If it's on a college budget -
beware possible big expense ( $2-5 k ? ) for replacement battery and related computer modules.
These are warranteed to 80k miles [mod edit typo 80K is the IMA warranty] - and there are plenty of reports of good-will replacment for free by dealers after those miles - but it's a risk.
For pure $ saved ( in total ) ,
consider getting a Honda CRX - last made in '91 ( and due to appear for 2007, some say ) - owners are still getting 44, 45 mpg on these babies - they're sort of a non-hybrid forerunner of the Insight. Typically they're found in Calif., and often they've been fixed up with various modifications - and priced at $2 - -3, 5-6 k.
See cars.com, autotrader.com, craigslist.org (try different locales) and "eBay motors" for Insight and/or CRX.