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Jan 11, 2013 11:05:38 GMT
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Just found this place & wondered if there was any love for my babies, not sure if they quite qualify as retro or not. I present the G1 Honda Insight    |
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Onne
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Jan 11, 2013 11:28:03 GMT
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Welcome! Quite like these, don't see these often!
What do they run engine wise? Bit of electrickery involved as well?
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1990 Mercedes W126 300SE
1997 Mercedes W140 S320L
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Jan 11, 2013 11:33:40 GMT
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950cc triple coupled to a 20hp electric motor powered by a 144v 3 phase system to offer assistance when the engine is under load.
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Onne
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Jan 11, 2013 11:36:27 GMT
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And good on fuel then?
Also would you mind changing the thread title to YEAR-MAKE-MODEL? Makes it easier to find things.
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1990 Mercedes W126 300SE
1997 Mercedes W140 S320L
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Jan 11, 2013 11:38:52 GMT
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Had up to 115mpg on rare occasions!!!
More often the average is between 80-85mpg.
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Deev8
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Jan 11, 2013 11:48:51 GMT
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Had up to 115mpg on rare occasions!!! More often the average is between 80-85mpg. I could do with one of these i would only use 1 gallon of fuel a week for work!! Very nice are they both yours? Any more photos? |
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Just rolling along
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Jan 11, 2013 11:59:55 GMT
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They were both mine, the Blue one is a 2001 with 123,000 on the clock, then I found the Black one, 2003 with just 23,000 miles on the clock, so I bought it.
Sold the Blue one last week to finance purchase of something like a Nissan Pao.
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Deev8
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Jan 11, 2013 12:05:58 GMT
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If you don't mind me asking how much did the blue one go for?
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Just rolling along
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Jan 11, 2013 12:09:33 GMT
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£5k for the Blue one, paid £5.5k for the Black one.
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Onne
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Jan 11, 2013 12:11:44 GMT
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Very nice, and very impressive fuel economy. Something futuristic about these!
85mpg... That is exactly 5 times better on fuel than the Benz (does on LPG)!
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1990 Mercedes W126 300SE
1997 Mercedes W140 S320L
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jonw
Part of things
Can open a Mouse with a File
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Jan 11, 2013 12:40:16 GMT
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I looked for one of these a while back and there were none!! Lovely cars.
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Suzuki SV650R The good
Triumph T20 The Bad
BMW G650GS The Ugly
Matchless G12CSR The Smokey
Toyota Hybrid One pint or Two?
Ingredients of this post
Spam
Drunken Rambling of author
Bad spelling
Drunken ramblings of inner voices
Occasional pointless comments
Vile beef trimming they won't even use in stock cubes
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Jan 11, 2013 12:46:08 GMT
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I have always hankered after one of these, what are the CVT ones like?
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2003 Honda Insight fr€$h&m1nt¥
@freshandminty
Club Retro Rides Member 99
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Jan 11, 2013 12:52:29 GMT
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I'm a fan of these too, remind me of a 1950s vision of the future.
I like the flat style of wheels in the brushed finish too but never managed to find a set for sale to find the specs.
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niwid
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Jan 11, 2013 13:09:29 GMT
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Certainly not retro, but interesting and weirdly cool. Definately RR material! Lower?.... on moon discs?  |
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Geordie
North East
Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!!
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Jan 11, 2013 14:56:50 GMT
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Front end vaguely MX3, rear end sort of Dr Seuss/Cat in the Hat weird world territory.
Sorry mate, not a fan, but the impressive mpg will make them sought after I bet.
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CURRENT FLEET
'99 Ford Mondeo Ghia X (60k miles)
'99 Alfa 166 (3 litre V6, 89k miles)
'01 Mini (#869)
'06 Audi A6 (18 year old 'modern' daily)
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Fossilfish
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Thank fossils for fuel!
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Jan 11, 2013 21:52:07 GMT
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Lovely, love the wheels and back end.
Honda got the whole electric thing right with this, also like the Honda Beat.
Enjoy it, I bet you get 5k when you sell it.
Currently those Figaro's are all the flavour this might get there shame there's sold so few.
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Thank fossils for fuel!
1996 Jeep XJ Sport 2.5 Manual
1975 Scimitar 3.0 V6
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slot
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Jan 11, 2013 22:08:20 GMT
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I was behind one of these today, certainly better on the eye than the Prius  |
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79cord
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Jan 11, 2013 22:58:08 GMT
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Certainly rare & special with that expensive alloy body, just a shame there aren't more about. Must admit the silly modified American K20/K24 engined versions sound like fun, even if they loose out on the economical practicality & a little sad upon such a rare & special car as original.
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Stu
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Jan 13, 2013 17:09:07 GMT
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Welcome aboard - very interesting cars, thanks for posting  |
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'89 BMW E30 325i Sport, '04 MINI Cooper S, '09 Volvo V70 D5
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luckygti
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I need to try harder!
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Jan 13, 2013 18:38:10 GMT
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Really like these, definitely one of the few Eco cars that floats my boat. What do they go like?
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