hi, i'm a newbie in this forum. Am getting the premium white pearl insight next month. Am considering a V-kool secure for the tint, and also am looking at changing the tyres to michelin/falken. Any thoughts ?

I also like the mugen bodykit but I like the zeus bodykit even better.. but I dont think it's coming to malaysia. Are there any accesory shops that can replicate the rear under spoiler of the zeus?

The Zeus kit:- http://ezzygetacar.com/tag/honda-insight-b...exclusive-zeus/

i have not read reports about fuel consumption increase in changing to normal tyres, but I believe michelin also has a type of low-rolling resistant tires such as Michelin Energy

there is the Zeus body kit from Japan.. quite simply the most beautiful kit i've ever seen on the Insight..

http://ezzygetacar.com/tag/honda-insight-b...exclusive-zeus/

I'm using V-kool for my another car and just for everybody's info, V-kool's latest tint doesnt have any more problems with smart tags and GPS, they have rectified the problem and I have no problems with it.. I'm having v-kool secure installed in Insight.. Btw. am getting my insight tommorow

This post has been edited by groovy: Mar 4 2011, 07:21 PM

Just got my Insight yesterday ! pearl white with v-kool secure 8mil tinting.. GPS and smartag works fine with V-Kool. V-Kool costs me rm 2,850. No complaints about heat rejection but I've yet to leave the car out in the sun yet.

I took the car out to cameron highlands and did over 600km already in the last 24 hours ! With 4 passenger load going to cameron, I got around 580km on a full tank running on Econ mode.

Does anybody have any complaints about the Bridgestone tyres? And btw, there is no auto-lock while u're driving the car, only when you leave the car parked. Nevertheless I love everything about the car and how smooth the ride is.

What I've been informed, just wait a few months until shops can make imitation mugen bodykits. It should be 50% cheaper. Fyi, the whole mugen body kit is expected to cost around RM5k

I only started refueling when the Fuel indicator was ON. Bear in mind, the Insight has 6.9 litre spare tank and I didnt use the spare tank. Of course if I were to continue driving using the spare tank, the car could easily go another 100km.. i would have reached almost 700km.

This post has been edited by groovy: Mar 7 2011, 01:10 PM

Only had the car for 2 days, i'll be using the car with the spare tank and see if i can go over 800km.

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Added on March 7, 2011, 5:57 pmwhat is a TT session? sorry, am new in this thread

This post has been edited by groovy: Mar 7 2011, 05:57 PM

I mount it on the right lower side of the screen, I admit it's a bit far from the seat, but having Garmin 3790 helps

yes, I have to learn forward, I'm 5 feet 9 and the seat has to be pulled back, but I only select the destination when I start the engine, before wearing the seat belt, so it doesnt really bother me. There are mountings with longer arms but they're pretty ugly. I saw a pic of a mounting done next to the speedometer


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is this JPJ compliant?

Had my first bumper scratched !

knocked into a curb while parking..some bits and pieces of paint came off..sigh..

Just went for my first 1000km service ! Is there anyone who has done their first 1000?

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Added on March 10, 2011, 12:23 pmwas told by my SA that anything that involves cutting the internal wiring will invalidate Honda warranty. I'm not sure about wire extensions though

This post has been edited by groovy: Mar 10 2011, 12:23 PM

only managed to do around 660km on a full tank just now running on ECO mode

I drove until the Range indicator showed 2km, then i refueled.. strangely, the petrol pumped was only for 34 litres..meaning, I didnt use the spare tank.. I understand that the Insight has a spare tank of 6.9 litres.. That means, if you hit 0km range, you can still go on using the spare tank, right? can anybody confirm this?

cost me around Rm65 @ Rm1.90 per litre for 34 litres

am sorry, have not been driving the latest hondas.. so that means, there's no reason to panic if the range hits 0 because there is another 6.9 litres more to go right? Will there be another indicator if the car finally runs out of spare petrol?

yes i see the same problem.. I'm now testing the car using normal mode instead of ECON. I notice that the first time I accelerate more frequently, the battery gets charged even more and my Range indicator starts off around 900km + !

The auto-lock function cannot be reprogrammed, not the malaysian variant anyway..

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Added on March 13, 2011, 6:47 amoh i havent thought of that ..


This post has been edited by groovy: Mar 13 2011, 06:47 AM