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21285
Has anyone else had the battery replaced twice? It's a 2000 model car, so Honda will stop paying for these batteries in 2010. I love the car dearly...
muzicmakr
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Sep 1, 2007
11:09 pm
21286
... filter in ... without ... Hybrid, ... I just got a case of the 0-20 and a EA filter for my Insight. I have ran Amsoil Series 2000 0-30 for 95,000 miles...
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Sep 2, 2007
5:59 am
21287
Hi, I don't have an answer for why you've gone through 3 batteries (I'd be very concerned too) but wanted to ask what you mean that Honda will stop paying for...
Deborah
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Sep 2, 2007
10:11 pm
21288
... Some early Insight owners received a letter from Honda stating that our IMA warranty would be extended to 10 years or 150,000 miles, whichever comes first....
Art Isbell
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Sep 2, 2007
10:52 pm
21289
... I don't have much to add to what Art Isbell said, but I got a letter from Honda telling me that the IMA warranty was extended to 10 years / 150k miles. ......
muzicmakr
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Sep 3, 2007
3:49 am
21290
Well I picked up my 2000 insight, check engine came on as I drove away.....O2 error. I noted missing during lean burn and when transitioning fron off/on gas so...
hippop_28704
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Sep 3, 2007
4:55 am
21291
I never got that letter when it was first announced here last year. However, living in New York State, I gather I was already extended to 10 years/105,000...
Robert G. Schaffrath
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Sep 3, 2007
11:30 am
21292
My battery pack 2000 Insight would have been $2600 picked up at the Anaheim CA rebuilder. Shipped with a 2 way return crate it was $3200 at the dealer, The...
ted johnson
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Sep 3, 2007
11:55 am
21293
I got a letter too. I asked them for clarification, specificly, does it apply to the second battery, i.e. replaced at 102,000, add the 150,000 plus 10 years to...
jack ravin
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Sep 3, 2007
3:03 pm
21294
I need to get a copy of this letter!...
David Lewis
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Sep 3, 2007
5:50 pm
21295
... If true, this would be extremely unusual for a warranty of any kind. Warranties usually cover a period from the original date of purchase, not from the...
Art Isbell
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Sep 3, 2007
7:06 pm
21296
... I don't think the warranty restarts whenever you have the battery changed. Something I read said that it was for 10 years because that was the "life of...
muzicmakr
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Sep 3, 2007
9:14 pm
21297
The pumpkin time could come earlier than you think..... I have a 2001 that needed a replacement and Honda did not help AT ALL. I wish it were a Toyota! ... ...
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gregmckay01
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Sep 3, 2007
11:48 pm
21298
Deborah, How many vehicles have you driven to 200k miles? I have one that is at 300k miles, and it just needed a new engine; that was the first major...
GREGMCKAY@...
gregmckay01
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Sep 4, 2007
12:19 am
21299
... While the odometer is displayed, hold the reset button in continuously until the lifetime resets, about 10-15 seconds if I remember correctly. -John...
John Heller
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Sep 4, 2007
12:29 am
21300
I am currently driving a Prius which the Honda dealer paid for while installing a second new battery pack in my Insight at no cost. I barely get 46 mpg in the...
Dick Poedtke
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Sep 4, 2007
12:53 am
21301
Just like you have to learn to drive an Insight, you have to learn to drive a Prius... ...but what ICE vehicle are you refering to that can get 46mpg with...
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gregmckay01
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Sep 4, 2007
1:12 am
21302
... Wayne Gerdes gets 46 MPG with a Honda Accord -- not a hybrid Accord, a regular ol' Accord. For example. I know another guy on a different list who got 53...
Linda
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Sep 4, 2007
1:31 am
21303
I would be glad to hear those hints about how to drive a prius and get better mileage ... thanks ! Eliot ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
defender
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Sep 4, 2007
1:32 am
21304
  1. Pulse and Glide     This is a technique where you pulse (accelerate smartly) to a speed just above your desired speed and then removing your foot from...
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gregmckay01
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Sep 4, 2007
1:43 am
21305
? Do you feel that these results come from normal careful driving?? I don't. ... From: Linda <saveearth@...> To: honda-hybrid@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 3...
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gregmckay01
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Sep 4, 2007
1:49 am
21306
... Wayne also averaged over 90 MPG with his Insight, so I'm sure that he could average way more than 46 MPG in a Prius. His pulse-and- guide driving style is...
Art Isbell
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Sep 4, 2007
2:53 am
21307
... For the record, the more extreme techniques are not part of "pulse and glide" driving. You can read about all sorts of MPG techniques/hypermiling ...
Linda
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Sep 4, 2007
5:22 am
21308
... You didn't say NORMAL careful driving, you said only careful driving. :-) See below. ... Wayne is VERY careful when he drives. I cannot stress that enough....
Linda
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Sep 4, 2007
5:26 am
21309
There is nothing about this in the manual. ... http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz ... ...
Linda Roussel
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Sep 4, 2007
1:31 pm
21310
No, I did not say even normal driving, the OP did.? :) ..and most hypermiling is neither normal or careful... ... From: Linda <saveearth@...> To:...
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gregmckay01
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Sep 4, 2007
1:55 pm
21311
(You just love to argue about anything, don't you?) Normal driving does not equal good mileage. You have to learn methods to get more distance from a gallon...
Geek
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Sep 4, 2007
6:04 pm
21312
Ron, You are missing the point.? ....or just taking things our of context....? or both. The OP (Dick/Christine of Dick Poedtke) had said that you could with...
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gregmckay01
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Sep 4, 2007
6:24 pm
21313
It goes on and on. My last post on this: I have a friend who has a 90something Geo Metro, stick. He gets 50mpg on long drives -- with 4 people in the car....
Dick Poedtke
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Sep 4, 2007
10:31 pm
21314
the VW TDI -Golf &jetta- will do 50 mpg in normal-careful,but not extreme- driving.(& not with an automatic!) These cars do not have IMA batteries to replace....
ed clement
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Sep 4, 2007
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