Bought a 2000 Insight 2-1l2 weeks ago after several months of looking. No problems so far, but I have some questions that I've not seen discussed here before. Looking for long-time owners' experiences.
First, I just filled up the tank for the first time last week with one bar showing on the gas gauge, fuel light was on, and I put in 10.3 gallons. Typically, how many gallons remain in the tank when the fuel light comes on and what's the gas gauge indicate when it's truly empty? How far can I push it?
Second, since then, I've driven over 100 miles and have yet to lose a bar from the fuel quantity display. What's typical? Maybe I overfilled it?
Third, when I come to a stop sign, the car goes into auto-stop before I get around to selecting first gear again. What technique should I be using to prevent the auto-stop? Put the gear lever into first above 20 mph? Would that do any damage to the transmission?
Fourth and finally, does restarting from auto-stop consume more of the battery than if I'd just left the car running for, say, 15 seconds? What's the trade-off? Think of fluorescent lights. It takes more electricity to turn them on that it does to leave them on for 10 minutes or so (may not be true with today's fluorescent light technology). Same idea.
Thanks for any answers you can share.
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Neil
First, I just filled up the tank for the first time last week with one bar showing on the gas gauge, fuel light was on, and I put in 10.3 gallons. Typically, how many gallons remain in the tank when the fuel light comes on and what's the gas gauge indicate when it's truly empty? How far can I push it?
Second, since then, I've driven over 100 miles and have yet to lose a bar from the fuel quantity display. What's typical? Maybe I overfilled it?
Third, when I come to a stop sign, the car goes into auto-stop before I get around to selecting first gear again. What technique should I be using to prevent the auto-stop? Put the gear lever into first above 20 mph? Would that do any damage to the transmission?
Fourth and finally, does restarting from auto-stop consume more of the battery than if I'd just left the car running for, say, 15 seconds? What's the trade-off? Think of fluorescent lights. It takes more electricity to turn them on that it does to leave them on for 10 minutes or so (may not be true with today's fluorescent light technology). Same idea.
Thanks for any answers you can share.
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Neil