Hi Folks I just pulled one of my 2 Insights (2000) out of winter storage. The battery was too weak to start the vehicle and with a jump and warm-up, I was...
My SRS light has been on for years, a small piece of black electrical tape over the letters cures the problem. Interesting to me is that my 93 Ford aerostar...
Hi everyone, just checking in! Whew! A lot of planning has been happening regarding Hybridfest 2008. Behind the scenes the web site is being updated with 2008 ...
Every CD player I've seen has a tiny hole which you can stick a bent paper clip in to force the door to open. Since this player is integrated into your dash it...
I just toock by 2005 Civic hybrid in for service "oil change tire rotation" at wich time they updated the ecm software. I now can not get ima batteries to go...
... This sounds similar to the updates made to Insights. Apparently the IMA battery monitor logic allowed the battery state of charge to range too high which...
thank you for the info ... You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. [Non-text portions of this message...
It's an upgrade to not stress your ima as much. You can't deplete the battery as far either. <This message laboriously tapped out on a phone keypad. >...
... the ... Not sure where you got that idea. ;-) Mine spends most of its time in the bottom 30% now. The "median" charge level dropped from 50-60% to 30-40% ...
... the ... Not sure where you got that idea. ;-) Mine spends most of its time in the bottom 30% now. The "median" charge level dropped from 50-60% to 30-40% ...
I'm sure it will be upgraded at some time in the future. Don't worry about it. There are plenty of insight owners that made it past 100,000 miles with no...
Has your gauge not recalibrated itself? Is that 30% maybe really 50%? What's important is that you have boost when needed. Insights have a new bcm that tries...
... It recalibrates itself often. ;-) But they never changed the control logic for the SOC indicator to reflect the actual mAh battery capacity, so it still...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the honda-hybrid group: When my plates came in for my 2003 Insight, and the dealer was about to take a...
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... I drilled another mounting hole through my license plate centered along the top edge. I then bent about an inch of the top and bottom edges of my front...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the honda-hybrid group: Why do you think an Insight owner would not install a front license plate in a...
This prompts the question: Are there any Insight mods that are available and really worth it? I read that article, and it was good - and I read their other...
Another one coming in about 4 weeks. ... article about the intake location to the front of the car to get cooler air. I'm not about to start tinkering with my...
Excellent Julian! I really love my Insight, it is so fun to drive. I have a daily drive of about 35 min, first 25 min at about 65 mph on a 2 lane county road,...
This is a great article but it left me a mite confused. There were some things that left me thinking Julian had a very different Insight than the one I drive....
Nice article. going to have to keep the bookmark. The lean burn technology used on the insight is not new. My car before the insight was a Civic VX and it...
... some ... than ... 25:1. ... I ... me ... indication, ... my ... I gues the key point is that lean cruise is not indicated by the fuel consumption meter -...
To those people asking for more details on the modification (part numbers of components, harness connections, etc): there is enough information in the article...
... If your gauge says so, it must be. I don't know what to call it but something definitely changes abruptly at the points I mentioned. The power drops off...
When the car goes into lean cruise at highway speeds, I can feel it as a gradual transition across a short time. If the change into lean cruise was abrupt, it...
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