Plz buy..u won't regret it!

[quote=Wkchan1979,Dec 19 2011, 04:49 PM]
[quote=calvin_ng,Dec 19 2011, 04:12 PM]
Here is your answer...

1: a typical vios/city will get you 14km/l average fuel consumption an Insight will get you 19-25km/l (19 Econ off / 22-25km/l ECON on)

2. Battery do not cost RM7K it cost RM5K at the moment all Insight have 5 years Warranty on Battery but the replacement have only 6 months (consumer need to fight the replacement battery 6 month warranty lifespan) but google around and you will notice Insight battery is actually NIMH D-Cell type battery in serial layout. in US the previous generation of insight have their battery replace by 3rd party and it only cost RM1500 to RM2000 provided the 3 IMA circuit board is in good condition (so just replacement of wear/faulty batteries is RM1,500 t0 RM2,000) they even replace with a better stronger maH battery which provide longer distance per charge

3. With insight you get 100% rebate on Import TAX and Duties and this is the actual cost what the manufacturer build that worth... with other car (non hybrid) you pay RM50K in TAX so what you get is RM50K cheaper car build value...

4. you pay 10K and you get Traction Control (a active safety that really really can save your life.... well if your life is worth extra 10K) and you also get Automatic headlight / automatic wipers, 2 tear dashboard meter that only found in civic, 3D display upper tiered panel display.....

for me the VSA/Traction control is worth extra 10K
Thx Calvin_ng and this piece of info somehow give me more confident to go for hybrid car. but one more thing forte come along with quite good safety features too and cheap as compare to others C segmen car. Do you think Insight still more value to our pocket money as compare to forte? (FYI, before survey Insight, i do consider forte as its cheap with safety feature offered) pls advise

[/quote]

Achieving above 20km/l is not easy on city driving unless you are driving with a constant decent speed on highway.
You should test drive both the cars rather than just viewing the paper facts..

A little bit driving faster will cost consumption not achieving 20km/l... u need to drove like cruising the car... difficult to do it on city... highway ok...

meaning to said there still not particle for heavy traffic situation right.. hmmm 80% of my driving time will fall at traffic jam condition. Oh god!!!

---

Added on December 19, 2011, 5:47 pmi just look for another time on insight test drive. had done on forte and quite impress so far but then found some forumers keep suggesting on Insight so wanna re-view again my final call

This post has been edited by Wkchan1979: Dec 19 2011, 05:47 PM

then u have to pandai pandai find short cut to cut thru the jams.. i can tell u.. i if u r salesman running on the field and always face the traffic jam all the time then dun take Insight, else u gonna get jerking everyday till u mad.. LOL

haha... i wish too but have to decide whether this car suit prefect on mine need or not :-)

---

Added on December 19, 2011, 5:51 pmdun scare me bro

This post has been edited by Wkchan1979: Dec 19 2011, 05:51 PM

No i din sked u.. im telling the fact, but u can opt to gear S to switch off the auto engine stop but for me its abit inconvenient everytime shift to S. But overall the car performance is very good especially handling. Overall my consumption is about 19-20km/l (Serdang-KL-Serdang, including traffic jam but i find shortcuts.. =D) Torque is very nice but long distance speeding will spoil ur mood if compare to other muscle cars.. =P

I'm not sure about the rest of you Penangites here (Penang island to be specific). I rarely achieve above 20km/l due to the short distance driving and traffic jams. Averaging 14km/l at most. What is your score?

Jst my 2cents about driving or even owning this car. I have a dyno blue insight sitting in my porch. Fuke cinsumption comoared to my honda city cvt 06 is much better. City gets me 12- 13.5 km/l. Insight gets me 15-17 km/l for the same traffic everyday.coz i travel from damansara jaya to kota damansara around 9 am for class then leave uni around 7 pm for home. Uses LDP in front of BHP and PETRONAS to uni. Using the old SONY route to get back where the usual jam starts when traffic from centre point merges with traffic from d'saara toll..very glad and proud owner here..

Not to scare you. This car doesn't suit to salesman who require travel alot during day time. Compressor and the jerking during frequent auto stop is not a joke.

You will found yourself sweating in the car.

By the way, the aircond design doesn't convenience to passenger at the back. IT DOESN'T BLOW DIRECT TO THE BACK!!!

lol

---

Added on December 19, 2011, 6:33 pmI do notice there are few types of osram nightbreaker plus, like H1, H4, H7 or H11?

This post has been edited by loonsave: Dec 19 2011, 06:35 PM

Suggestion here which i learned from another insighters.. if back got passenger, just turn on the Front Demister, it will blow strongly to the back, guaranteed can feel the cool air but very noisy lar..

Yeah, but too noisy. I have to lower the temperature and change the airblow to manual.

I just direct all the blowers to the ceiling and let the cool air move to the back. Love the blowers as they allow 360 direction of blowing..

juz knew how to drive with a good fuel consumption...got 20km/l above..yeah!!!

thx all for the great info sharing and for sure gonna have a test drive soon... btw do you guys get any additional discount or free stuff thingy from your SA? anyone can share? I knew Kia SA giveaway a lot free thingy on Forte purchase but not sure ab Honda :-)

Juz bought it a few days ago...no discount...got freebee like towel, neck pillow, and keychain..lain2 tarak...

Tinted and bodykit have to buy..that one they give discount...

for tinted Rm500

for modulo bodykit set Rm2500...

this one from honda sc @ segamat...others i dun know...

Bro, modulo bodykit (ABS) is around RM1k++, RM2.5k can get Mugen (ABS) and RM1.2k for Mugen (PU)
RM2.5k Modulo u get it from Honda is it?

Not bad for the year end deal. RM 98k and stillcomes with free modulo bodykit. Its tempting me!

http://www.mudah.my/Brand+New+Honda+Insigh...id-12899807.htm

The question is, which centre he belongs to

Correct me if i am wrong, for other non-hybrid car, when they say can do about 14km/l, that's also only on cruising /non-jam condition rite? under heavy traffic stop and go condition, they also doing somewhere 8 to 10km/l.

so cannot compare insight consumption for city driving directly with optimum cruising non-jam driving of non-hybrid directly.

each car have its own optimum speed / rpm that gives the best fuel consumption. i noticed for insight, my fcd display will get to 25km/l when cruising on flat road at about 80 - 90km/h speed at around 2k rpm (which i assume gearbox at top gear). most of the typical sedan/family car have the best fuel consumption when cruising on flat road around 80-100kmh at rpm around 2 to 2.5k.

not to say you cannot drive faster than that or squeeze more umph out of any car, but power always come at a cost (of course, with an exception that you are driving a solar or wind powered car, if that's available).