I was thinking about buying Honda Insight 2010 (Prius in Canada is overpriced $38K+ not to mention they have a bunch of user complains about unintended accelerations, so Prius is not an option at this moment).

1.)
Googling about Honda Insight, I run onto this link:
http://www.aboutautomobile.com/Compl.../Parking+Brake

There are two complains about Honda Insight brake loss, has anybody noticed anything strange with their braking system?

2.)
Is it possible to open hood with dead battery on Honda Insight?

 

My car stops on a dime. It has no problems.

 

26,000 miles and counting. No brake problems. No any problems. My wife says that this car has improved my driving.

 

I decided not to purchase Honda Inside :-/ I did not even test it.
I was testing Honda Civic Hybrid and the ride was very rough and noisy and according to the salesman the Honda Inside has less room inside and is noisier so I did not even try to test it.
I look at used Volvo V40 and the ride and noise inside was like a Cadillac in comparison to Civic Hybrid.

 

If you want a quick , responsive, fun car that gets 45-50 MPG and is extremely reliable, try the Insight.
Try a different salesman too, it sounds like he was trying to "push" you into the Civic.

 

I did not test drive the Honda Inside but I was seating on the rear seat and my had is hitting the roof so this alone disqualify the Inside :-/
In addition, I've read in few places that Inside is noisier then Civic so I took the sales-rep word for granted.