Guys, is it worth to buy insight 2012? Heard about the windscreen problem.. Any significant improvement over the last year model? Now headache to choose insight or jazz hybrid..

How come the petro filter so expensive?

The fuel filter 3++ is the standard price. My Honda city also cost around there.

U guys can plan your own service schedule need not to follow Honda 100% like I mentioned before. Before your reach to major service or 40k or 80k. U can change certain part before and after 40k. For example change CVTF at 30k, change break oil at 35k. The. 40k only do the expensive service parts like fuel filter. Then 45k change air filter the. 50k AirCon service and aircon filter. Just try to manage yourself. I have been doing this for my 2007 Honda city and my current mileage now is 110k. No issues on warranty void. Don't let the service centre bully you.

If u go through in details, allot of things is unnessesary. U can cancel it in the invoice when they show u before they start servicing your car.

Hey guys,i've been following this insight thread for almost 6 months...coz im considering to get an Insight soon ,so need to do some researches,hehee...recently i read an article about 'why you shouldnt buy hybrid car' from this link http://1simpleplan.blogspot.com/2011/07/wh...hybrid-car.html wut do u guys think?

yalo...

that y must get the 40k items listing for jazz hybrid as well...cant be their no need the fuel filter since both car is almost identical.

1: CVT RM 126.29
2: ENGINE OIL RM 155.29
3: OIL FILTER RM 30.68
4:PETROL FILTER RM 354.95
5: BRAKE OIL RM 39.64
6: DUST AND POLLEN FILTER RM 111.14
7: TIGHTEN UNDERCARRIAGE RM 0
8: BRAKE PAD INSPECTION RM 0
9: ENGINE WASHER RM 2.1
10: CVT WASHER RM 5.88
11: ENGINE RETAINER RM 6.00

among the item above, which 1 is more important and which 1 we can delay first??

For 40k service
Some ppl may disagree. But this is only my way of doing it and my point of view. If you dont agree. Don't follow. Please don't shoot me.

1. CVT. have u done this before? ( advisable to change CVTF every 20k. If yes the do it on 35k or 45k.

2: ENGINE OIL. Compulsory every service
3: OIL FILTER. Compulsory every service
4:PETROL FILTER. Compulsory every 40k
5: BRAKE OIL. Skip to 35k or 45k
6: DUST AND POLLEN FILTER.(assume is AirCon filter. Skip to 35 or 45k.
7: TIGHTEN UNDERCARRIAGE RM 0
8: BRAKE PAD INSPECTION RM 0
9: ENGINE WASHER. Compulsory When change oil.
10: CVT WASHER. Compulsory when change CVTF
11: ENGINE RETAINER. Not sure what is this.

This is just my way of how I schedule my service. So it is up to u.

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Added on May 24, 2012, 2:04 pmLet's be honest guys. What is the real reason u buy insight? Safe environment? I think only 1% agreed and 99% don't agree and I'm in the 99%.

Ok I'm all out. The reason I bought insight is I like the design of the car, tax free( damn cheap for fully imported from Japan) and my monthly petrol pump saving compare to my other cars. Cheap road tax.

Talking about depreciate after 5 years because of battery. I see no different in buying Kia, Hyundai, or BMW, Peugeot and etc. these car brand depreciate badly in our country. So I take it as the same.

Different ppl have different point of view. So to me, as long it save my monthly expenses and I change car every 5 years. It is just a car.

Why stop others from buying the car they like?

This post has been edited by alxdc: May 24 2012, 02:04 PM

After reading his blog, My 2C:

1) Can gasoline price stay at 1.90 for another 5 years? I really don't think it will.
2) Where did he get the battery will be gone in 4 years? Prius battery can last over 200K miles (320K km).. That should be near 8 years to 10 years...

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Added on May 24, 2012, 2:04 pm

Let's be honest guys. What is the real reason u buy insight? Safe environment? I think only 1% agreed and 99% don't agree and I'm in the 99%.

Ok I'm all out. The reason I bought insight is I like the design of the car, tax free( damn cheap for fully imported from Japan) and my monthly petrol pump saving compare to my other cars. Cheap road tax.

Talking about depreciate after 5 years because of battery. I see no different in buying Kia, Hyundai, or BMW, Peugeot and etc. these car brand depreciate badly in our country. So I take it as the same.

Different ppl have different point of view. So to me, as long it save my monthly expenses and I change car every 5 years. It is just a car.

Why stop others from buying the car they like?

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I absolutely agreed with ya....at first i fall in love with this car coz of the design,second the FC...not really thinking about reducing pollution or saving the earth etc hehe

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I absolutely agreed with ya....at first i fall in love with this car coz of the design,second the FC...not really thinking about reducing pollution or saving the earth etc hehe

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Put on the body kit, even cooler. You will get second looks all the time.

Bottom line, you help yourself and at the same time, help the world!

[quote=mohd.asyraf,May 24 2012, 03:25 PM]

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Added on May 24, 2012, 2:04 pm

Let's be honest guys. What is the real reason u buy insight? Safe environment? I think only 1% agreed and 99% don't agree and I'm in the 99%.

Ok I'm all out. The reason I bought insight is I like the design of the car, tax free( damn cheap for fully imported from Japan) and my monthly petrol pump saving compare to my other cars. Cheap road tax.

Talking about depreciate after 5 years because of battery. I see no different in buying Kia, Hyundai, or BMW, Peugeot and etc. these car brand depreciate badly in our country. So I take it as the same.

Different ppl have different point of view. So to me, as long it save my monthly expenses and I change car every 5 years. It is just a car.

Why stop others from buying the car they like?

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I absolutely agreed with ya....at first i fall in love with this car coz of the design,second the FC...not really thinking about reducing pollution or saving the earth etc hehe

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i bought this car because every month i need to travel around 3500km... and i cannot afford prius...

Hey Guys...Honda started to recycle rare earth metals in hybrid car battery....so don't worry about battery pollution...

"Honda had been applying a heat treatment to used nickel-metal hydride batteries and recycling nickel-containing scrap as a raw material of stainless steel. However, the successful stabilization of the extraction process at the plant of Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., Ltd. made possible the extraction of rare earth metals in a mass-production process with purity as high as that of newly mined and refined metals.

The newly established process enables the extraction of as much as above 80% of rare earth metals contained in used nickel-metal hydride batteries. Honda will strive to reuse extracted rare earth metals not only for nickel-metal hydride batteries, but also to a wide range of Honda products. Moreover, Honda will further expand the recycling of rare earth metals in the future as the newly established process enables the extraction of rare earth metals from a variety of used parts in addition to nickel-metal hydride batteries."

Paultan Website - Rare Earth Metals

This post has been edited by jtlim98: May 24 2012, 09:38 PM


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hi bro,

can you share some pic taken in daytime? would like to see your setup.

btw, does it support handsfree as well?

Hi, I just want to make sure of something.

As mentioned Honda owners can choose and plan when to service their cars, for me I would go for service only every 8,000-10,000km (or 4-5 months), to save money and time while being in the safe zone. For free service yes you have to go for service before 5000km or 3 months mark etc. After that, I don't really think it's a must to service every 5000km or 3 months.............
But for new cars of less than 3 years old, does it affect the WARRANTY of the whole car? (I hope not). If not then it's great for us consumers ...........

For those going for optimum fuel efficiency, is fully synthetic oil the most efficient compared to semi synthetic oil? From what I know fully synthetic oil can last really long, around 10,000km or up to 6 months.

This post has been edited by twwong: May 26 2012, 01:24 AM

@twwong

80% of the Honda Service Center will not allow you to go service on 8k - 10k interval. Their best practice is every 5K. 20% if you know them and they know you then you are permitted to do so. But if you miss the interval for sure the warranty is sure gone. So the first 3 years is try stick with the normal 5k maintenance interval. We are living in Malaysia and unlike other countries , we have to stick the rules from Honda Malaysia.

Normal condition as Fully Synthetic Oil is last for 10k interval but not for Honda Malaysia. We can pay for the Fully Synthetic Oil but yet still need to service our lovely insight every 5k KM .

Alright, got it. 1 last question, is it okay to exceed the intervals a little bit, up to 6000km or a bit more than 3 months (my father did that for his 2.5 gen CRV..)? Thanks ........!!

@twwong

exceed a little bit should be around 200 - 300 km, not 1000km extra. But you have to talk with the Honda Service Advisor, they are the king to inform you how many KMs you can exceed on your car. Different service center have different policy.

I think car owner have to becareful even if you can find service center that allow you to exceed 5000km service interval. Few points to take note.

1) when they tell you it is ok to service at 6k or 7k interval, they only tell you verbally. On records a.k.a. your service booklet, service reminder sticker and also in their computer system, the recommended next service interval is still 5000km ahead of your current reading.

2) In the user manual and all the service schedule published, all are based on 5000km interval.

3) It is clearly stated in the warranty condition that you have to follow the recommended service interval and guideline for the warranty to be valid.

So I personally think if everything is ok and there is no warranty claim, the service center sometime close one eye and just follow car owner request to extend service interval, but they only say it verbally.

In the event if there is any issue that triggers warranty claim, your extended service interval may be used as one of the excuse for them not to honour the warranty, and there is no strong case that you can bring against them as based on documentation, the car owner did breach the terms of warranty by extending service interval.

So to be safe, even if you can find service center that allow extended service interval, make sure they document the upcoming service mileage on your service booklet based on the extended interval and not the standard 5000km, then at least you have proof that this extended interval is recommended by service center.

Hi Kets~! Tomorrow I'm going to see what color to chose, probably is Pearl White. I asked the SA to find Aqua color for me, but seems that it's really hard to find.
She promise will settle all the things for me in this month, so I think next week I will get my car~!!

last time ask SC,they said can extend extra 1000km(max)..

like my last 20K service, i sent it when mtr reach 22K..


today my colleague ask me what ur car top speed...i said 200km/j..

he didn't believed lol! ..

This post has been edited by 2piece: May 25 2012, 11:26 PM