I'm going to go over the quirks, and features of old MultiMedia Technology. It was truly awful, by today's standards, and today... I'm going to show you WHY.
The Wild Dinkus! Keep in mind the hot air is entered into the combustion chamber which will get even hotter than the temperature the hot air came in at so tbh it don’t even matter unless the air is so hot off the catalytic converter it starts to get hotter than the combustion temperatures inside the actual engine. Now the engine has coolant running all throughout it to keep it below melting temps. So you’re a dumbass.
@@diido-swagins687 well they make them appeal to billionaires and people who want to be over the top. I agree tho, I think the 720s is their best looking model
I gotta admit. Even though this thing has that drab 90s curvy design to it, *_that dashboard looks like it came straight out of an 80s Star Trek film._* *_And that's AWESOME._*
It's really awesome. I've seen some futuristic dashboards from other cars that don't stand the test of time, but I have a first-gen Insight, and the dash still looks incredible. And the curvy design is purely form following function. Sharp edges make for worse aero almost everywhere (except the trailing edge of the car where the airflow separates from the body). The teardrop shape is close to ideal for reducing drag.
My step mom told me when i was little that the insight was a car made specificly for little people i was convinced of this until i was 10 and saw a normal height person get out of one
That's probably how the owner got his best mpg result (driving alone), I wondered right from the start how the heck he thought they would get better mpg with 2 people rather than 1.
@@mr.grenade9497 The way it is supposed to work is that you always stay to the right. Ideally, you should never cruise in the fast or middle lane. This works best in less traffic, and especially on a two lane highway. You always stay in the right lane, until you come up to a car you want to pass. You merge left, get passed that car, and merge back right. For middle lanes, you should only stay there if you are going a decent speed. In this video, Doug is doing 5 over, and you can see that the blue Jeep in the slow lane behind him was doing a similar speed. In this case, he is the slowest on the highway, so he needs to be in the rightmost lane. The people here doing 10-15 over would stay in the middle lane. Anyone going even faster than that should be in the left lane then. Our highway system is similar to the German Autobahn in principle, but it is not actually followed through by most people, I expect mostly since you can get your license without ever learning how the highway system is supposed to work.
he was going 5mph OVER THE LIMIT. did you even listen? many cars actually take MORE FUEL going slower. it's to do with the gearing ratio to the engine RPM.
Link Knight I just mean, if you still are the slowest on the highway despite going 5 over the limit, why not drive on the right lane? Maybe he did it for drama.
You should always keep right, unless overtaking. Regardless of what speed you're doing. There is almost always someone going faster than you. Just keep right, when you can, and you'll be fine. (You'll even get a ticket for not doing so where I live.)
For those of you who don't know 285, that is the loop around Atlanta. I drive a truck for a living and traffic there is comparable to LA. Atlanta is a BIG city if you've never been there before. If he is doing 5 over the speed limit, he's really not doing anything wrong. It's not his fault everyone wants to fly at 75 or 80. I cant blame him for not wanting to stay in the right lane because there is an exit every mile nearly and people don't know anywhere in this country how to properly merge onto or off a highway. Is it safer to go with the flow of traffic? Yes, is that how the law is written? No especially now that they have those electronic speed limit signs they can change at a moments notice, yeah talk about speed trap waiting to happen. Lol people are just assholes here that's why when they're going 80, know the speed limit is 60, and yet get mad cause they get stuck behind someone who's doing 5 over, just cause they won't get with it and speed like everyone else does.
+Randy Farrell THis happened to me on my way to work this morning. Hours changed, now I'm commuting in rush hour. People fly by at 85-90 in a 60. I was going 75, getting passed left and right. It may be good to raise the speed limit on this road.
+Randy Farrell I was doing 80 in Mobile, AL one time and got pulled over....the only reason I got pulled over is b/c I was the one slowing down traffic....at 80 MPH....
+Randy Farrell "everyone wants to fly at 75 or 80". maybe it's not the people who are wrong, but the state legislators who've set the limit TOO LOW? obviously all those drivers didn't die that day (which is the mantra of those who espouse lower limits)
Hypermiling is awesome! I just ran a test in my Ram 2500 and managed 20.8 MPG actual out of a truck that's only supposed to get 18. You really do start to think differently on the highway. Patience is key.
They were built alongside the Honda NSX by NSX workers in small batches, they were sold at a significant loss per unit, in the past Honda have sponsored such loss making projects on the grounds of boosting innovative thinking and morale of their engineers and employees, eg the NR500 oval piston GP racer.
I don't understand why people flip other people off when they pass. If you're a left lane bandit doing five below the speed limit, then by all means, raise the middle fingers, but if you're going five over in the center lane, there's no need for that.
Peter I should have been clearer, sorry. What I meant was that if you're going above the speed limit in the middle lane (just as fast as if not even faster than other drivers), you should not be flipped off by some guy wanting to get around you. PS: I couldn't agree with you more about American drivers since I myself am a Canadian citizen and agree with you.
Ah yes. I see your point but I will also add that it is within context, because he said in the video that "every" car was passing him so I assume he was the slowest. Its quite dangerous for the slowest driver to just meander along in the middle. Oddly enough, I am an American but I have lived in England for the past 9 months. The drivers here are more to my liking with regard to roadway etiquette, and they drive a lot faster. Sorry about me coming off as a bit of a dick earlier. I get your point now.
Peter It's totally okay. this is a youtube comment section. it's amazing we haven't called each other "retarded" or "gay" yet. I haven't done any driving outside of North America except for Germany and Italy. Germany was fantastic. Everyone goes the right speed for the lane they're in, people never cut others off, etc. All in all, everyone is great there. Italy on the other hand... Everyone is awful. It makes Los Angeles traffic look spectacular. It's a real life Mario Kart to put it simply. Lanes don't even exist there. The parkings are merely a suggestion and people just ignore them.
+Pete : If only I were payed $1 (or Euro) for every time some NOT-American jackass pulled out in front of me while pushing big numbers, in the left lane, on an unrestricted portion of the Autobahn.... Strangely enough, many times this happens - said jackass is piloting a vehicle with European, non-German plates. Nevertheless I don’t go around like an arrogant cock-knob, foul-mouthing entire nations of people for any / all / no reason.
Atlanta is a unique city in that the police won't stop you unless you are driving near 100 mph. People either drive insanely or incompetently here, there are no rules and personally have had to resort to "Mad Max" style driving maneuvers in order to survive. This is what the future holds for most large cities when law enforcement is disingenuous.
I moved to Marietta 2 months ago and in the first 2 weeks someone totalled my car. Before that I drove all the time in Florida for 6 years with no problem. People here are insane lol.
Are highway speed limits in the US only 55mph? That's just a bit over 90km/h, in Europe the limit is 120/130 and most people still go faster. I know how doing 90 on the highway is (speed limit if you carry a trailer here) and I can't imagine doing that on a car in a country as big as the US, in Europe everything is closer so even though it's unbearable you only have to spend a couple of days to cross the country
@@dwit878 no not at all, speed limits are the maximum speed you're supposed to drive, decide to break the law and go faster get in the left lane or sprout wings and fly.
+Razvan J , It is the same thing. 50MPG vs 30MPG is 5/3 better fuel economy. I can drive 5/3 the distance on a gallon of gas in a 50MPG car than I can in a 30MPG car. it is the same in l% 7.84 is 5/3 larger than 4.7 It takes you 5/3 more fuel to travel the same distance. The fact that you rounded 7.8 to 8 and 4.7 to 6??? and 5/3 to 2, just indicates a failure in your math rather than a deficiency in either system The comparison between 10MPG and 30MPG is also the same. I can go 3 times the distance on a gallon of gas in a 30MPG car than i can in a 10MPG car. That is a huge difference. Your system would tell you the same thing. 23.5 is three times larger than 7.84. It would take you 3 times the fuel to travel the same distance.
Razvan J It doesn't measure distance, it measures fuel consumption. I'm not really getting what you are saying. You get 20 more miles per gallon of fuel with 50 mpg vs 30 mpg. So basically 66.6 repeating percent better fuel economy. So with he same size tank, 66% farther on 1 tank.
Damn. I wish you reviewed the car instead of making of video all about Hypermiling. I hope Adam is happy with the car. 1st Gen Honda Insights are... Unique.
Going by his youtube comments, Adam is happy with his, and I'm happy with mine. Like most cars, it comes down to preferences. If you get a kick out of driving the most highway-efficient (non-plug-in) car ever sold in the U.S. (even these 20 years later), you'll absolutely love it. If you want to transport more than yourself and a passenger, or want to go from 0-60 in 10 seconds, or tow a trailer, then obviously this is not the car to get.
I like how people are bitching at Doug for being in the middle lane. In Atlanta of all places. Literally nobody in Atlanta goes the speed limit, follows any rules, and they all drive like they want you dead.
In Japan Honda Insight was introduced in November 1999, two years after Prius. However, Insight became the first hybrid available in North America in December 1999, followed seven months later by the Toyota Prius.
I feel like killing the engine is cheating. "Yeah, you get amazing gas mileage if you roll it down a hill with the engine off". What's next, shooting a grappling hook at the ass end of a semi trailer and getting drug around? If youre trying to get an accurate reading of your engine's gas consumption, it seems a little unfair to not run the engine at certain times. IMO
Simon48 Simon48 I do get your point but all “the other cars” aren’t killing their engines every time they have a second to spare (not talking about vehicles with start stop technology). My problem is inconsistency. If everyone measured every car that way, fine. But it’s just an unnecessary unreasonable thing to do. If you’re a hyper miler and you’re into doing stuff like that in the daily, fine. But if you’re trying to accurately get a number for consistent fuel consumption, why do something that is inconsistent and takes focus away from the vehicle being driven normally. I’m being nit picky and maybe a little unreasonable, sure. But I like statistics that are easy to understand. And killing an engine is a wildcard that makes it harder to know exactly what the car is capable of on it’s own, without outside or abnormal conditions effecting it. It’s just my own opinion really. It just makes me doubt the data a little more than usual because it’s an unusual variable. Nothing against anyone who uses this method.
It's not cheating. How could it be? You're using an overlooked feature of the car, not a trailer. However, in some places, it's illegal to engine off coast (E.O.C.) It's also not advised for all drivers (especially inexperienced teens, and also people with joint problems who can't turn a steering wheel without power assist.) Plenty of hypermilers will E.O.C., if their car's equipped with a Manual Transmission. (They bump/pop start the engine with the Manual Transmission, to avoid using the starter and battery.)
The hot air intake actually reduces fuel efficiency, for any given rate of acceleration the engine will require higher load to achieve this due to the lower output, resulting in more fuel being injected (due to the higher load). This is tried and tested.
The most common purpose of this on this car is to get the car to operating temp quickly in cold climates. The colder the car runs the worse the MPG. This car will never reach full operating temp if its too cold outside and this hot air intake helps with that.
The hot air intake works if you're in top gear with low load. The engine management will not go below a certain fuel/air mixture, warm air is less dense so less fuel will need to be injected per cycle and the throttle can opened a bit more lowering throttle losses. But it would be more efficient to have a cold air intake and a higher gear to shift to.
You're probably right in stop and go driving situations. Long freeway trips as well as winter driving where the air density is much higher (therefore requiring more fuel to balance out the A/F mixture) a hot air intake made a huge difference (10-20mpg) on my specific application. -Adam from the video ;D
lol Yeah driving for no reason is a waste of gas and polluting unnecessarily but they kind of had a reason at least, to make a semi-informative video... or attempted to anyway.
To be fair some people just like trying to use the least amount of fuel the same reason that people try to reach 100km/h in the least amount of time :)
A hybrid's usefulness depends entirely on the dedication towards efficiency put into the rest of the vehicle. Many/most hybrids available are little more than gimmicks, with the gains seen easily achievable via more conventional means. It's the fact that the Insight was focused on efficiency from the ground up that makes it so good. And also why it didn't sell as well, having only two seats and a relatively low recommended maximum load capacity.
My record on my 2000 Insight was 104 mpg. This was in a completely un-modified original manual Insight traveling from Stuart, FL to Satellite Beach, FL. Average speed was 45 mph (the Insight sweet spot), with no A/C, and about a 10 mph tailwind.
the 2000 honda insight is the best mpg car ever mass produced,a tiny 1.0 ltr 3 cylinder engine with a price tag of $20K when it came out.All aluminum body,and plastic as well.also has a aluminum frame to make it lighter.Total weight is 1600 pounds it pretty quick considering the 67 hp and the 13 hp electric assist.I had mine up tp 92 mph on a flat strech of highway then i got off the gas when i thought about how skinny my tires are.If you inflate the tires to 40-42 psi you get even better mpg.A 10.6 gallon gas tank and I go an average 550-625 miles to that tank.And if the costly battery does fail all you do is shut off the breaker and it still will get 40+ mpg and have time to save for a replacement battery,,which will cost from 2,500-5,000 depending where you get it replaced at,very smart to shop around for that battery,,thx for the video
perry steve The only thing with cutting off the traction battery, is that then the lead acid accessory battery won't charge, unfortunately. BTW if you need a new traction battery, I'd do a lot of research about upgrading your existing one with superior cells or buying one with them so it'll last longer and more capacity. A charger for the battery is good for the health of it so the cells stay equalized because I've heard the car doesn't do so great a job of that.
perry steve I found a replacement battery for $2K from bumblebeebatteries.com for the Honda Insight. Not too bad considering that it should be better than the OEM battery.
Wilbert Cedeño Nice. Wonder why not lithium. The computer needs to be hacked to see the additional capacity of the BumbleBee pack or may it's just plug and play. Enginer may be able to make battery packs for these cars as well.
So many negative comments! I actually found this quite interesting. It'd be cool to get hyper miling tips for short distance, in-town driving, sans hybrid system.
Some other suggestions: Run the tire pressures up to the maximum recommended pressure on the sidewalls of the tires. Have the front end aligned for minimum negative camber, and 0 toe in. (straight up, straight ahead) I would say leave it in 5th gear, and keep following distance, so throttle can be applied as gradually as possible. I've never driven an Insight, with an automatic transmission, so I can't make any recommendations there. (given the choice, I like the 5 speed manual transmission)
We purchased a 2013 Insight EX and our fuel mileage varies between 45-55 mpg on our highways and interstates. We manage that efficiency even with 2 people and all of our luggage in tow. I'm not sure what the EPA was on when the rated this car but we always get mpg's way above our window sticker.
2015 Corolla driver here. Highway fuel consumption is 4.4l/100km to 5.0l/100km depending on weather conditions. That's 47-54mpg in the alien measuring system. (With the stereo and AC on) Also: It's a manual transmission car with just a 1.6l N/A gasoline engine.
The EPA is also saying automatic transmissions are now getting better gas mileage then manual transmissions, but according to most drivers they say the manual gets much better gas mileage typically freeway driving.
If I drive mine normally around London I get 64.5mpg. I did a trip on a highway for 20 miles last week with a 40mph restriction limit and got 97mpg average for the trip. Incredible car!
My record is 72.9 mpg, and that in a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid over 74 miles. It is not that difficult to do, it is just knowing how to not do everything they did in this video.
Back in 2008 I drove all the way from Quebec City to Virginia Beach. Driving in Canada: no problem. Driving passed the border: getting passed by trucks at 140 km/h (87mph). Here in Quebec trucks have a maximum speed of 105 km/h (about 60 miles an hour). Needless to say I was scared as fuck to drive in the United States, nobody, I mean nobody respects the speed limit. Bonus points: there was this pick up truck with rocks in its bed, one flew off the bed, bounced on the highway, destroyed the oil pan on our friend's car leading the way. Almost killed our driver because the rock weighed at least 10 pounds, at 85 mph on the highway it would have went right through the windshield. Seriously american drivers, get your shit together.
+Fake appellation I was driving to VA beach and ran over a 6" (1.8288 m) ladder, just as the car in front of me swerved out the way I seen it, had to straddle it, heard a loud BANG. Pulled off at the next exit, looked under the car, pull out a long piece shaped over the engine cradle in the form of a "U". However when I was in Canada coming back from the "Falls" , I spotted a dead dear on on the road, I got around that one just in time to see the guy in back of me in a Chevy Celebrity hit it square and JUMP his car over it. It all was within 30 seconds, I can rem seeing the transmission oil pan and the deer steamrolling, fur flying and a leg coming off. btw im from Erie PA, we share Lake Erie , and you people drink harder then us.
+ramairgto72 haha lol... crazy shit happen on the road. Im not sure about the drinking thing though, one thing I can say is that ive been sober for 4 years now. Alcohol is the devil!
Fake appellation Congratulations, it is a demon for sure. When I was in the military, we drank quite a bit, however I was a little older then most at the time, 25 vs 18-22 most of them. So I looked out for them. I got hurt in the Army, so did many of my brothers and sisters, I knew if I walked that road...I just might not make it .. you know. Lost quite a few friends in more ways then one because of the bottle. When I was a freshmen in HS on the football team, we traveled to Canada to play your guys, we stayed with the other players, this was a 1-2 week event? back in 1989. First night we went to a place called ZAPS, my first bar. We walked in to see a guy getting carried out by all 4s by bouncers. I was sipping Labatts in one hand and chugging Bud in the other. The guy I was staying with had a scar on his head from a bar fight, had a bottle broken over his head. You guys can start drinking at what 14? The hangover was bad, very bad, but what an amazing time, the next night we were at a house party that got broken up by the cops, we all piled into his car, in the back seat with your cheerleaders, one on my lap 4 more in the back with me. Still rem my right side of my shirt stained with makeup and glitter, and the top of my legs hurting from her boney ass moving around, and trying not to get a hard on and failing at it lol. She had a skirt on, super hot and super flirty, I can still rem her "mound" slipping over my right leg. ................fuck .... getting old sucks..
ramairgto72 The legal age to drink in Canada is 18 years old, but I guess kids will do just about anything to get their hands on alcohol. I started drinking at 18 because I was dead scared of getting drunk. If I remember, I got high for the first time before getting drunk for the first time. Anyways. Getting old doesn't suck. Everybody gets old. Let me put it that way: I'm 26 in 4 days, and I don't miss one bit being hangover. Getting wasted just to feel accepted. Getting so drunk, you wake up in the morning with puke next to your bed. When you wake up still drunk, but it takes an hour before you realize your breath smells like shit and that you're still drunk as fuck. Drunks think they're cool, but in my book they're pathetic people that need help and love. I'm not a drunk anymore but I'm glad I've went through this shit because I wouldn't be where I am right now. Potheads aren't any cooler than drunks.
+GT6SuzukaTimeTrials Well, technically, it's not on the market anymore. And they now sell Porsche 918 Spyders, McLaren P1's and LaFerraris. But the Insight Mk1 is still great.
@@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials No _car_, hybrid or not, ever sold in the U.S. gets as good highway efficiency as the first-gen Insight, even these 20 years later. (Exception being plug-in hybrids and electrics, but it's apples and oranges comparing MPG with MPGe).
Gas pumps won't give you an accurate reading on mpg, especially when it's hot outside. Pumps sometimes shut off early from gasoline vapor in the tank (from hot weather.) So, you might not have started with a completely full tank
Fill-up errors will happen even under ideal conditions, especially when not filling up at the same exact pump, and are only exacerbated by shorter distances/partial fill-ups. The Insight's fuel tracking is quite consistent, and not more than a couple percent off.
+Axel Trainwagon i agree. right lane is for slow poke. if u in california and drive slow in middle lane, cop can pull u over and give u a ticket for blocking traffic.
+vi0007 you shouldn't drive in the right lane unless you're exiting or merging. just like you shouldn't be in the left lane unless you're passing or exiting left.
+Axel Trainwagon FedEx taught this practice when I drove for them and made a lot of sense to me. It was taught that if you had more than a few miles to go, you should be in the center lane to avoid interactions with merging traffic and not having to switch multiple lanes multiple times which severely increase risk in big rigs and delivery trucks. If your not passing and not exiting you should be in the center lane.
I love the idea of this car, super efficient transportation... This 2seater car isn't suitable for most households, but it'd be cool if Honda brought back a larger one of these old insights
Problem is, if you increase the seating and weight capacity, it'll reduce the efficiency. Especially because impatient drivers will want a more powerful engine, which will further reduce efficiency.
Therefore, with that logic, you are suggesting to not buy any car older than 2006 because it would be difficult finding parts. The last honda insight model was discontinued in 2014...
I'm not sure what you expect. It's my first car and I have a small pocket of change to spend. Of course the car I'm going to buy is going to be dated. There is no way it won't be.
Priuses are complete shit. Never recommend some one to make a horrible financial and life decision again. Those life sucking pieces of crap are way over priced and don't even get that great of gas mileage compared to other fuel efficient cars. The Insight obliterates the shit can Prius for MPG and also looks much better.
I-285 is a loop around Atlanta. The "speed limit" is 55 MPH, but the actual speed ranges from "giant parking lot" to about 80. When I drive through Atlanta, I usually drive through downtown rather than around the loop, but nobody is driving the speed limit, and it feels unsafe to me to slow down to the speed limit.
I always liked those for bringing back the design elements of the second gen CRX (I had owned an '88)--especially the little vertical tinted rear window, which had been inspired by the lamborghini espada.
@@bradleygaskin9653 what mpg does the versa get? 3 months ago I got a 04 Chevy impala, getting 22 mpg combined and not liking it lol. I went from a car that got 33 mpg so that could be why
If the speed limit is 55, go 55. It it's 60, go 60. People doesn't get it? The amount of time saved by doing faster is negligible when compared to the increased expense and risk.
SalveMonesvol you can usually go 5-10 mph over before actually "breaking the law". Most cops (at least here in Ohio) don't care until it is 15mph over the limit, it still makes a difference.
@@theneil007 First-gen Insight can spin its wheels from a stop in first gear too. :) ...The tires are so thin and it's so light, plus that integrated electric assist actually gives a decent amount of torque.
It depends on many factors of the car, on top of wind resistance, like transmission and differential gearing, tire size, engine power band (where the HP and TQ peaks are) and then aerodynamics. These are what are most significant to what speed you get the best MPG at in your vehicle. What may work great for you in your vehicle won't work for someone else because they are in the top of 2nd gear to reach 45 and 3rd gear bogs you down too much. There's all kinds of factors that all work with each other and contribute to peak MPG.
The Fat Turtle that's very true what you said but on both of my cars I achieve best mileage at 35mph one gives my 75mpg and the other one around 55mpg. One a Prius the other a corolla. But I guess almost every vehicle gets their best mpg around 30 to 45 mph. The others things that also effect mpgs are terrain and cars extra weight. I have also heard dry vs humid air give different results and also elevations also .
I thought the hot air intake was a common thing: my 1986 Accord has one too. A vacuum-operated door in the air intake pipe (feeding the air filter) switches between cold outside air or hot air from the exhaust manifold - or a mixture of both. I've thought it helps the engine get up to working temperature quicker (in a cold climate), and that it reduces emissions on a cold engine.
When the car is in neutral the engine is consuming fuel to keep itself running, essentially the engine is at idle while you coast. It is more efficient to leave the car in gear while coasting.
It is also incredibly dangerous to switch the engine off while coasting - your brake booster and power steering will no longer function and you won't be able to stop or swerve to avoid an accident because you will need to employ much more brake pedal or steering effort than you're accustomed to.
40 miles is way too little. Gas pumps are more accurate than the gastank float but I'd still say they're ~0.5 gallons off depending on the pump and how you're parked. To offset that error, you have to pump a lot of fuel - a darn slight more than 1.3 gallons.
It's still the most highway-efficient non-plug-in car ever sold in the U.S., 20 years after its release! It's got an all-aluminum chassis, and the body panels are aluminum or plastic! It's got a 1-liter 3-cylinder engine with an electric assist built right into the engine block, making ~67 horsepower out of the ICE and another ~10 or so out of the electric! It uses NiMH batteries for its Integrated Motor Assist battery pack, which it keeps between 20% and 80% charge to prolong battery life! It's got fully electric power steering! It's got a drag coefficient of 0.24! It's got an aluminum engine block, and parts of the suspension are aluminum! The 165/65R14 tires are specially made for this car, which makes them annoyingly expensive! The road noise is annoyingly loud! The seating position is really low, but once you're sitting in it it's actually quite comfortable! It's got digital climate control, and optional air conditioning! Unlike the Prius which uses electric primarily, the first-gen Insight uses the gas engine first, which is one of the reasons why it's better cruising on the highway and the Prius is better in the city! The manual weighs under 1,900 pounds! The CVT weighs under 2,000 pounds! Only 14,000 of them were sold worldwide over 7 years! Compare this to the Accord, which sells more than that on a bad month in North America alone! Adjusting for inflation, they'd be about US$31,000 new in 2020! And Honda still took a loss at their MSRP! The car has a 'lean burn' mode; it collects the resulting nitrous oxides in a second catalytic converter, and then periodically burns them off with a slightly higher than stoich mixture, thereby _actually_ adhering to emissions requirements instead of cheating them, while still improving efficiency! Also it's my dream car! And I own one and I love it! Can you tell I'm enthusiastic about this car!
It’s because the on ramps merge into the right lane, and they would have to yield to traffic merging on by slowing down and speeding up, thus decreasing gas mileage.
***** if the down hill is steep enough or you're trying to drop speed, coasting in gear (in any remotely modern efi vehicle) is better because the injectors get completely shut off since the computer knows that the motion of the car is keeping the engine spinning.
Say what you want, but this Insight was an intriguing car! I'm sure it would work as a second car (or a third!) but you won't go super far on a tank with this one, newer hybrids are a millions times better now, thanks for the little review, Doug!
I once was helped by a rural route mail carrier who is driving a modified insight that she had given a warm air intake. She claimed that she'd gotten well better than a hundred miles per gallon and I believed her but I think she was driving pretty slowly to do it. at the time I was single and was really kicking myself for not finding her because she seemed like a really fascinating girl.
No... Diesel engines use it but for a different reason, the Hot air is less dense and instead of burning more fuel and air you take up some of the volume of the cylinder with USED gas and then add a small amount of air and petrol to keep the same speed without burning more fuel.
Some cars come from factory with a loop back system and a ECU which knows that some exhaust is looped back in to the cylinder. Now on this video, they just force feeded smoke into intake, messed up the ECU''s calculations and made the car have bad burn cycles -> more burn cycles needed for car to move -> more fuel consumption.
Actually, if this works the way it's claimed, it should decrease fuel consumption. The MAF adjusts fuel injection to match the amount of air flow. If the air is hotter, it will inject less fuel. Whether this actually increases fuel economy over cold air and less throttle is hard to say, but based on my experience with cars without A/C, the efficiency gains might be worth the effort. It is not looping the exhaust through again as one commenter believes. It is simply using the hot catalytic converter to pre-warm intake air.
It works by reducing pumping losses. Low density air at wide open throttle results in no engine braking. Dense air at partial throttle means the engine has to pull more vacuum. And you're right, this isn't EGR, it's just heated air.
Fuel cutoff still leads to losses from engine friction. Not saying coasting in neutral with the engine off is safe, or legal, but it is the most efficient. And warm air intake does improve efficiency for gasoline engines; reduces pumping losses past the throttle plate and improves vaporization of fuel. Drawback is it's the opposite of a cold-air intake; reduces available power.
In Toronto Canada the speed limit is 100km/h on the highway and when you drive 130km/h people still fly past you like darts. Trucks drive in the left lane going like 135km/h and every one swerves around you. It's literally scary to drive the actual speed limit.
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I'm going to go over the quirks, and features of old MultiMedia Technology. It was truly awful, by today's standards, and today... I'm going to show you WHY.
And before he become a smart arse.
@@DJBoyToy And then i'm going to give him a Doug score
@@OffGridInvestor lemme guess, you got offended by all of his "Bet you don't have this in your honda..." Jokes?
The hotter the air it intakes the better the gas mileage so if you overheat the car you get infinite mpg
If you can blow up the engine, the car starts flying
If you heat it with a blowtorch its getting real efficient
The Wild Dinkus! Keep in mind the hot air is entered into the combustion chamber which will get even hotter than the temperature the hot air came in at so tbh it don’t even matter unless the air is so hot off the catalytic converter it starts to get hotter than the combustion temperatures inside the actual engine. Now the engine has coolant running all throughout it to keep it below melting temps. So you’re a dumbass.
@@savagecomments9195 you're a dumbass for calling a person who made a joke a dumbass.
Tehnically you do but you dont move at all
Remember this is the guy that reviewed a McLaren senna
Just as ugly in my opinion
@@diido-swagins687 and exactly what cars do you consider "pretty" then lol
@@BoostedAkatsukiRiffs every other McLaren. McLaren senna looks like a hot wheel car to me, looks very cheap and onstylish to me🤷♂️
@@diido-swagins687 well they make them appeal to billionaires and people who want to be over the top. I agree tho, I think the 720s is their best looking model
@T SERIES SUCKS are you handicapt? I just gave my opinion on the looks.
Should've dumped his buddy. Assume he's 170 lbs and that's almost 10% of the weight of the car.
+Michael Cohen I like the way you think ;)
lmao I agree. Competition is competition.
+Michael Cohen Also should have driven with a near empty tank... also should have done the test in a non-traffic hour, etc etc etc
they weigh over 2500lbs lol
Michael Cohen , stop justifying for your stupid car
Wow its feel so different to watch his video in 2014 and 2019.
2020 actually
Well was he in 2020 7 months ago...
Lolol its so sped up. What a quirk!
@@bryantownsend2619 2021 actually
@@dittos7558 imagine watching it in late 2024
I gotta admit. Even though this thing has that drab 90s curvy design to it, *_that dashboard looks like it came straight out of an 80s Star Trek film._*
*_And that's AWESOME._*
It's really awesome. I've seen some futuristic dashboards from other cars that don't stand the test of time, but I have a first-gen Insight, and the dash still looks incredible.
And the curvy design is purely form following function. Sharp edges make for worse aero almost everywhere (except the trailing edge of the car where the airflow separates from the body). The teardrop shape is close to ideal for reducing drag.
So did the Ford Escort in a particular trim.
Dashboard look similar to my 2016 Kia Soul is my 2016 Kia Soul old fashioned?
Hey! You are the Guy who made ytpmv's it is nice to see you in here
cars from the 2010s are drab
Still the most fuel efficient hybrid ever made! Which is why I'm still driving one. 392k miles lifetime FE 57.3 mpg
Clint Smitheman rather just get a Ford Focus or fiesta and have more comfort getting 40 mpg
@@USA____ it's actually really comfortable. Since it's a 2 seater you don't have to worry about rear leg room.
You've wasted your drivers license buddy
I wish I would have bought one when these first came out...
Biel Mèlich Artés I’m just saying that the focus would be a better option than this small shit car
4 years ago doug looked like the tallest guy in your high school class
True
ъеъ
Now he looks like the tallest high school teacher
3:25 imagine going 188mph in a honda insight
Oh god oh fuck
Scary
I have gone 96 in a Honda Insight, it was louder inside than a plane taking off. The road noise is deafening.
and 1888 mpg
Didn’t the Hondata Insight hit 188 before crashing at Bonneville?
My step mom told me when i was little that the insight was a car made specificly for little people i was convinced of this until i was 10 and saw a normal height person get out of one
You make me feel old.
Maybe they stole it....
Did he get out of it and say "Do you find something comical about my appearance while I'm driving my automobile?"
@@grahamlive everyone deserves to drive an automobile. Even the very tall.
😭😂😭😂
2:02 doug: unfortunately there were some side affects. Also Doug:👁👅👁
try only having 1 person in the car.
+Coby Boeder lol exactly
It would be even better if no one ever drove this car ever again
Ryan Shea , this car is actually amazing. It beats a prius mileage wise hands down
Coby Boeder is
That's probably how the owner got his best mpg result (driving alone), I wondered right from the start how the heck he thought they would get better mpg with 2 people rather than 1.
You may not have gotten flipped off as much if you would’ve stayed in the right lane instead of clogging up the middle lane.
Still never an excuse for those ass stains to pass on the right.
If Doug gets to Germany once he'll get ripped to pieces.
The problem with the right lane is that merging cars will cause you to have to frequently change speed, which reduces fuel economy.
Someone pnce told me that the right lane was for trucks and heavier vehicles, and now Im wondering if thats wrong..
@@mr.grenade9497 The way it is supposed to work is that you always stay to the right. Ideally, you should never cruise in the fast or middle lane. This works best in less traffic, and especially on a two lane highway. You always stay in the right lane, until you come up to a car you want to pass. You merge left, get passed that car, and merge back right. For middle lanes, you should only stay there if you are going a decent speed. In this video, Doug is doing 5 over, and you can see that the blue Jeep in the slow lane behind him was doing a similar speed. In this case, he is the slowest on the highway, so he needs to be in the rightmost lane. The people here doing 10-15 over would stay in the middle lane. Anyone going even faster than that should be in the left lane then. Our highway system is similar to the German Autobahn in principle, but it is not actually followed through by most people, I expect mostly since you can get your license without ever learning how the highway system is supposed to work.
1:49 Proof that people trashed the E46
That's an E36, still though. Poor beauty was ruined!
@@zekion. Its an e46, go get some glasses
oh lord...
But why is he driving in the middle lane, when he is trying to go slow?
he wasn't even going slow, he was driving slightly above the legal limit, but he should have stayed in lane 1 to avoid pissing other drivers off.
he was going 5mph OVER THE LIMIT. did you even listen? many cars actually take MORE FUEL going slower. it's to do with the gearing ratio to the engine RPM.
Link Knight I just mean, if you still are the slowest on the highway despite going 5 over the limit, why not drive on the right lane? Maybe he did it for drama.
You should always keep right, unless overtaking. Regardless of what speed you're doing. There is almost always someone going faster than you. Just keep right, when you can, and you'll be fine. (You'll even get a ticket for not doing so where I live.)
3rd lane over is merging lane according to certain state laws. I think florida has such laws.
For those of you who don't know 285, that is the loop around Atlanta. I drive a truck for a living and traffic there is comparable to LA. Atlanta is a BIG city if you've never been there before. If he is doing 5 over the speed limit, he's really not doing anything wrong. It's not his fault everyone wants to fly at 75 or 80. I cant blame him for not wanting to stay in the right lane because there is an exit every mile nearly and people don't know anywhere in this country how to properly merge onto or off a highway. Is it safer to go with the flow of traffic? Yes, is that how the law is written? No especially now that they have those electronic speed limit signs they can change at a moments notice, yeah talk about speed trap waiting to happen. Lol people are just assholes here that's why when they're going 80, know the speed limit is 60, and yet get mad cause they get stuck behind someone who's doing 5 over, just cause they won't get with it and speed like everyone else does.
Atlanta is a lot bigger than people think. il doesn't it have like busiest airport in the country now?
+Randy Farrell
THis happened to me on my way to work this morning. Hours changed, now I'm commuting in rush hour. People fly by at 85-90 in a 60. I was going 75, getting passed left and right. It may be good to raise the speed limit on this road.
+Randy Farrell I was doing 80 in Mobile, AL one time and got pulled over....the only reason I got pulled over is b/c I was the one slowing down traffic....at 80 MPH....
+Randy Farrell I take 285 all the time and the speed limit is 65 but it may as well be 90 because that's how fast everyone travels
+Randy Farrell "everyone wants to fly at 75 or 80". maybe it's not the people who are wrong, but the state legislators who've set the limit TOO LOW? obviously all those drivers didn't die that day (which is the mantra of those who espouse lower limits)
Imagine flipping someone off for going the speed limit
Imagine being flipped off by other drivers because you're holding up traffic and you still fail to move over.
Marty Harless They’re clearly in the right lane
@@slowcarguy4808 , apparently you need a new prescription for your glasses.
Marty Harless You know that 2 iq insult only works if the person you’re talking to actually has glasses right?
@@slowcarguy4808 or needs them
Hypermiling is awesome! I just ran a test in my Ram 2500 and managed 20.8 MPG actual out of a truck that's only supposed to get 18. You really do start to think differently on the highway. Patience is key.
What kind of mpg do you get when your Ram 2500 is running over the top of 59mph Honda Insights? ;-)
It's too bad they stoppped making these. And then confused the hell out of everyone by recycling the name on a completely different car.
What are you talking about? The insight is exactly the same. It's still a hybrid... Eh eh....
Just kidding. Please don't kill me.
+Marcello Penk-Masucci *loads up*
HunterShows and once again the insight is getting a new identity with its 2019 model
I was also extremely disappointed by the CRZ. I was hoping we'd get CRX HF levels of efficiency dedication in at least one trim level, but nope.
They were built alongside the Honda NSX by NSX workers in small batches, they were sold at a significant loss per unit, in the past Honda have sponsored such loss making projects on the grounds of boosting innovative thinking and morale of their engineers and employees, eg the NR500 oval piston GP racer.
Been here since 2013, man you grew. You deserve it.
I would take a Insight over a Prius, because the Insight is a manual.
And looks better, too.
Abe Markillie also because it's not a Prius
The insight is also definitely far more attractive than a Prius.
Hats off
Screaming Metal Death Trap LLC.
People just buy Tesla now, but you still need Prius?
Why the weird old transport truck picture? Truck guy?
I don't understand why people flip other people off when they pass. If you're a left lane bandit doing five below the speed limit, then by all means, raise the middle fingers, but if you're going five over in the center lane, there's no need for that.
Peter I should have been clearer, sorry. What I meant was that if you're going above the speed limit in the middle lane (just as fast as if not even faster than other drivers), you should not be flipped off by some guy wanting to get around you.
PS: I couldn't agree with you more about American drivers since I myself am a Canadian citizen and agree with you.
Ah yes. I see your point but I will also add that it is within context, because he said in the video that "every" car was passing him so I assume he was the slowest. Its quite dangerous for the slowest driver to just meander along in the middle.
Oddly enough, I am an American but I have lived in England for the past 9 months. The drivers here are more to my liking with regard to roadway etiquette, and they drive a lot faster.
Sorry about me coming off as a bit of a dick earlier. I get your point now.
Peter It's totally okay. this is a youtube comment section. it's amazing we haven't called each other "retarded" or "gay" yet. I haven't done any driving outside of North America except for Germany and Italy. Germany was fantastic. Everyone goes the right speed for the lane they're in, people never cut others off, etc. All in all, everyone is great there. Italy on the other hand... Everyone is awful. It makes Los Angeles traffic look spectacular. It's a real life Mario Kart to put it simply. Lanes don't even exist there. The parkings are merely a suggestion and people just ignore them.
MinnesotaChevy454 they should be in the right lane the slowest lane. The middle lane is intermediate speed and left lane is the fastest lane.
+Pete : If only I were payed $1 (or Euro) for every time some NOT-American jackass pulled out in front of me while pushing big numbers, in the left lane, on an unrestricted portion of the Autobahn....
Strangely enough, many times this happens - said jackass is piloting a vehicle with European, non-German plates. Nevertheless I don’t go around like an arrogant cock-knob, foul-mouthing entire nations of people for any / all / no reason.
me: enters video, ready to say "THISSSS"
doug: "no"
Atlanta is a unique city in that the police won't stop you unless you
are driving near 100 mph. People either drive insanely or incompetently here, there
are no rules and personally have had to resort to "Mad Max" style driving
maneuvers in order to survive. This is what the future holds for most large cities
when law enforcement is disingenuous.
I agree. The loop around the city is fucking insane.
I moved to Marietta 2 months ago and in the first 2 weeks someone totalled my car. Before that I drove all the time in Florida for 6 years with no problem. People here are insane lol.
Greg Savacool People in the Atlanta area
and in most big cities are either incompetent
or don't care. And texting.
... and then you drive on the roads in Washington, D.C....
Heck, driving on I-95 in Miami-Dade county during rush hour is preferable.
I'd rather kill myself than drive near DC/Baltimore again
285 is nuts man. People go 80-85 all day in a 55 mph
keep up
Joes Golden Garage sounds like south Florida to me lol
Not during rush hours lol
How come they don't put up variable speed limits?
The Mush lol they do have variable speed limit signs now but they never exceed 65mph
Everyone knows 55mph speed limit really means 70 or 75
Speed recommendation
Are highway speed limits in the US only 55mph? That's just a bit over 90km/h, in Europe the limit is 120/130 and most people still go faster. I know how doing 90 on the highway is (speed limit if you carry a trailer here) and I can't imagine doing that on a car in a country as big as the US, in Europe everything is closer so even though it's unbearable you only have to spend a couple of days to cross the country
@@jorge8596 intrastate is 55, interstate is 70
@@dwit878 no not at all, speed limits are the maximum speed you're supposed to drive, decide to break the law and go faster get in the left lane or sprout wings and fly.
Oh yeah the freeway I mainly take is usually 70MPH but then it drops to 55 in the major cities, which fuck that bullshit
miles per gallon holy fuck that is some kind of alien language for a metric system user
+Bludclone Sorry, Kilometers per Litre(I even spelt Litre the way you Brits spell it) ;)
+gmansplit we use litres per 100 km
cataxo444 Oh, sorry for my dumb american ignorance :)
+Razvan J , It is the same thing.
50MPG vs 30MPG is 5/3 better fuel economy. I can drive 5/3 the distance on a gallon of gas in a 50MPG car than I can in a 30MPG car.
it is the same in l% 7.84 is 5/3 larger than 4.7 It takes you 5/3 more fuel to travel the same distance.
The fact that you rounded 7.8 to 8 and 4.7 to 6??? and 5/3 to 2, just indicates a failure in your math rather than a deficiency in either system
The comparison between 10MPG and 30MPG is also the same.
I can go 3 times the distance on a gallon of gas in a 30MPG car than i can in a 10MPG car. That is a huge difference.
Your system would tell you the same thing. 23.5 is three times larger than 7.84. It would take you 3 times the fuel to travel the same distance.
Razvan J It doesn't measure distance, it measures fuel consumption. I'm not really getting what you are saying. You get 20 more miles per gallon of fuel with 50 mpg vs 30 mpg. So basically 66.6 repeating percent better fuel economy. So with he same size tank, 66% farther on 1 tank.
Damn. I wish you reviewed the car instead of making of video all about Hypermiling. I hope Adam is happy with the car. 1st Gen Honda Insights are... Unique.
Going by his youtube comments, Adam is happy with his, and I'm happy with mine. Like most cars, it comes down to preferences. If you get a kick out of driving the most highway-efficient (non-plug-in) car ever sold in the U.S. (even these 20 years later), you'll absolutely love it.
If you want to transport more than yourself and a passenger, or want to go from 0-60 in 10 seconds, or tow a trailer, then obviously this is not the car to get.
damn Doug, you've come a long way since 2014.
I like how people are bitching at Doug for being in the middle lane. In Atlanta of all places. Literally nobody in Atlanta goes the speed limit, follows any rules, and they all drive like they want you dead.
Came here to say this lol
In Japan Honda Insight was introduced in November 1999, two years after Prius. However, Insight became the first hybrid available in North America in December 1999, followed seven months later by the Toyota Prius.
Nokturn6 ya
Nokturn6 and 1899 ferdinand Porsche made a hybrid-electric car
Nokturn6 Lohner porsche
I feel like killing the engine is cheating. "Yeah, you get amazing gas mileage if you roll it down a hill with the engine off". What's next, shooting a grappling hook at the ass end of a semi trailer and getting drug around? If youre trying to get an accurate reading of your engine's gas consumption, it seems a little unfair to not run the engine at certain times. IMO
Bit of a slippery slope fallacy
@@BigBinks you could also just let it roll in gear. The wheels are then turning the engine, not combustion.
Why? The speed you get is still from the engine that was previously on and from the downhill road, just like all the other cars
Simon48 Simon48 I do get your point but all “the other cars” aren’t killing their engines every time they have a second to spare (not talking about vehicles with start stop technology). My problem is inconsistency. If everyone measured every car that way, fine. But it’s just an unnecessary unreasonable thing to do. If you’re a hyper miler and you’re into doing stuff like that in the daily, fine. But if you’re trying to accurately get a number for consistent fuel consumption, why do something that is inconsistent and takes focus away from the vehicle being driven normally. I’m being nit picky and maybe a little unreasonable, sure. But I like statistics that are easy to understand. And killing an engine is a wildcard that makes it harder to know exactly what the car is capable of on it’s own, without outside or abnormal conditions effecting it. It’s just my own opinion really. It just makes me doubt the data a little more than usual because it’s an unusual variable. Nothing against anyone who uses this method.
It's not cheating. How could it be? You're using an overlooked feature of the car, not a trailer. However, in some places, it's illegal to engine off coast (E.O.C.) It's also not advised for all drivers (especially inexperienced teens, and also people with joint problems who can't turn a steering wheel without power assist.) Plenty of hypermilers will E.O.C., if their car's equipped with a Manual Transmission. (They bump/pop start the engine with the Manual Transmission, to avoid using the starter and battery.)
The hot air intake actually reduces fuel efficiency, for any given rate of acceleration the engine will require higher load to achieve this due to the lower output, resulting in more fuel being injected (due to the higher load). This is tried and tested.
This
the more you Nodak
The most common purpose of this on this car is to get the car to operating temp quickly in cold climates. The colder the car runs the worse the MPG. This car will never reach full operating temp if its too cold outside and this hot air intake helps with that.
The hot air intake works if you're in top gear with low load. The engine management will not go below a certain fuel/air mixture, warm air is less dense so less fuel will need to be injected per cycle and the throttle can opened a bit more lowering throttle losses.
But it would be more efficient to have a cold air intake and a higher gear to shift to.
You're probably right in stop and go driving situations. Long freeway trips as well as winter driving where the air density is much higher (therefore requiring more fuel to balance out the A/F mixture) a hot air intake made a huge difference (10-20mpg) on my specific application.
-Adam from the video ;D
Driving for no reason while trying to hyper mile. Oh the irony
+Kobi Jenkins The same for people rushing acceleration and getting to the next stop light ;p
lol Yeah driving for no reason is a waste of gas and polluting unnecessarily but they kind of had a reason at least, to make a semi-informative video... or attempted to anyway.
With the air conditioning on lol
To be fair some people just like trying to use the least amount of fuel the same reason that people try to reach 100km/h in the least amount of time :)
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I wouldn't mind Doug still doing a video like this every now and again
This is how you counteract your evil carbon footprint..... drive the only hybrid with a stick.
Big Mike CRZ brah
Big Mike Civic
A hybrid's usefulness depends entirely on the dedication towards efficiency put into the rest of the vehicle. Many/most hybrids available are little more than gimmicks, with the gains seen easily achievable via more conventional means.
It's the fact that the Insight was focused on efficiency from the ground up that makes it so good. And also why it didn't sell as well, having only two seats and a relatively low recommended maximum load capacity.
Looks like a CRX had sex with a Prelude. Kind of cool looking to be honest.
true
my dad has a prelude it's very loud
only the 4ws 1989 prelude is cool
Shyzah True dat.
looks like the crz was based inspired by this car
This is easily the most fun video I've ever seen on this channel.
My record on my 2000 Insight was 104 mpg. This was in a completely un-modified original manual Insight traveling from Stuart, FL to Satellite Beach, FL. Average speed was 45 mph (the Insight sweet spot), with no A/C, and about a 10 mph tailwind.
Lean burn compression ratio kicking in there
If only saving gas money was enough by itself to afford you nice things, sadly the economy ain’t all that
@@Journey_to_who_knowsNixon’s fault.
the 2000 honda insight is the best mpg car ever mass produced,a tiny 1.0 ltr 3 cylinder engine with a price tag of $20K when it came out.All aluminum body,and plastic as well.also has a aluminum frame to make it lighter.Total weight is 1600 pounds it pretty quick considering the 67 hp and the 13 hp electric assist.I had mine up tp 92 mph on a flat strech of highway then i got off the gas when i thought about how skinny my tires are.If you inflate the tires to 40-42 psi you get even better mpg.A 10.6 gallon gas tank and I go an average 550-625 miles to that tank.And if the costly battery does fail all you do is shut off the breaker and it still will get 40+ mpg and have time to save for a replacement battery,,which will cost from 2,500-5,000 depending where you get it replaced at,very smart to shop around for that battery,,thx for the video
perry steve The only thing with cutting off the traction battery, is that then the lead acid accessory battery won't charge, unfortunately.
BTW if you need a new traction battery, I'd do a lot of research about upgrading your existing one with superior cells or buying one with them so it'll last longer and more capacity.
A charger for the battery is good for the health of it so the cells stay equalized because I've heard the car doesn't do so great a job of that.
perry steve I found a replacement battery for $2K from bumblebeebatteries.com for the Honda Insight. Not too bad considering that it should be better than the OEM battery.
Wilbert Cedeño Nice. Wonder why not lithium. The computer needs to be hacked to see the additional capacity of the BumbleBee pack or may it's just plug and play.
Enginer may be able to make battery packs for these cars as well.
danwat1234 As far as I know from reading their website, it is plug-and-play.
danwat1234
I have had a charger for mine here for a year, can't find anyone in my area to install it!
"Hawkins Lab" from stranger things is visible in the background at the beginning of this video! 0:18 seconds.
Aren't they in Atlanta tho
先生CherryPepsi it’s on the campus of Emory university. That’s where they shoot it
Doug the type of guy to dress business on top, fun dad on the bottom
Hahahaaaa
So many negative comments! I actually found this quite interesting. It'd be cool to get hyper miling tips for short distance, in-town driving, sans hybrid system.
Some other suggestions: Run the tire pressures up to the maximum recommended pressure on the sidewalls of the tires. Have the front end aligned for minimum negative camber, and 0 toe in. (straight up, straight ahead) I would say leave it in 5th gear, and keep following distance, so throttle can be applied as gradually as possible. I've never driven an Insight, with an automatic transmission, so I can't make any recommendations there. (given the choice, I like the 5 speed manual transmission)
my ford expedition gets 9 mpg
...And you're proud of that?
@@alfresco4976 he likes to buy gas.its a hobby
Lucky
On an amazing day, I get 14.5
beatersho my pumphrey makes 1 freedom per gallon
We purchased a 2013 Insight EX and our fuel mileage varies between 45-55 mpg on our highways and interstates. We manage that efficiency even with 2 people and all of our luggage in tow. I'm not sure what the EPA was on when the rated this car but we always get mpg's way above our window sticker.
2015 Corolla driver here. Highway fuel consumption is 4.4l/100km to 5.0l/100km depending on weather conditions.
That's 47-54mpg in the alien measuring system. (With the stereo and AC on)
Also: It's a manual transmission car with just a 1.6l N/A gasoline engine.
EPA ratings were recently changed to be more accurate
Except, they're LESS accurate for people who drive conservatively. I almost always get better fuel economy than the old ratings.
Newer honda insights have lower mpg
The EPA is also saying automatic transmissions are now getting better gas mileage then manual transmissions, but according to most drivers they say the manual gets much better gas mileage typically freeway driving.
If I drive mine normally around London I get 64.5mpg. I did a trip on a highway for 20 miles last week with a 40mph restriction limit and got 97mpg average for the trip. Incredible car!
my trans am gets 11 mpg
+Edgar Robles lol
Mine gets 31 mpg HWY (Firehawk 2002)
my gsx gets 22mpg
My '82 LeBARON (as chrysler writes it) gets 30 mpg highway. that's 2 more than EPA estimates. and that's at 70mph
My Jeep gets 8 mpg
My record is 72.9 mpg, and that in a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid over 74 miles. It is not that difficult to do, it is just knowing how to not do everything they did in this video.
I hit a little over 90 mpg city driving in a 2012 Prius C, just have to maintain a speed and let the car do everything lol
I hit 75 mpg before and am regularly going at above 65mpg in my '06 Toyota Aygo. It's pretty small but I'm mostly using it in the city centre
+Leo1239150 my mileage was in WA state and at parts on some very steep and long hills.
+Leo1239150 is it petrol or diesel?
+the subaru guy suspecting a petrol?
i just was about to ask myself how old he was back in that video - maybe around 40, late 30ies? then i figured out - around 27yo. holy crap.
Well don't drive in the middle lane then O_O
Zack He was already speeding. Fuck off.
Avalanche 5mph above is not speeding. You fuck off.
if he drove in the far right slow lane he would have had to deal with merging traffic. which would most likely make him slow down or speed up
How about not crossing the speed limit? It's there for a reason.
Ryan Shea the key word here, is limit. Anything above the speed limit, is considered speeding.
RUclips recommendations be like
2014: nope
2015:no
2016: not now
2017: some more time
2018:a little more time
2019: now !!!
Of course you made other motorists upset as you weren't always in the far right hand lane. If your gonna be hypermiling, stay right lol
Nah he's five over, good enough don't like it left lane, middle lane is for cruising (see driver's manual website).
Texas driving code says vehicles moving slower than surrounding traffic should move to the right lane
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This guy just referenced the driver manuals site. Oof
If I'm not in the fast lane and going 5 over, and you don't like it, you have my permission to suck it.
@@DMBVR4 have fun being ran off the road 😄
Back in 2008 I drove all the way from Quebec City to Virginia Beach. Driving in Canada: no problem. Driving passed the border: getting passed by trucks at 140 km/h (87mph). Here in Quebec trucks have a maximum speed of 105 km/h (about 60 miles an hour). Needless to say I was scared as fuck to drive in the United States, nobody, I mean nobody respects the speed limit.
Bonus points: there was this pick up truck with rocks in its bed, one flew off the bed, bounced on the highway, destroyed the oil pan on our friend's car leading the way. Almost killed our driver because the rock weighed at least 10 pounds, at 85 mph on the highway it would have went right through the windshield. Seriously american drivers, get your shit together.
Not wrong lol not wrong.
+Fake appellation
I was driving to VA beach and ran over a 6" (1.8288 m) ladder, just as the car in front of me swerved out the way I seen it, had to straddle it, heard a loud BANG.
Pulled off at the next exit, looked under the car, pull out a long piece shaped over the engine cradle in the form of a "U".
However when I was in Canada coming back from the "Falls" , I spotted a dead dear on on the road, I got around that one just in time to see the guy in back of me in a Chevy Celebrity hit it square and JUMP his car over it.
It all was within 30 seconds, I can rem seeing the transmission oil pan and the deer steamrolling, fur flying and a leg coming off.
btw im from Erie PA, we share Lake Erie , and you people drink harder then us.
+ramairgto72 haha lol... crazy shit happen on the road. Im not sure about the drinking thing though, one thing I can say is that ive been sober for 4 years now. Alcohol is the devil!
Fake appellation
Congratulations, it is a demon for sure. When I was in the military, we drank quite a bit, however I was a little older then most at the time, 25 vs 18-22 most of them. So I looked out for them.
I got hurt in the Army, so did many of my brothers and sisters, I knew if I walked that road...I just might not make it .. you know.
Lost quite a few friends in more ways then one because of the bottle.
When I was a freshmen in HS on the football team, we traveled to Canada to play your guys, we stayed with the other players, this was a 1-2 week event? back in 1989.
First night we went to a place called ZAPS, my first bar. We walked in to see a guy getting carried out by all 4s by bouncers.
I was sipping Labatts in one hand and chugging Bud in the other.
The guy I was staying with had a scar on his head from a bar fight, had a bottle broken over his head.
You guys can start drinking at what 14?
The hangover was bad, very bad, but what an amazing time, the next night we were at a house party that got broken up by the cops, we all piled into his car, in the back seat with your cheerleaders, one on my lap 4 more in the back with me. Still rem my right side of my shirt stained with makeup and glitter, and the top of my legs hurting from her boney ass moving around, and trying not to get a hard on and failing at it lol.
She had a skirt on, super hot and super flirty, I can still rem her "mound" slipping over my right leg.
................fuck .... getting old sucks..
ramairgto72 The legal age to drink in Canada is 18 years old, but I guess kids will do just about anything to get their hands on alcohol. I started drinking at 18 because I was dead scared of getting drunk. If I remember, I got high for the first time before getting drunk for the first time.
Anyways. Getting old doesn't suck. Everybody gets old. Let me put it that way: I'm 26 in 4 days, and I don't miss one bit being hangover. Getting wasted just to feel accepted. Getting so drunk, you wake up in the morning with puke next to your bed. When you wake up still drunk, but it takes an hour before you realize your breath smells like shit and that you're still drunk as fuck.
Drunks think they're cool, but in my book they're pathetic people that need help and love. I'm not a drunk anymore but I'm glad I've went through this shit because I wouldn't be where I am right now.
Potheads aren't any cooler than drunks.
1:49 exactly, notice the e46 bmw with the Carbon hood and blue rims in the window...
Goodbye 2019 I’m not sure why I ended up here
The original Insight is still the best hybrid on the market, by far.
+GT6SuzukaTimeTrials Well, technically, it's not on the market anymore. And they now sell Porsche 918 Spyders, McLaren P1's and LaFerraris. But the Insight Mk1 is still great.
But no hybrid gives as much mpg as the Mk1 Insight.
GT6SuzukaTimeTrials True. Maybe the new Prius will, however.
GucciArzola sure but you’re still stuck driving a Prius at the end of the day
@@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials No _car_, hybrid or not, ever sold in the U.S. gets as good highway efficiency as the first-gen Insight, even these 20 years later. (Exception being plug-in hybrids and electrics, but it's apples and oranges comparing MPG with MPGe).
Gas pumps won't give you an accurate reading on mpg, especially when it's hot outside. Pumps sometimes shut off early from gasoline vapor in the tank (from hot weather.) So, you might not have started with a completely full tank
Fill-up errors will happen even under ideal conditions, especially when not filling up at the same exact pump, and are only exacerbated by shorter distances/partial fill-ups. The Insight's fuel tracking is quite consistent, and not more than a couple percent off.
So the crx si had a baby with a prius
And a steering wheel of an s2000
More like the CRX HF. :D
it looks like a small pontiac aztek from the outside
And that’s not a compliment
Sandblock Bass Don’t Get me wrong I actually like the Aztek and think it’s a pretty cool car but it certainly was not a looker
Hey I have a 2002 Pontiac Aztec and you need to shut the hell up bitch fatallica
Haha no, the Insight looks way better than the Aztek.
Lyric Nelson Hey the Aztek is a great car. It was just ugly. If Pontiac were to come back I’d love to see it return with a better design
Driving that slow, one should really be all the way to the right
+Axel Trainwagon i agree. right lane is for slow poke. if u in california and drive slow in middle lane, cop can pull u over and give u a ticket for blocking traffic.
+vi0007 you shouldn't drive in the right lane unless you're exiting or merging. just like you shouldn't be in the left lane unless you're passing or exiting left.
+vi0007 Not when you're over the speed limit, fucking degenerate.
+Axel Trainwagon wrong. That's the exit lane.
+Axel Trainwagon
FedEx taught this practice when I drove for them and made a lot of sense to me. It was taught that if you had more than a few miles to go, you should be in the center lane to avoid interactions with merging traffic and not having to switch multiple lanes multiple times which severely increase risk in big rigs and delivery trucks. If your not passing and not exiting you should be in the center lane.
This is the only Doug video I’ve watched that doesn’t start with “THIS”
It's like stumbling across a gamerbro video that isn't kicked off with "WHAT IS UP"
Watch 1:00 closely
THIS is the only Doug video that doesn't start with "this"
I remember the Insight. It remains the coolest and most effective hybrid in my opinion.
I love the idea of this car, super efficient transportation... This 2seater car isn't suitable for most households, but it'd be cool if Honda brought back a larger one of these old insights
Problem is, if you increase the seating and weight capacity, it'll reduce the efficiency. Especially because impatient drivers will want a more powerful engine, which will further reduce efficiency.
I’m impressed with how the car didn’t lose speed when turned off, shows how slippery a shape it is.
Saving up to buy this as my first car.
don't, no parts available and they stopped making it 10 years ago, maybe longer...get a prius
Therefore, with that logic, you are suggesting to not buy any car older than 2006 because it would be difficult finding parts.
The last honda insight model was discontinued in 2014...
I'm not sure what you expect. It's my first car and I have a small pocket of change to spend. Of course the car I'm going to buy is going to be dated. There is no way it won't be.
Arkisys Do it, I still drive my 88 honda and I never have trouble finding parts.
Priuses are complete shit. Never recommend some one to make a horrible financial and life decision again. Those life sucking pieces of crap are way over priced and don't even get that great of gas mileage compared to other fuel efficient cars. The Insight obliterates the shit can Prius for MPG and also looks much better.
I love the wheel cover idea! I would be interested to see what a Nissan 370z would look like with its massive wide body and those wheel covers.
Ew
Like shit. It would look like shit.
Quality content even before the iconic "THISSSSSSS......" I love it.
If you're going slow, get in the right lane.
*left :)
Left? Wut?
superbrutu he's either being sarcastic, or lives in a rhd country like me.
He's not going slow, though.
He’s going over the limit
Why is the speed limit on motorways in america so slow?
50mph on a motorway is ridiculous
+Oliver Rashid Some of them are 70, 75 & 80 outside of urban areas. It depends on where you are. Most are actually 65MPH.
+SeanFromPVD And if you do 85mph people will still pass you and flip you off LOL.
This is actually very true, yes.
I-285 is a loop around Atlanta. The "speed limit" is 55 MPH, but the actual speed ranges from "giant parking lot" to about 80. When I drive through Atlanta, I usually drive through downtown rather than around the loop, but nobody is driving the speed limit, and it feels unsafe to me to slow down to the speed limit.
+Oliver Rashid Here in New England, if there aren't cops around, the speed limits 90-100mph.
I always liked those for bringing back the design elements of the second gen CRX (I had owned an '88)--especially the little vertical tinted rear window, which had been inspired by the lamborghini espada.
My '97 Chevy 1500 gets between 12-14 mpg. I love the vehicle, but damn.
My new fiat gets 50 MPG and its turbo petrol XD Time to buy a new car boys
I feel you, I have an 89 Chevy K 1500. And I only get 15-16mpg
My 91 Chevy 1500 gets the same mpg, but my 2011 Versa makes up for it as my daily.
99 f250 gets 8 mpg. v10 baby.
@@bradleygaskin9653 what mpg does the versa get? 3 months ago I got a 04 Chevy impala, getting 22 mpg combined and not liking it lol. I went from a car that got 33 mpg so that could be why
If the speed limit is 55, go 55. It it's 60, go 60. People doesn't get it? The amount of time saved by doing faster is negligible when compared to the increased expense and risk.
SalveMonesvol you can usually go 5-10 mph over before actually "breaking the law". Most cops (at least here in Ohio) don't care until it is 15mph over the limit, it still makes a difference.
Wow, this popped up on “Up next” after watching a brand new Doug video of the Hummer H1 Alpha. It’s fun seeing old school Doug.
Oh, and my TDI Jetta can do 44 mpg and still do burnouts. (Don’t bring up dieselgate in front of it, it gets angry at you and throws a CEL)
@@theneil007 First-gen Insight can spin its wheels from a stop in first gear too. :) ...The tires are so thin and it's so light, plus that integrated electric assist actually gives a decent amount of torque.
Best milage happens at 40 to 45 mph... usually over 100 mpg. Many times it can reach 125 mpg. Its getting up to speed that hurt mileage.
George Adams I actually think best mpg is obtain at 35mph
It depends on many factors of the car, on top of wind resistance, like transmission and differential gearing, tire size, engine power band (where the HP and TQ peaks are) and then aerodynamics. These are what are most significant to what speed you get the best MPG at in your vehicle. What may work great for you in your vehicle won't work for someone else because they are in the top of 2nd gear to reach 45 and 3rd gear bogs you down too much. There's all kinds of factors that all work with each other and contribute to peak MPG.
The Fat Turtle that's very true what you said but on both of my cars I achieve best mileage at 35mph one gives my 75mpg and the other one around 55mpg. One a Prius the other a corolla. But I guess almost every vehicle gets their best mpg around 30 to 45 mph. The others things that also effect mpgs are terrain and cars extra weight. I have also heard dry vs humid air give different results and also elevations also .
56 is the optimum for mpg
@@23gatesy Source?
I rarely drive over 65 mph so I'm used to everyone flipping me off, honking, and passing aggressively 😂😂😂
So you are the guy holding up all of the traffic
Soooo you commonly impede traffic and cause problems on the public roadways?
I thought the hot air intake was a common thing: my 1986 Accord has one too. A vacuum-operated door in the air intake pipe (feeding the air filter) switches between cold outside air or hot air from the exhaust manifold - or a mixture of both. I've thought it helps the engine get up to working temperature quicker (in a cold climate), and that it reduces emissions on a cold engine.
switching off when coasting shouldn't really help economy at all as the car will probably shut off its fuel injectors when coasting in gear anyway.
But when u put it in neutral...
No it doesnt. It puts it to the minimum but never off. If that would be the case, you wouldnt be able to read any rpm, hence a dead engine
the engine keeps spinning because the car is in gear, you idiot.
When the car is in neutral the engine is consuming fuel to keep itself running, essentially the engine is at idle while you coast. It is more efficient to leave the car in gear while coasting.
It is also incredibly dangerous to switch the engine off while coasting - your brake booster and power steering will no longer function and you won't be able to stop or swerve to avoid an accident because you will need to employ much more brake pedal or steering effort than you're accustomed to.
40 miles is way too little. Gas pumps are more accurate than the gastank float but I'd still say they're ~0.5 gallons off depending on the pump and how you're parked. To offset that error, you have to pump a lot of fuel - a darn slight more than 1.3 gallons.
Well they could have filled it completely up.
Thank you, RUclips Recommendations. This is the Doug that I needed to see in 2021
I lowkey want this as my first car...
One of the coolest Honda's ever imo. Just look at it, how is it possible todays hybrids look so boring and unfuturistic?
Scott Paulson 8th Gen Honda Civic Sedan/Hybrid looks just as good as the 8th gen Civic coupe lol. There’s one of the few
I'm honestly glad to see Doug has a video on this car. I saw this car today and had to know more about it
It's still the most highway-efficient non-plug-in car ever sold in the U.S., 20 years after its release!
It's got an all-aluminum chassis, and the body panels are aluminum or plastic!
It's got a 1-liter 3-cylinder engine with an electric assist built right into the engine block, making ~67 horsepower out of the ICE and another ~10 or so out of the electric!
It uses NiMH batteries for its Integrated Motor Assist battery pack, which it keeps between 20% and 80% charge to prolong battery life!
It's got fully electric power steering!
It's got a drag coefficient of 0.24!
It's got an aluminum engine block, and parts of the suspension are aluminum!
The 165/65R14 tires are specially made for this car, which makes them annoyingly expensive!
The road noise is annoyingly loud!
The seating position is really low, but once you're sitting in it it's actually quite comfortable!
It's got digital climate control, and optional air conditioning!
Unlike the Prius which uses electric primarily, the first-gen Insight uses the gas engine first, which is one of the reasons why it's better cruising on the highway and the Prius is better in the city!
The manual weighs under 1,900 pounds! The CVT weighs under 2,000 pounds!
Only 14,000 of them were sold worldwide over 7 years! Compare this to the Accord, which sells more than that on a bad month in North America alone!
Adjusting for inflation, they'd be about US$31,000 new in 2020! And Honda still took a loss at their MSRP!
The car has a 'lean burn' mode; it collects the resulting nitrous oxides in a second catalytic converter, and then periodically burns them off with a slightly higher than stoich mixture, thereby _actually_ adhering to emissions requirements instead of cheating them, while still improving efficiency!
Also it's my dream car! And I own one and I love it! Can you tell I'm enthusiastic about this car!
285 is the worst place for mpg testing 😂
Yes you get cut off when going slow
Why aren't you in the slow lane?!
That only exists in Germany
Cause it’s america and he was still speeding lol
There's no such thing as a "slow lane" in America.
@@tylercameron757 "slower traffic keep right" its called the right lane dude.
It’s because the on ramps merge into the right lane, and they would have to yield to traffic merging on by slowing down and speeding up, thus decreasing gas mileage.
I love this car!!! I know a guy with one daily driven in Sudbury ON, Canada!
@1:49 check out the bmw in the back with the mint green wheels😂
Yeah people drive shit like that here in Atlanta
It's ugly as hell haha
ugly AF
Pretty sure turning the engine off on the motorway is illegal...? I know it would be here.
SirLoinOfsteak85 Sounds like the most unenforceable "crime" of all time.
brosephjames Generally I'd say yes it is. Unless you do something daft like, say...upload a youtube video of yourself doing it...?
***** if the down hill is steep enough or you're trying to drop speed, coasting in gear (in any remotely modern efi vehicle) is better because the injectors get completely shut off since the computer knows that the motion of the car is keeping the engine spinning.
***** for automatics yes, but manuals don't have fluid pumps.
Everything is illegal. Go turn yourself in.
I like those little Honda insights. Would happily take one.
Snake the JAKE
56 fucking dollars for 14 gallons? thats expensive!
that's be €70/80 in ireland
hugh WTF
Володя Хмарский In 2014 gas costed 4$ pee gallon. Now its like 2.50$
1.) Empty the gas tank
2.) Add 2 gallons of fuel
3.) Drive until the car cuts off
4.) Divide the number of miles traveled by 2
5.) damage your car because of fuel pump failure
Olafreese 6.) replace fuel pump with money you saved on gas
@@olafreese7339 modern cars dont use fuel pumps
Combustion69 lol every car with a gas or Diesel engine that I’ve ever repaired has a fuel pump. Think about it, genius.
Preston miller Modern cara use gravity assist you numbnut
Say what you want, but this Insight was an intriguing car! I'm sure it would work as a second car (or a third!) but you won't go super far on a tank with this one, newer hybrids are a millions times better now, thanks for the little review, Doug!
Ahhh the good old days back when Doug still used a butt plug as a mic lmao
And my E39 M5 gets 10 MPG and i don't give a fuck
Dont you want to stock up on acorns for winter. You dont want to be a burden when your old
Gary Behling Something that is many times considered as the best fast saloon on earth (even by Doug himself).
I once was helped by a rural route mail carrier who is driving a modified insight that she had given a warm air intake. She claimed that she'd gotten well better than a hundred miles per gallon and I believed her but I think she was driving pretty slowly to do it. at the time I was single and was really kicking myself for not finding her because she seemed like a really fascinating girl.
FERRARI VS HONDA INSIGHT COMPARISON
that's a video he would make
Honda insight no contest
Insight all the way lol
Turing the engine off downhill? WTF?!? Ever heard of fuel cutoff? The hotair intake is also copmplete nosense...
No... Diesel engines use it but for a different reason, the Hot air is less dense and instead of burning more fuel and air you take up some of the volume of the cylinder with USED gas and then add a small amount of air and petrol to keep the same speed without burning more fuel.
Some cars come from factory with a loop back system and a ECU which knows that some exhaust is looped back in to the cylinder. Now on this video, they just force feeded smoke into intake, messed up the ECU''s calculations and made the car have bad burn cycles -> more burn cycles needed for car to move -> more fuel consumption.
Actually, if this works the way it's claimed, it should decrease fuel consumption. The MAF adjusts fuel injection to match the amount of air flow. If the air is hotter, it will inject less fuel. Whether this actually increases fuel economy over cold air and less throttle is hard to say, but based on my experience with cars without A/C, the efficiency gains might be worth the effort.
It is not looping the exhaust through again as one commenter believes. It is simply using the hot catalytic converter to pre-warm intake air.
It works by reducing pumping losses. Low density air at wide open throttle results in no engine braking. Dense air at partial throttle means the engine has to pull more vacuum. And you're right, this isn't EGR, it's just heated air.
Fuel cutoff still leads to losses from engine friction. Not saying coasting in neutral with the engine off is safe, or legal, but it is the most efficient. And warm air intake does improve efficiency for gasoline engines; reduces pumping losses past the throttle plate and improves vaporization of fuel. Drawback is it's the opposite of a cold-air intake; reduces available power.
I love dougs older videos, pure gold
In Toronto Canada the speed limit is 100km/h on the highway and when you drive 130km/h people still fly past you like darts. Trucks drive in the left lane going like 135km/h and every one swerves around you. It's literally scary to drive the actual speed limit.
Evan Dickson, that is where I am from.
that's incredible in Australia that is almost lose your car speeds
I lived there but never really noticed that. But ur prolly right
Yep. But I still do it unless it's congested; then I stay with traffic. (Besides, if it's congested speeding, you automatically get free drafting :D )