Re: the battery pack: yep--thought maybe you were joking... it's all there... it's all happening--charging, assisting.

I didn't know if these replies went directly to people or to the whole forum...

Anyway, all this stop and go does make it hard. (And I'm wondering what kind of mileage people are getting with strictly stop-and-go driving). I coast a lot, and if I don't have to stop completely I try to shift directly into 2nd or 3rd gear, depending on how fast I'm going. I'm presuming that's the "proper" way to drive a manual transmission car! And I'm trying to drive routes now where I avoid the big hills. When the Insight wasn't warmed up the other day it couldn't even make it up a moderately hilly hill (40 degrees? more than moderate?) in first gear.
Being new at the manual trans, sometimes when getting out of parking places I stall repeatedly--reverse has been difficult--and I think that brings the average way down.

I will check my tire pressures. Also i do need to change the oil (not knowing when it was done previously). Do folks have an opinion on using the 5-20 or 30 versus the 0-20 weight oil?

thanks!