A used Insight might work for you.
Check eBay "completed listings" to see actual sale prices.
Private Parties sell on this forum and there are telltale signs of a good-condition used Insight.
"Honda Certified" cars exist and have some compelling features - but it's not an entirely slam-dunk decision, salesman slip thru some crappy stuff, and you still have to get a mechanical once-over done and bargain down their price.
I suppose you may be thinking only new car - but
for affordability, there are still lots of Honda CRX's out there for very short money ($2 - 5k) that not only have lots of life left but actually get 44-45 mpg - altho production stopped in '91. Many are hot-rodded up.
The big ticket item for Insight is this battery system. You can read up about it ad-infinitum here ... but bottom line is best buy will be a used one which has had a recent replacement of the hybrid (IMA) battery and related components.
Otherwise, it's a definite benefit to know you're consuming so little petrol, and polluting so little, and it's a conversation starter, etc. That intangible stretches the rational approach for many of us.
Check eBay "completed listings" to see actual sale prices.
Private Parties sell on this forum and there are telltale signs of a good-condition used Insight.
"Honda Certified" cars exist and have some compelling features - but it's not an entirely slam-dunk decision, salesman slip thru some crappy stuff, and you still have to get a mechanical once-over done and bargain down their price.
I suppose you may be thinking only new car - but
for affordability, there are still lots of Honda CRX's out there for very short money ($2 - 5k) that not only have lots of life left but actually get 44-45 mpg - altho production stopped in '91. Many are hot-rodded up.
The big ticket item for Insight is this battery system. You can read up about it ad-infinitum here ... but bottom line is best buy will be a used one which has had a recent replacement of the hybrid (IMA) battery and related components.
Otherwise, it's a definite benefit to know you're consuming so little petrol, and polluting so little, and it's a conversation starter, etc. That intangible stretches the rational approach for many of us.
