Hey need a little help here. My Honda Insight 2010/2011 is currently only hitting about 450km on a 30 litre tank. From other threads and forums, I have seen people claiming to hit almost 600-700km on the same tank. Any thoughts? Is there an issue with my car that I need to go back to Honda to fix? Thanks for the help!

city driving or highway??

Honda Insight is a hybrid electric car. if 450km/30liter, that not hybrid at all.

koyak d

LOL...if that is the way you want to put it, then Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid not a Hybrid

Try to get the same mileage on non-hybrids or diesel on similar route and driving condition, I bet you can't even touch that.

For Honda Insight, it depends on the driving condition and distance to get good mileage. Same goes to Prius, other hybrids or Non-Hybrid

btw, TS you can close this thread, since you have already ask the same question in the Honda Insight Thread.

Cheers

This post has been edited by psyeo: Jun 8 2011, 10:34 AM

I'm sure TS is one of the few people who reporte the same. Whats never said in the manual is u have to drive sensibly to achieve high mileage. If u drive like most Malaysians which is hard on accelleration and more than 100km/h every day, then the car WILL NOT save fuel.

conned by HONDA

I'm waiting for some dude to say Toyota can hit that mark. I'll slap his face.

the thing is bout hybrids is that, they depend alot on driving habits n conditions.. if u do lots of highway hi speed runs, not really gonna get gud mileage.. on the other hand, if u do lots of low speed city crawling, thats where a hybrid works best..

then whats the difference between hybrid and non-hybrid..
other cars also can achive higher mileage when going under 100km/j

saw one or two insights on the highway
blew pass my accord. was doing 10-20 over the speed limit

hybrid my foot drive that fast wanna save fuel? how la?

The law of conformity. Want to follow the trend of buying a hybrid BUT also to to conforn to other sspeeding! "Beh Ta Han" leh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQI8pZJiMe0

If automatic gearboxes are OKU gearboxes, then hybrid cars are OKU cars because you have to drive like one to save fuel.

After all, it is still a petrol engine and it responses to a heavy right foot like any other engine by drinking fuel. Doesn't all these fancy hybrids have all the fancy lights on the dashboard to tell you whether you are driving nice or naughty? So have you been naughty?

hmm if it is 10-20 over the speed limit, it still save more fuel than your accord if going at a similar speed

not that I encourage driving above speed limit

i hit about 600km per full tank...will always refuel when the warning light comes on...=) 19.3km/l. 80% city, 20% LDP.

This post has been edited by ultramankaiser: Jun 8 2011, 11:08 AM

I think i saw quiet a few Insight owners reporting 14km/l - 15km/l FC...it all depends on where you go and the road condition. Personally, i feel hybrid is not there yet...maybe in a few years...right now, it doesn't makes much economical sense....it saves a bit of fuel, but also your extra maintenance cost (more electronics, means more prone to breakdown and spare parts change...especially the costly IPU) +battery cost + price of the car, which isn't cheap......it's paying tens of thousands trying to save a few k in fuel....

Hell, my Savvy also can do 14km/l in City drive....highway can do 19km/l....

of driving at similar condition and similar driving style, tell me which non-hybrid vehicle can achieve higher mileage (except for diesel and full electric car)

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Added on June 8, 2011, 11:09 amthen I guess if you drive Insight using the same technique will get you >16km/l city and over 24km/l highway

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Added on June 8, 2011, 11:12 amjust for the record,
I get around 12 to 14km/l for ultra short trip <2km with 2 traffic lights.
While for city road 60km/h to 80km/h i get around 19 to 22km/l.

for highway at speed of 110km/h to 140km/h I get around 22 to 24km/l.

I drove it like a normal car

This post has been edited by psyeo: Jun 8 2011, 11:13 AM

get conned by Honda.. insight is not a full hybrid like Prius pun..

LOL Prius Owner get conned too. 38km/l marketing gimmick. They also get similar mileage for highway. While I have to admit for short distance travel, Prius can do much better than Insight, as it is able to start with electric motor up to 40km/h on electric motor only.

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Added on June 8, 2011, 11:17 amMan this thread should be close, It is asking for Insight owner on their fuel consumption. but all this non owner just come in and bash only. way offtopic ppl

This post has been edited by psyeo: Jun 8 2011, 11:17 AM

yap... that is the diff btwn Full Hybrid and "half" hybrid...

actually Hybrid car save fuel mostly in city drive and slow cruising only...