Honda Insight Marathon

**efusco** · 09-07-2006, 11:59 PM

Please see the thread at CleanMPG.com:
http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2025

You'll notice that several of the drivers were participants in the original Prius marathon run. This one is to commemorate the demise of the Honda Insight.

ericbecky · 10-01-2006, 10:03 PM

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Please see the thread at CleanMPG.com:
http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2025

You'll notice that several of the drivers were participants in the original Prius marathon run. This one is to commemorate the demise of the Honda Insight.
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The amazing part of this marathon is that they will be covering over 2000 miles on a single tank of gas!!!!!!

so far they are at nearly 165 mpg for the entire tank!!

You can bet that a few of these guys will be at Hybridfest next year to tell us more about how they accopmlished this goal.

I also summarized what they are doing and who is participating on my web site at http://hybridcars.about.com/od/news/a/MPGAttempt.htm

**efusco** · 10-04-2006, 03:41 PM

It took the guys 2 full days longer than anticipated to complete their marathon run. They had to fight some stiff winds and colder than anticipated weather. And they also ended up doing more night driving than anticipated which makes battery management in the Insight more difficult.

That said, when they finally ran out of gas they'd completed !!! That's using around 14 gallons of gas....they're actually still waiting for the actual gas amount by letting the tank burp and settle as they top off to the completely full mark they started at. So, until then we won't know the exact FE achieved. But using 14 gallons that's about 161mpg !!

If you've got the time run over to CleanMPG and congratulate the guys. They really put in a lot of effort and hours on this project.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2233
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**Tideland Prius** · 10-04-2006, 04:13 PM

WOW!

so I assumed they squeezed in 14 gallons like how they squeezed in 12 in the Prius?

TheForce · 10-04-2006, 05:36 PM

Thats AWSOME! I still want an Insight.

I whish I could afford another car so I could get one before they stop making them.

mrbigh · 10-08-2006, 06:36 PM

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Thats AWSOME! I still want an Insight.

I whish I could afford another car so I could get one before they stop making them.
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2005 was the last manufacturing year.
I was ready to take an in stock, blue one. the last one available in Long Island, New York but I couldn't fit so many stuff like my Prius, and it was a business decission, many more transport space was the winner. I'm extremily happy with my finaly decission.

hdrygas · 10-08-2006, 07:27 PM

One of the people I work with has a Insight. She is driving it now, but her son was a master. He went to school in Tacoma and could get 65 mpg in mid winter. He is now carless in college, but he had the touch! Insight is a really great car just not big and versatile enough for me. Honda needs to one up the Insight next year! Put pressure on Toyota and the rest of the world!

bwilson4web · 03-18-2007, 08:18 PM

Speed plot based upon the log:

Bob Wilson

acdii · 04-10-2007, 04:35 PM

I drove an Insight occasionally, the company I used to work for had one as a company car. I was the only one to squeeze out better than 50MPG driving it. I liked the car, but it got uncomfortable to drive for any length of time as the seat was a bit too hard in spots, and my back isnt in the greatest shape either. Two things though that kept me from actually buying one.

1. Tires are expensive and hit a pothole the wrong way and BOOM no more tire, they went through quite a few of them while I was there.
2. Maintenance, it seemed as if it was going in for service every month.

It has been a few years since I drove one, arent they a bit the opposite of the Prius as they engine runs all the time when you are moving?

Chuck. · 04-10-2007, 04:44 PM

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I drove an Insight occasionally, the company I used to work for had one as a company car. I was the only one to squeeze out better than 50MPG driving it. I liked the car, but it got uncomfortable to drive for any length of time as the seat was a bit too hard in spots, and my back isnt in the greatest shape either. Two things though that kept me from actually buying one.

1. Tires are expensive and hit a pothole the wrong way and BOOM no more tire, they went through quite a few of them while I was there.
2. Maintenance, it seemed as if it was going in for service every month.

It has been a few years so I drove one, arent they a bit the opposite of the Prius as they engine runs all the time when you are moving?
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I'll admit the seat could be more comfortable.

Tires have not been a problem for me. Having had a Honda CRX HF previously, I was impressed the Insight's tires gripped much better in rainy weather.

The Insight's ICE is running while it's in motion, but it has a fuel cuttoff when it's coasting

10-04-2006, 03:41 PM	#3
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 17,228 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 49 Thanked 249 Times in 148 Posts Friends: 37	It took the guys 2 full days longer than anticipated to complete their marathon run. They had to fight some stiff winds and colder than anticipated weather. And they also ended up doing more night driving than anticipated which makes battery management in the Insight more difficult. That said, when they finally ran out of gas they'd completed !!! That's using around 14 gallons of gas....they're actually still waiting for the actual gas amount by letting the tank burp and settle as they top off to the completely full mark they started at. So, until then we won't know the exact FE achieved. But using 14 gallons that's about 161mpg !! If you've got the time run over to CleanMPG and congratulate the guys. They really put in a lot of effort and hours on this project. http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2233 </span> __________________ Evan E. Fusco, MD "It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word." -Andrew Jackson

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09-07-2006, 11:59 PM	#1
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 17,228 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 49 Thanked 249 Times in 148 Posts Friends: 37	Please see the thread at CleanMPG.com: http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2025 You'll notice that several of the drivers were participants in the original Prius marathon run. This one is to commemorate the demise of the Honda Insight.

10-04-2006, 04:13 PM	#4
Tideland Prius Moderator of the North Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 19,604 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: N/A Package: Technology Package (Canada) Thanks: 227 Thanked 343 Times in 242 Posts Friends: 23	WOW! so I assumed they squeezed in 14 gallons like how they squeezed in 12 in the Prius?

10-04-2006, 05:36 PM	#5
TheForce I Plug-In My Prius Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wheelersburg, Ohio Posts: 2,726 My Car: 2006 Prius Model: Package: #7 Thanks: 1 Thanked 155 Times in 114 Posts Friends: 22	Thats AWSOME! I still want an Insight. I whish I could afford another car so I could get one before they stop making them.

10-08-2006, 07:27 PM	#7
hdrygas Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Olympia Wa Posts: 3,650 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Friends: 0	One of the people I work with has a Insight. She is driving it now, but her son was a master. He went to school in Tacoma and could get 65 mpg in mid winter. He is now carless in college, but he had the touch! Insight is a really great car just not big and versatile enough for me. Honda needs to one up the Insight next year! Put pressure on Toyota and the rest of the world!

03-18-2007, 08:18 PM	#8
bwilson4web 03 and 10 Prius Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Huntsville AL with 2003 Prius Posts: 3,843 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: III Package: #1 Thanks: 145 Thanked 366 Times in 202 Posts Friends: 20	Speed plot based upon the log: Bob Wilson

04-10-2007, 04:35 PM	#9
acdii Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 591 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 12 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts Friends: 0	I drove an Insight occasionally, the company I used to work for had one as a company car. I was the only one to squeeze out better than 50MPG driving it. I liked the car, but it got uncomfortable to drive for any length of time as the seat was a bit too hard in spots, and my back isnt in the greatest shape either. Two things though that kept me from actually buying one. 1. Tires are expensive and hit a pothole the wrong way and BOOM no more tire, they went through quite a few of them while I was there. 2. Maintenance, it seemed as if it was going in for service every month. It has been a few years since I drove one, arent they a bit the opposite of the Prius as they engine runs all the time when you are moving?