2000 Honda Insight

Hatchback

1.0L

Manual

JHMZE135XYT005561

Clear

Hybrid-Electric

Are you making a long commute? Tired of record high gas prices? This little car is for you. This is a 2000 Honda Insight gasoline / electric hybrid with a 5spd manual transmission. The 5 spd is very desirable with the hyper miler crowd, you can squeeze out the most MPG's with the 5spd and the correct driving technique. This car can easily achieve 60+MPG!!!! I personally average mid 50's but I do all my driving in town, short trips. The car is super clean, interior is very clean with only slight wear showing on the drivers seat. It has 192k miles on it. This car has been well maintained, brakes are like new, tires are like new, clutch feels great and the transmission shifts smooth with no issues (lots of these have transmission issues, but not this one). It also has power windows and door locks with remote keyless entry and two key fob remotes. The car has A/C and it is ice cold. The biggest thing I see with these cars for sale on the web, is that almost all of them have had the IMA light on or had a battery replaced by a now defunct battery rebuilder. I just put a brand new IMA High Voltage battery in this car (9/7/12) from ReInvolt Technologies. www.re-involt.com It is one of their "Advanced IMA" batteries ($2600 + shipping and installation and tax = $3400 value!!) the battery comes with a full 3 year unlimited mile warranty. This warranty will transfer to you and I will give you the paperwork for it. The warranty is only on the IMA High Volt battery itself, the rest of the car is sold as is, but if you have done your homework, you will see that the battery is the most expensive part of the car. I also just replaced a transmission mount, front sway bar links, installed a new windshield and wiper blades. This car is ready to drive anywhere. I had a lot of questions about the history on this car. I am an ASE Certified Master Technician and an ACDC Master Qualified Hybrid Specialist, I repair these for a living, I am not a dealer. This car has a clean Ohio title that is in my name. This car had one owner until just a few months ago. I had a guy come into my shop that was interested in buying it from the original owner but he knew it might have IMA battery issues. I told him what he might be getting into and he ended up buying it with intention of fixing it. About a month later he came back to me and said that he bought it, but was in over his head and could not fix it. On top of that some kids cracked the windshield and broke the passenger side window out of it in the mean time. So I bought it from him at the end of August. I immediately put a new IMA battery in it, new windshield, new passenger side glass, new stabilizer links, new transmission mount, and other odds and ends. I drive a Prius normally but I have been driving this for the last month and it has been great. I get about 55 -56 mpg out of it in the city. I see lots of guys getting 70+ but I haven't figured out how to get that much yet on average. I did get 70mpg on one 20 mile round trip. I have personally put nearly 900 miles on this car since the IMA battery replacment with absolutely no issues or warning lights on the dash. It is a great car and if it had the CVT automatic transmission I would probably keep it.