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 °° LYN Honda Insight Owners Thread V1 °°, The Power Of Hybrid. Owners Welcome !

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tlelin
post Feb 20 2011, 07:48 PM

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QUOTE(turbocharged @ Feb 20 2011, 06:43 PM)
a short review, done a comprehensive test drive in puchong today, served by a good salesperson, and able to have a test drive as i'm there before lunch time, nobody is there yet.

Interior QUality: Good, better than city, as it has all the bell and whistle like full auto aircon, a lot of display and trip computer, a floating speedometer(color changing),headlight leveling. Dark color tone, with flawless fitting, VSA, cruise control, a long list and features not even in accord 2.4 . auto wiper and headlamp.

Safety: Flawless, with long list of features that is not even on 2.4 accord, but too bad 2 airbags only, i remember it should be 4, but i might be expecting too much. (or honda need to make a little profit too tongue.gif )

Speed: to be frank, due to 4 person in the car, the car feels like myvi, no i cant feel the 200nm torque no matter how hard i stepped and even after disable the econ mode, nope, its not a fast car. i guess partly due to CVT gearbox also. I can only say, its better than myvi, but not better than city/vios. Power still need to burn fuel.

Drive: Nimble and light steering( previous gen City is better weighted), and handles well in the corner ( though my passenger was shocked by the way i drive), its all under control and feels confident.

Cabin feel : front seat feels airy, but rear seat is very very tight. Its worse than vios, city,myvi. For a 170cm person to sit nicely in front, the person 170 cm at back risk the knee touching the front passenger seat. middle seat is not for adult, only for very small kid, as it will block the rear view totally. But not many car's middle seat can seat ppl anyway. One problem is no cup holder/armrest at rear. Expecting that.

Boot space: I can only say, its a hatchback, and the space is better than myvi, but, worse than 308, ford focus. Pls dont compare to sedan, lol. BUt they give a trunk cover, which is good.

FC: well, its at least 20km/l, but, are you willing to sacrifice space ( rear and boot) & Fun ( SPeed=fun) for FC? if you do, then, this is perfect.

Verdict: if you have a small family, or you're tired of vios/city, go buy this car.

THis will not replace city or vios due to space, and the good FC is contributed by smaller engine and battery. Less power, less fun wink.gif

But i think with VIos/city advantages(cabin size and boot), insight cannot grab too many sales from this.

Its perfect for city driving, and asking for fun and speed is not justice smile.gif

i think the look and the tax free part is convincing enough for most to place the booking.

Worry: Battery & CVT.

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no flaming pls, above are just my opinion smile.gif
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Is the boot space really smaller than City/Vios?
tlelin
post Feb 27 2011, 12:21 AM

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I have checked the manual. It seems like we cannot program it to have auto door lock feature. It is only available for certain markets.

tlelin
post Mar 4 2011, 11:04 PM

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QUOTE(n00b123 @ Mar 4 2011, 03:03 PM)
buy tinted free GPS?
too good to be true...perhaps you may want to call up the number on the banner and ask for more details.. rclxms.gif
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I wonder the original window and wind screen already can cut UV and IR(heat) to certain percentage (>80%).
Anyone can confirm?

For those have tinted your car, could you feel any big difference? Or no much difference felt?

tlelin
post Mar 13 2011, 11:09 PM

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http://jp-cardesigncorner.blogspot.com/201...ng-in-june.html

Insight will be facelifted in June 2011 in Japan.

Those who will receive their car in July will get the latest facelift version?
tlelin
post Mar 15 2011, 10:52 PM

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QUOTE(groovy @ Mar 15 2011, 06:35 AM)
What was your Range indicator when you refuel? Was it less than 50km left?
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My Low indicator is ON when the Range showed around 50 km.

I am quite disappointed with the fuel consumption as only 536km recorded for 30 liters petrol.
tlelin
post Apr 6 2011, 11:04 PM

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QUOTE(Happyman @ Apr 6 2011, 04:41 PM)
Just got my white insight, doing 3M tint crystalline in starblaze now.  The auto stop is very annoying.  Mileage is 12km.
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Your 3M tint costs you how much?


Added on April 6, 2011, 11:10 pm
QUOTE(joshuawong @ Apr 6 2011, 11:28 AM)
The windows is actually with heat rejection one, u can compare with Honda City side by side, Honda Insight is slightly darker.
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Anyone check with your SA about the heat rejection of original windows?

For those who have tinted your car, do you feel the different?
If no, then it should have some degree of heat rejection already.

This post has been edited by tlelin: Apr 6 2011, 11:10 PM

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