NW insight ipu cost rm7k
If DIY replacement it cost lesser
It is basically Sanyo eneloop D cell (yes it is those big round torch light battery)nimh 5800mah sand there is 84 of those cell... so when you google you can actually DIY just buy those cell from eBay I think DIY only cost rm1.5k to rm3k

Bro u need to chg brake pads. My city bought in may2009 now mileage is 129400 already change brakepad twice.try going for pumatec480.good alternative to the ori honda brake pad.

actually, no need to DIY ler...Each IMA battery consist of 40 subpack D cell..just ask the honda service center to replace only the faulty cells instead of changing the whole battery

this is true, lol.

petrol is not that expensive in msia.

yea la, thats why i do not consider insight. - smaller, slower, handling so so. only advantage is MIJ and can calculate fuel saving.

prius, extra rm40k, to cover FC. at same price might as well get focus tdci, fun to drive, diesel is cheap too, gomen some simply increase it since the impact is huge.

while for normal 2.0 car, its ok to own, the new and second hand market is flooded with cars like this, so, you're not alone if the FC goes up

---

Added on October 2, 2011, 9:40 amcan add another battery on top of the existing one? to add power!!!!

This post has been edited by turbocharged: Oct 2 2011, 09:40 AM

how about change the IMA electric motor to more powderful unit? then can match the prius..

normally those who consider foreign brand car later on switch back to local brand one, basically they do not really have budget in the beginning, so there is no difference really whether the foreign brand car they are "looking at" good or bad. then later on will find all sort of reasons to persuade themselves that they are making the right choice of their local car.

---

Added on October 2, 2011, 10:51 amI buy insight just purely for its look and the 20-30k tax discount from our gahment, seriously if u can afford a car which is rm100k or more, u won't care much abt the fuel cost, as it is minor.

This post has been edited by westlife: Oct 2 2011, 10:51 AM

ipu 30k...

Petrol hybrid cars are for rich people. They can afford the batteries and monthly installments. Rather buy turbo diesel and have headache free driving for 5 years. By then, installment also finish paying.

---

Added on October 2, 2011, 12:12 pmMany people having trouble paying for road tax and insurance already. Hybrid batteries even DIY still over RM 2k how to pay la?

This post has been edited by acbc: Oct 2 2011, 12:12 PM

That is bcoz many freshie buy new car base on waht ever monthly installment they can pay ONLY. they never calculated the overhead such as maintenance, fuel, insurance, roadtax. and many other stuff in life

Turbo diesel very good bla bla bla bla... but u have to look @ our local diesel quality first...

couldn't agree more...as what I have been telling my friends...do not expect Honda Insight as an economical car..
coz the savings you would made petrol would probably even up with the maintenance that you're paying for this car
put it in this way...honda insight is a car which is worth of 180k value type of ride if there is no tax exempted by the government....having that said, no doubt the regular maintenance cost of it would be even more expensive compared to a 2.4 camry/accord

anyway, if you really want to compare a fully imported cbu car local car, let's not compare things like comfortability, handling or performance, etc as these are actually very subjective criterias and different drivers would have different point of view..
Let's compare on one of the most basic but yet essential criteria...which is safety
Honda insight has 5-star rating from international euroncap for safety and so far the best Proton (export unit) only made it to 3-stars..can't imagine what would be the rating for the typical local assembled cars

the 5 star rating is not based on 2 airbags

lancer @ inspira also 5 star what .. but base on 7 airbag
local insights how many airbag?

2 lo....

if want good ncap rating, must take peugeot and forte. minimum 4 airbags for 308vti. 6 for 308, 7 for 407. 6 for forte.

damn. a airbags party!!

fiesta sedan, properly most affordable 7 airbag car,
want so many airbag for what? when expired , you need to replace it , then you only know the pain.

Thats very true. Malaysia diesel just dont work with modern hi-tec diesel car. Dont get me wrong it still work, but which mean that you have to change your engine every 100000 km or even less. The colour of diesel in EU is very light yellow. What colour is Malaysia diesel?

Malaysia motoring industry still got a long way to go.

Ipoh Lad

subsidize diesel in malaysia is blue colour...

---

Added on October 2, 2011, 3:33 pmmalaysia still using tier 2 diesel...but soon 4M diesel will be avail

This post has been edited by Daniel John: Oct 2 2011, 03:33 PM

So those drive hybrid start to worry now?

erm..i think insight only has 2 airbags but it still have much higher scores in ncap compared to genuine lancer lar..



anyway, are you sure inspira chassis is as tough as mitsubishi lancer chassis and not a milo tin? sweat:
that is why I didn't choose inspira

Mitsubishi Explains Technical Collaboration With Proton