[tightywhitey]

Tightywhitey from New Orleans. Bought my first hybrid car today. Been daily driving V8 tundras for 10 years. This car is small. Look forward to learning and driving this car.

 

[andrew28]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your new Insight! What made you decide on the Insight? Seems like a big leap from a truck to a hybrid sedan. :wink:

 

[hasarad]

Wow. Going from a V8 Tundra to an Insight means your fuel savings might just cover your car payments! Congratulations on your new Insight!

 

[tightywhitey]

The truck is still in the driveway. I’m to insecure to give up the truck.:grin: My commute is about 75 miles a day. I wanted a commuter car to save the wear and tear on my truck. I live in New Orleans where it floods when it rains...can’t give up the truck. The Insight, however, is a comfortable little car. It’s my little sports car.

 

[mgldan]

Welcome to the forum! I drive maybe 60 miles each day to-and-from work. With the warmer weather and great discussions we've had on this forum, I've gotten my Touring up to 55 MPG on its current tank. That's with a hilly commute and a net elevation change of 100 feet!

Looking forward to gaining from your experiences.

 

[insightfully]

The truck is still in the driveway. I’m to insecure to give up the truck.:grin: My commute is about 75 miles a day. I wanted a commuter car to save the wear and tear on my truck. I live in New Orleans where it floods when it rains...can’t give up the truck. The Insight, however, is a comfortable little car. It’s my little sports car.

With your long experience with Toyota and their long(er) reputation of hybrids, what features/aspects drew you over most to Honda and the Insight? How has mpg compared on your commute so far?

 

[tightywhitey]

With your long experience with Toyota and their long(er) reputation of hybrids, what features/aspects drew you over most to Honda and the Insight? How has mpg compared on your commute so far?

The Prius is not an attractive car. The Insight is sexy. Today will be my first commute in the car. I went to the gym this morning. The display was showing 53.3 mpg’s.

 

[insightfully]

The Prius is not an attractive car. The Insight is sexy. Today will be my first commute in the car. I went to the gym this morning. The display was showing 53.3 mpg’s.

Ha, agree on Insight vs Prius. Form is a strong driver over function.

Given Toyota's long history of reliability (and Honda's drop in ratings for the past 3-5 years), I tried REALLY hard to find a Toyota I liked. From a pure-data / research standpoint, I selected a 2019 Toyota Camry (non-hybrid, redesigned, first model year) but the actual car drove really poorly with shaky/stuttering engine response. The sales person said the car would "learn my driving patterns over time" which I found laughable.

I reverted back to tried/true Honda's instead, hoping their new reliability results will correct the past few years of reported issues. Hybrids weren't on my radar at all, but I 'found' the Insight seeing it slotted between the Civics and Accords.

 

[tightywhitey]

On of my coworkers has a hybrid Camry and gets low 40’s mpg. The price and low mpgs steered me away way from the Camry.