I bought my 2001 Insight in August 2004, to replace my 1991 Honda Civic CRX. The little CRX usually got about 40-45 MPG, and even though gas didn't cost all that much (comparatively), I just couldn't see getting a car with worse MPG.
At first, I got a few snickers around town (I live in a pretty rural part of Maine). Some folks said the car looked like a spaceship. Others said it looked like a suppository.
But now? With gas prices being what they are, no one says anything about the look anymore. I even had some young kid driving a jacked-up pickup with a sideways baseball cap lean out of his window at a stop sign last week and ask me what kind of mileage I got. When I told him about 60 MPG, he gave me a goofy grin and a double thumps-up, then said, "cool!" just before he roared off.
I hope Rita peters out for you, but if not, I hope you stay safe and come through it well.
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I bought my 2001 Insight in August 2004, to replace my 1991 Honda Civic CRX. The little CRX usually got about 40-45 MPG, and even though gas didn't cost all that much (comparatively), I just couldn't see getting a car with worse MPG.
At first, I got a few snickers around town (I live in a pretty rural part of Maine). Some folks said the car looked like a spaceship. Others said it looked like a suppository.
But now? With gas prices being what they are, no one says anything about the look anymore. I even had some young kid driving a jacked-up pickup with a sideways baseball cap lean out of his window at a stop sign last week and ask me what kind of mileage I got. When I told him about 60 MPG, he gave me a goofy grin and a double thumps-up, then said, "cool!" just before he roared off.
I hope Rita peters out for you, but if not, I hope you stay safe and come through it well.