Heya,
I have had my 2004 Insight for about a year and a half, now. I call her Su, which is short for SULEV.
I live in Portland, Oregon. When I first got my hybrid I had people walking up to me at gas stations, yelling through my window at stop signs/lights and glaffing me over to ask me questions. I tried to be nice about it, but I am from NY and people approaching my vehicle really stresses me out
Since we get rain alot and I am hard on cars, I have had Su's tires siped to increase traction.
The other thing I have done was to rip out the horrible factory speaker and replace them with Eclipse speakers, which are massively better but I have trouble keeping them balanced.
I am very eager to know if there is anything that can be done to improve the performance of my hybrid. I abuse cars horribly. I use Su to carry building materials too often.
My other car is a Pontiac Vibe, named BJ after her license plate. But I rarely ever drive her unless I am hauling stuff or boucing around dirt roads in the Columbia Rover Gorge.
Good to meet all of you,
Rathany

 

Glad to have you here. Join the crew!

 

Welcome! Good to see another Insighter, we need to keep the numbers growing.

Sounds like you have a CVT? I'm guessing.

And please consider entering your fuel mileage in the database.

Regards,

 

Rathany,
Welcome to GreenHybrid! I like the name for your Insight. I wish I would have thought of that!

 

Thanks

 

I am almost certain mine has CVT, but I will have to check. I though all Insights had CVT, but it would not be the first time a dealer has misled me

I will add to the database once I've read up on it. I get about 49-52 usually, which is sad. As I said, I work her rather hard.

 

Thanks