i really wan to t*u Honda install such a palia battery for this car...

just now my insight unable to START engine, on genting ler...need to go ask around to get a cable to jump start then only settle. really sweat ==''
i thought insight go hibernated under such cold temperature !!

i think i'm not the 1st one having this problem...lastime got another fren here oso battery kong at home if i not mistaken.

advise: get yourself a jump start cable on car to standby, dono who will be the next victim.

Did u know all our IN2 Hybrids can swim? Just went thru 2ft flash floods... downshift to L, crawl slowly @ 8km/h... pray won't stall

A boy riding m/cycle w/out licence just kiss my bumper n scratched my insight body..can his insurance cover the total repair?any SC in Selangor can repair my car?

Barely 2 weeks ago, I just had my ICE upgraded over the weekend at an accessories shop. I had the original 4 speakers (looks like thin reflective plastic cone to me) pulled apart and re-use the speaker casing. 6.5" speakers will be able to fit nicely at door chasis. Just to share with you guys on the ICE installation:

1) Tweeters are placed at the front mesh panels, where they are supposed to be in the 1st place. HM has removed the tweeters in order to make Insight priced 'competitively'. Recommended to slot in cloth in between the plastic panels and the surrounding dash before pry open with flathead screwdriver. Or else, you might accidentally scratch the pastic dash...I had mine scratch, but a tiny one.

End result, the tweeters are attached to the panels by superglue. The cables are lined all the way down the pillar and routed to the amp.

2) Replaced all ori speakers with 4 mid bass at every passenger doors. Initially 'heartbroken' when sifu ripped apart the door trims, exposing the bare door chasis. He went ahead to 'destroy' the ori speakers so that the speaker casing can be re-used.




3) As for the amps, sifu creatively installed the amp at the front passenger foot rest, beneath the floor mat. Unlike the typical location at passenger underseat, tuning can be done without difficulties and the bottom A/C blower can cool the temp of the amps if engaged. Beneath the floor mat, there's a polysterene board; sifu just cut-out an opening to suit the amps.



Finished product. The amp is barely noticeable when I step on it. Hopefully it's durable enuf~! Im using Dominations ES 4-ch amp; its relatively small and light (fit perfectly within the poly board), decent output and doesn't eat up too much power from source.


View when glove box was removed to allow cable connections. Take note of the dust & pollen filter (rectangular piece) next to the connectors.

4) The HU was partially removed as well to route cabling between amp. Be careful when try to remove the HU, as the metal frame of the HU will easily scratch the surrounding plastic dash that house the HU. So it is advisable to place a cloth below the HU during removal process



Fuse in between connections of amp and 12V battery.


Cable routing through the firewall on the metal chasis.

Overall the ICE setup cost me about 2k. The sound from CDs played is definitely much better than the stock speakers, glad that i got rid of them. The vocals are crisp and clear, and surprisingly mid bass is strong. Btw, Im using Dominations D'lite 6.5" mid bass for back speakers...they are good when tuned to woofer-like. Front mid bass are installed with Dominations D'lite pro and they are improved with kicker bass. I have no active sub installed as back mid bass has been tuned to take care of that.

I felt that placing the tweeters on the A-pillar could have better sound staging compared to being hidden within the front panels. Current setup still lack of low freq support, so in future I might look into shallow woofers and monos, at least they will not take up huge boot space. Due to the strong mid bass, all of 4 doors suffered from vibration, so might considered sound dampening as well to contain the bass. Haih, right now no more juice for poison & wife already complaining

For more info, those interested to upgrade their ICE can refer to watonk's ICE DIY guide & infinitium's ICE setup also. Will pinned them up if I have time.

without license how to claim insurance?

Is it true?so what can i do?need to use my own insurrance?really hate this situation..some more Hari Raya..really lose mood for Raya..If i can be there when it happen..

I think u r missing on one fact... No matter how, if a motorcycle collide with a car, it will always be the car's fault. U will be lucky the boy didn't claim UR insurance for body injury etc.. Just be glad it's just a scratch

u r right bro.
until today after 4months cruising this Insight, my colleagues and friends still not convince on the FC.
they simply ignore my statement on the FC with 18-19km/L.

they will said "yeah, the money u save, will be used for the ima battery replacement in  2-3yrs. so it is LPPL" ... haha
whatever.

Finally...got my lil white!!!

P/S: I was reading the manual book and understand that you can configure the auto lock function for Honda Insight...but havent got the time to try yet..

Read few more times then u will notice it not for our model. That function is for Australia n south Africa modelr

what i don't understand is why the need to service every 5k km? really troublesome.

thinking of touching up myself. got the paint and the sandpaper ready for some DIY. now what else do i need?

not over 120kmh...
welcome to the green and jerking world. 

Overseas seems to favor tanabe but according to my friend, it's too soft and not suitable if u are carrying passengers all the time. I am waiting for him to get back on me regarding other springs, prolly eibach or improve. UR strut bars are out too... Planning to get one for the front

Tesco Setia Alam and Tesco at Mutiara Damansara. Saw it at Homefix at 1 Utama as well but they are out og premium pearl white

gonna go again 2mr to get the clear coat :3

http://www.insightman.com/mag_photos/2010_press.htm

insight development phase

my paint skill is not that good to start with

that is just the base layer FYI

hopefully will get a better result when finish. gonna wait it to dry and sand it and paint it again

Finished my first tank today. 410km for about rm60 of Ron95
about RM0.14 per KM... around 13km per liter not good enough

I just notice that the IMA charging stops when the battery is fully charged 

Going down quite a big hill recently.

got this for my insight.

white color looks nice in car.



http://www.sharp.com.my/product.php?ProductID=IGBC2E

Well, I know Golf GTi cant smoke Evos, Porsche, Ferarris or even some Wiralution. No choice la but to smoke some Civics or maybe STOCK Civic Type Rs. I have always wanted to rev till 8K rpm in neutral then shift to D, but not on my own car. Do you think those showrooms allows us to do that?

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Added on September 14, 2011, 10:35 am

Agreed, almost same horsies, 225(H) vs 210(VW) but 6.6s(H) vs 6.9s(VW). 6.9s easy to acheive with DSG gearbox. 6.6s can be acheived by mostly pros.

hi guys,
  Did anyone of you notice that when switch off ECON, FC will better then ECON on. Mine can go until 20.5km/l (560km) with ECON off.

ECON on --> 18.4km/l (515km) ..

p/s: only drive at Penang town area (from home to work)

Met with a minor accident yesterday, guy was double parking and I was passing through his car, and he simply opened his door without looking if any cars was passing by.. bang... hit my insight, dented my back door and minor scratches.. there goes her virginity after just 4 mths.. 

Asked Honda Workshop for a quote, told me RM585 for paint of whole door and knockjob, plus need to leave the car for 2-3 days. Screw it...
So off I went to fix the minor paintjob and dent repair today at Bdr Sri Damansara.

Right after the accident:
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Getting tampal'd:
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Into the operation room!:
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Surgeon and Asst Surgeon examining and repairing:
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All done! (this picture isn't really clear, as its in the spray room with poor lighting, will post one later on in bright sunlight)
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The paints used, according to the surgeons, they are ICI paints, just the cans are different coz they mixed the color and poured into these:
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Job was done in 6 hours, 12 noon ordered paint, finished 6pm.
Was pretty worried bout the color match, but luckily they really MATCH! and it does give the pearly glow too!
Told the surgeon I wont pay if it doesn't match, he said no problems lol.
Damage: RM190 (all in)
Imo, really excellent job, would recommend to any of you guys who needs his service. And most importantly, price is right! 

Do PM me if you need instructions to the shop

We all know the car jerks. But I drive like a jerk now. Heck, I drive my Kenari faster than I drive my Insight.

Is it just me or are all Insight drivers obsessed with hypermiling? Even driving at 70 - 80km/hr on highway, I always manage to overtake a lot of Insights. I think we are the reason for traffic jam in KL now.

Cheers from fellow jerk in a jerky car.

infact if I drive normal I get better FC compared to drive like a snail...

the computer onboard function to tell you if you over accelerate and be gentle on your throttle not drive like a snail...

it is to train you to press the accelerator in pace insted of slamming it to the floor...

there is a difference of driving eco style and driving slow... and slow doesnt mean fuel efficiency....

Bro...

Find me a made in japan car for rm99k then we talk
A city is a whole different car...
People who buy insight wanted to do their part on saving energy and fuel also this car is handsome :-)

kns, so busy until no time to troll LYN nowadays.

Got my trophy @ 7800 km months ago...but didnt manage to capture. It just pop out of the blue. I remember joshua bro got his trophy also around 7500 km. You can choose to reset them, but didnt bother to do it.

Nice stuff medklinn! Have one at home, but not for car interior. Definitely helps, especially I'm a sinus guy 

Just to share my FC observed for the past 6 months:

Previous service - 10km
Next service - 15km

Trip detail to work - 45km one way (from Port Klang to Mutiara Damansara). Use NKVE, exit @ Subang Interchange. So averagely is 40% highway, 60% city (I dun consider LDP as highway btw)

FC with ECON - 20-21 km/l
FC without ECON - 18-19 km/l

All of this are observed between home and working place. I'm driving normally like my previous ride (1.5, manual) albeit more manipulation of momentum & medium throttle to 70-90km/h from idle, so I'm mostly in blue and dark blue zone from 0-70 (I dun crawl like snail and maintain green zone). Average speed on highway is 110-120km/h. Occasional WOT to 4k rpm for overtaking. (5k rpm with S mode).

So in summary, the FC largely depends on the right foot, type of journey covered and momentum manipulation. Oh yea, please monitor your RPM as well, it helps. Sometimes highway also can experience stop and go traffic ( NKVE  ), or smooth city driving, and these affect FC reading.

One thing worth to take note of our Insight RPM:
100km/h - 2000 rpm
125km/h - 2500 rpm

So it is still fuel-efficient to maintain speeds between 100km/h to 120km/h. Even myvi and vios can only reach 80km/h @ 2000 rpm (also observed from my sisters' cars)

Just give a call and ask if ready stock available or not. If they say yes, go and see the car and then book. You should get them within a few days provided no problems with HP. If you go and say you want a car and place a booking then I think the waiting period is about 1 month.

I got 10 leaves only and not getting anymore. It is moving between 8 to 10 leaves. Let's see after 5000km. But I don't hypermile. Maybe, after 1000km I will push above 160km/h and see the FC.

Yes.. i gor 450km for rm60. drove from meru klang to merbok, sg petani for 2 1/2 hours driving.. speed? hehehe

Woke up this morning and found that my rear right hand side tire is total flat! Drove slowly slowly to the petrol station very near by (<100m) and inflate the tire. Drove to the nearest tire shop for checkup. It was found that a piece of small plastic like those from broken car lamp was stuck inside. The tire was patched and it goes well for now but the worry part is it probably cannot last!! The mechanic told me that moving with a flat tire could hurt the internal "wall" .. and could probably heat up fast and go burst while traveling long distance... WORRY WORRY. How true is it?? only travel a short short distance with tire flat.. Is there any method that could check the internal tire and its durability? Will be waste for changing the tire of < 6 months old...    

1st scenario
using fuel shell V-power RM62~ around 20 litres I think,
travel from JB to KL, with average speed mostly 140kph++, econ mode off,
stated in the car info panel, 15.6km/l

2nd scenario
using primax 95, econ mode on, cruise control mostly on,
but gain 19km/l

but for both scenario, based on fuel tank meter, the fuel use almost the same. 

by the way,
new white honda insight owner here, just got this car 3 days ago, but already travel 600km i think.. 
working in JB..

I can join the club? 

just curious for most bros here who own the white insight, is it difficult to take care of the car? in terms of dirt etc?

if this car can go up to 20km/litre , means u can go up to 800km ?am i rite?

same as bro mitmivec, should get grey or dynoblue. Hard to take care. Maybe need to do coating to protect it.
This is interesting. So far never face this problem.