Hi.

New silver owner here. My blue eyed baby came in 3 weeks ago. Put in Modulo body kit with LED on side skirting, cool. Drove around KL saw black Insight with mugen kitt. Damn cunnn! Hiyaa, why I put modulo so fast. But never mind. Had 1st check up got metal grinding sound when accelerate ( is that the electric motor?) SC cannot answer and ask to come back to see Insight specialist later. Also cannot answer sometime got heavy wind sound outside even at 100km/h only.

Travelled to Cameron last weekend (overtook most everyone on the hills... hey this car got power) and then for nasi kandar in Penang (auto cruising 110/120, occasional 130-140, chasing another Insight-man that guy was in a hurry, I lost), just for fun, on the way back from CH.

All in from KL to CH to Penang to KL, 1200km, paid RM 120 for fuel. Not bad considering a packed car and four large sized passengers.

What a great buy!

NICE

Do you know if the guy can just do the back wing only?

Me too. Need spoiler only.

My modulo body kit looks very good from side especially with the led lights on the side when door open but from the back looks.... yucky. Need something.

Can get group disc for the spoiler?

btw can you guys hear the electric motor (sound like grinding metal) on hard accelleration? Mine is quite noticeablelah but Honda says normal. Annoyinglah sometimes!

The force is Insight you, Luke

They drill through the black plastic strip below the back window, right, like the ori mugen? I saw the DIY instruction earlier. If like that, very interested bro

Actually there was a case filed by a guy in US who went to the FDA against earlier 2000+ Honda Insight. (Read it a few weeks ago when doing research before buying my Insight.) The studies he conducted showed a very high level of Electro Magnetic Field in the car which may cause occupants in the car health problems over the long run, including the big c. Interestingly, it may also cause drowsiness which is even more interesting as I found myself extremely sleepy a few times on a several long trips. Normally I can just shake it off at the R&R but those times I had to sleep it off. But nothing on shorter trips.

|Copied from this website:http://www.hybridcars.com/safety/hybrid-emf-risk-still-uncertain.html

EMFs Are a Legitimate Concern
The National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute say that there are potential hazards of long-term exposure to strong electromagnetic fields—with specific cancer risks for people living near high-voltage utility lines. EMFs are all around us—produced by everything from cellphones to electric blankets.

Home Tests Can Produce High, But Inconclusive, Readings
A small number of hybrid drivers became ill after buying a hybrid. Complaints have ranged from high blood pressure to falling asleep behind the wheel. Those hybrid owners, and others, have used field-strength testing instruments and found EMFs at levels exceeding various international standards for safety. However, those standards are uneven and vary in result based on the testing equipment and procedure.

Carmakers Say No Problem
Not surprisingly, hybrid-producing car companies downplay the risks. A spokesman for Honda, Chris Martin, points to the lack of a federally mandated standard for EMFs in cars, and says that most people use the wrong devices to test. In a company statement, Toyota said that hybrid vehicles produce the same low levels as conventional gasoline vehicles, and therefore "there are no additional health risks to drivers, passengers or bystanders.”

The Issue is Unresolved
The New York Times quoted Jim Kliesch, a senior engineer for the clean vehicles program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, "It would be a mistake to jump to conclusions about hybrid EMF dangers, as well as a mistake to outright dismiss the concern. Additional research would improve our understanding of the issue.”

yes even petrol car generate electro magnet field so the study can be biased.

Anyway, I bought the car despite reading the article.

Drive like turtle some more in a smooth car....sure go to la la land !

Wife say no more whites (a few earlier cars bought were white). She said no black also. So bought silver (see pic). Not bad. White nice also but must rajin.

Agree. Funky smell in air con. Will chck at Honda at next pitstop

Drove down to JB over weekend, many Insights on the road... go Insight!

Welcome bro. I am new as well but these veterans here got so much valuable info that you need to read the post from day 1. Should thank them for the great effort. You will learn a lot. Have fun reading

Btw, I test drove the lexus cth before buying the insight. For a marquee name, it was a lot of money to spend on such a compqct car so test drove the insight which is half the price of cth but comparable in size. found that minus off the leather n expensive stuff, the insight is much better value for money and a better ride, to me. And the sc is like 5 minutes away from the house.

Sometimes still wishing to be driving a lex for the looks but common sense say brains is better than just good looks. So, enjoy your ride and if have money, get yoursel a mugen kit and you will soon forget about anything else. This car can be cool too.

Welcome

Got the same problem from first day took the car back. Loud whistling sound at 100kmh. It came about for a while and disappeared. I thought it was cross wind or something coz it was loud (definitely not tak, tak, tak). Maybe structurallly something different due to low drag coefficient. Most of the time, the sound is not there so not sure to complain or not. Every once in a while still got.

Hey, since everybody's so freak out about the battery, i might just start a company to supply batteries to all insighters after 5year warranty is over. Probably wont make money coz the battery suppposed to last up to 15 years or more. By that time the battery will be a few hundred bucks or something like that, ha ha. All chicken about nothing.

[quote=lunchtime,Dec 23 2011, 12:03 AM]
at 180, what the rpm?


dude thats awesome but do you feel that the cars unstable at that speed. Any mod you did? I went up to 140 ++ but the occasional vacuum from the wind and lorries made me back off. The cars too light. Prefer heavier for speed

BTW, what was ur fc for that ride? Ha ha ha must be really good

Me too want!

WTF, should have waited. Got mine in November, no disc, +1 stupid towel, + 1 stupid 60ringgit full tank. Honda craps

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Added on January 13, 2012, 9:44 am and a stupid umbrella that they pretend I shouldn't get, but they give it anyway

This post has been edited by shaun1212: Jan 13 2012, 09:45 AM

Amazing. Best i did was 600++ normal driving style. 800, you must turtling behind other cars? Ha ha. Congrates