2001 Honda Insight - $5,995 (Vancouver)

Overall this car is in very good condition for being 25 years old 5 speed Highly desirable for maximizing mpg. Lifetime mpg is currently at 58.5. Still gets 55 to 60mpg around town and 70mpg at 65mph on the highway, and will do much better when you focus on hypermiling. Winter driving will be around 5mpg less overall. This car is on it’s 2nd factory Honda IMA battery which is still functioning although showing it’s age. It occasionally trips the IMA system necessitating a reset and grid charge, which restores good functionality. I recently retired and no longer drive the car much anymore (reason for selling) so it’s difficult to estimate currently how long or how may miles between needing another grid charge. Before I retired I was commuting around 20 miles per day (in town) and I would grid charge about every 4 months. But these batteries don’t like to sit around not being used so even though I rarely drive it anymore I find charging it every few months to still be needed. Nevertheless, while the battery is still functional, different driving conditions and driving styles will likely have a different effect on the battery state of charge and a new buyer should plan on replacing the IMA battery sometime in the near future. A Hybrid Automotive Grid Charger along with a battery discharge/reconditioning load system is included. Being in overall very good condition, this car is an excellent candidate for a Lithium battery upgrade. If you’re unaware of what these are and how they can significantly improve performance as well as its already fantastic gas mileage you need to look into it. Check out Insightcentral.net forums. If you’re a techno geek you may find it very enlightening. Everything works in the car.. lights, gauges, buttons, radio, seats, windows, locks, a/c blows ice cold Sony CD/stereo with Bluetooth and 4 speakers The trip reset buttons have been replaced, as this is an issue with these cars. Tires: This car retains the highly regarded, stock style, Bridgestone Potenza RE 92 Which yield the best mpgs. Tire Date codes: CDK3620. 6/32nds depth measurement: .. so aprox. 50% left. Transmission works great, no sign of worn synchro’s. The transmission has had the input shaft and main bearings replaced. Clutch has been replaced New front rotors and pads installed 7/2025 QAZ Adjustable rear shocks and upgraded rear springs. The car doesn’t drip any oil and has never consumed any oil between oil/filter changes which have been performed regularly approximately every 3,500 miles. This car has the IMA/Regen Mod. Which allows you too manually take control the battery Regen mode which can help increase battery charging as well as MPG by adding a little human intervention to the limited IMA battery programing. One of my better commutes was (114mpg over 8.3 mi.) from downtown Portland on a warm evening, over mainly flat driving. Typical would be 55-65mpg with normal driving during heavy traffic. I’m the third owner and have owned it since 2010 and have maintained it myself, following the Honda Maintenance Schedule, and replacing the Mobil One 0w-20 synthetic oil and Honda filter approximately every 3.5k miles. This car has proven to be very dependable and extremely economical. Never needing any professional troubleshooting or repairs. With the assistance of the Insight Central Forums I’ve been able to figure out and perform all repairs myself and would expect most other home repair car people could continue to do the same. Spark plugs were replaced with the proper plugs around 100K Valve clearances checked/no adjustments needed at around 100k Fomoto oil drain valve installed to make oil changes quick and easy The Gen 1 Insight is truly a unique vehicle, outstanding engineering, assembled on the same low volume, specialized, high quality assembly line that Honda’s halo car the Acura NSX was assembled on. (As was Honda’s highly respected S2000 sports car too). One of the lowest drag-coefficients (0.25cd) of any mass produced car. Needless to say these cars were engineered and built to very high build qualities. Honda went all out to prove that they can design and manufacture the most fuel efficient car of it’s age. It’s a title it held for over 15 years! And is still one of the most gas efficient non-plug-in vehicles available to this day. These cars are known for frequently going to 250k and more. This car is in excellent condition with many more years and miles left in it. If you drive a personal car for work and are reimbursed for mileage, this car will pay you back in dividends with every fill up. Think about it, Honda dependability, very low overall purchase price, extremely low maintenance costs and unheard of daily operating/mileage costs. Example: Drive 400 mi. @ 70mpg, 400/70=5.7gal consumed. 5.7x$3.5/gal=$20 gas cost 400x $0.75/mi (IRS reimbursement rate) =$300 reimbursement for $20 of gas cost! What would be ideal is for it to receive a lithium battery upgrade which will allow it to significantly improve its performance and already outstanding mpg. Interior is in overall good condition except for some wear on the drivers seat side bolster and the drivers side carpet is also worn, but covered with mats so it’s not noticeable. The paint on old Hondas can be an issue, as many now have failing clear coats. The clear coat on the roof of this car was failing and was recently sanded down to remove the failed clear coat and has been re-clear coated with 2K catalyst paint which should last for many more years. The rest of the paint is in fairly good condition except for some slight paint failure at the very rear edge of the engine hood, which has been resealed with primer and touch up paint. Otherwise only rock pitting on hood and one small area of touch-up paint. The car has no significant dings or dents, and only few light scratches. Headlight bezels recently resurfaced.