When I told a friend I was considering buying an Insight, he wrote back: "I was looking into buying the Insight, but I read the attached and changed my mind."
Attached was a review from Consumer Reports, apparently around 2000. The negative parts of the review were generally about subjective matters (how the brakes "feel," for example). But reading it was a sobering experience.
An excerpt:
I still plan on a test drive to decide for myself about how the car feels, but I wondered what the response here would be to this review.
My thoughts:
--I don't plan on transporting any children, so I don't care about that.
--I'll judge for myself the "feel" of the car, but the CR opinion seems to contradict those who apparently *race* these things
--I'm concerned about the "large blind spots" in rear visibility
Attached was a review from Consumer Reports, apparently around 2000. The negative parts of the review were generally about subjective matters (how the brakes "feel," for example). But reading it was a sobering experience.
An excerpt:

I still plan on a test drive to decide for myself about how the car feels, but I wondered what the response here would be to this review.
My thoughts:
--I don't plan on transporting any children, so I don't care about that.
--I'll judge for myself the "feel" of the car, but the CR opinion seems to contradict those who apparently *race* these things
--I'm concerned about the "large blind spots" in rear visibility