and inattentive, tailgating drivers in your rearview mirror. I often wish I had a 10' pole attached to the back of mine.
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