5000 Miles In Our Used 2001 Honda Insight Hybrid - Green Car Reports
61 mpg is what I've managed so far from the 2001 Honda Insight I bought back in March , over a distance of more than 5,000 miles. That, for the record, is eight miles per gallon better than the figure buyers would have seen on the car's window sticker back in 2001. It has required no special techniques to achieve, and could be replicated by anyone--not a bad achievement... That said, my driving style has naturally adapted to the Insight's characteristics and quirks over the last five months. Not because the Insight is some kind of zen driving machine--in fact, sometimes it's quite the opposite. And while I'm not an out-and-out speed freak, the Insight's languid performance can sometimes irritate. Swift progress is easier to achieve even in the low-powered 1. 6-liter diesels offered in Europe and denied to the U. S. than it is in the Honda. MORE: Buying A Used 2000-2006 Honda Insight Hybrid: The Guide. In those diesels, putting my foot down now and then feels less of a betrayal to the car's nature than it does in the Insight, where your expectations of what constitutes acceptable economy are shifted far beyond that of regular cars. Source: www.greencarreports.com
