If it is the same hybrid system they used in the original Insight then I do not recommend it for anyone. I spent more money repairing small things that went wrong than I saved in gas.
Also, this is purely anecdotal, but I owned an Insight for 5 years and it gave me more problems than any other vehicle I've owned. The 144 volt battery, which carries a ten year waranty, died on me three times, and needed to be replaced every time...and for at least a year, it sat in my yard until some unfortunate old person bought it for half of blue book value.
The only thing the first generation Insight is good for is swapping the hybrid system for a VTec engine.
To be fair, I once calculated that it only cost me 50 cents a day to go to work and back in the next city.
Actually, if I remember correctly, an object weighs less at the equator because the earth is rotating. An object in motion will travel in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force. Therefore, at the equator, gravity also acts as a centripetal force to keep the object from flying off into space. If the object is near the poles, less centripetal force is required to keep it from flying away and it is held tighter to the surface.
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If it is the same hybrid system they used in the original Insight then I do not recommend it for anyone. I spent more money repairing small things that went wrong than I saved in gas. Also, this is purely anecdotal, but I owned an Insight for 5 years and it gave me more problems than any other vehicle I've owned. The 144 volt battery, which carries a ten year waranty, died on me three times, and needed to be replaced every time. ..and for at least a year, it sat in my yard until some unfortunate old person bought it for half of blue book value.
The only thing the first generation Insight is good for is swapping the hybrid system for a VTec engine.
To be fair, I once calculated that it only cost me 50 cents a day to go to work and back in the next city.
Actually, if I remember correctly, an object weighs less at the equator because the earth is rotating. An object in motion will travel in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force. Therefore, at the equator, gravity also acts as a centripetal force to keep the object from flying off into space. If the object is near the poles, less centripetal force is required to keep it from flying away and it is held tighter to the surface.