Hi Everyone;
I just talked to my local Honda dealer (Darrell Waltrip Honda) in Franklin, Tn. and he has a 2005 or 2006 (He-Is-Not-Sure-Which-Year) New Formula Red Insight W/A/C and 5-speed trans. on the way to his dealership (Arrival-Late-June) for me to see, drive, demo, and for me to make up my mind if I want one or not. If it happens to be a 2006 Insight then I will make the decision right then after driving the vehicle I hope for a couple of days, however if it comes in and is a 2005 Insight then I'm going to put on hold my purchase until I can get a 2006 Insight and that is the reason for this thread. Do any of you know if there are any changes to the 2006 Insight or will it as usual just be a carry over from the 2005 Insight? I also have read that there is suppose to be another Hybrid for 2006 called the, (Just-Went-Brain-Dead) can't remember the name of the Honda Hybrid vehicle. I'm sure you guys know the one I'm speaking of that is suppose to be released in Japan and may not come to the USA because of slow sells for the Insight here. Speaking of Hybrids, what about the new or should I say improved Honda Civic Hybrid for 2006 that is suppose to be? I have owned many-many Hondas over the yrs. including the Civic Hybrid and to be honest did not keep it anytime because I found out very quickly that if you drove it in a normal manner to keep up with traffic that the MPG were just a little better than a normal Civic. So, away it went. I have also tried out the new Accord Hybrid and it is "Very-Very" impressive but I passed on the purchase because it to me is pretty expensive. So, thats why the questions on the 2006 Insight.
Current vehicle is a 2005 Honda Civic EX SE Sedan W/Auto Trans. and BTW it just got 44.3 MPG on a 251 mile trip one way to KY. from Franklin, Tn. at a Hwy. speed of 65 MPG on cruise. Not bad, so the Insight will have to do alot better than that and be able to run A/C because it is "Hot" here in the summer months.
Look forward to hearing from all of you Insight owners out there if you have any thoughts or comments about the above.
tigerhonaker


Edit: Miles driven were exactly 252.6 and MPG was 48.6, found correct numbers in
Civic glove box today. This edit was done on 5/23/05 @4:37PM Franklin, TN.

I think I should have made my original questions much shorter and to the point.
Do you the "Insight-Owners" know, can you drive the Insight at Interstate speeds and in the city stop and go and get alot better mileage than the Civic I now own? Thanks ahead for your assistance and comments:
Terry