Honda Insights and other fuel efficient cars are super cheap again

Looking on Craigslist now, I'd love one of those...

Pft! I found one even reasonably close and they were asking $15,000 for it. Only 38k miles though. I guess it's worth that.

im going to try to be very unbiased about Honda which i despise worst manufacturer ever imo but i get 30 mpg in my wrx if i drive smart so i don't see a purpose to these fuel efficient cars. my cuz has a 08 accord v6 and he gets 300 miles out of his tank which i think is 22gal i get 266 miles from a 15 gallon tank (its 13 gal + 2 in reserve) where is the fuel economy???

its 18.5gallons. Also its v6 and depending on how he is driving makes a big difference.

And I get 40mpg out of my ancient beat up Civic driving it not-so-smart with 250,000 miles; and it costs less to maintain, and it's more reliable, parts are cheaper, and it handles better, and it's not a two ton wagon made for twats with a backwards motor.

In addition to that, the 2005 Accord V6 which is 3.0L 240hp also gets 23/30mpg with an automatic and the 2005 WRX with less cylinders, less displacement and less power can only muster 20/27mpg with a manual box... with the auto it's even worse.

You're such a tool...

wait you mean to tell me your stock civic handles better then a wrx? def not...


please guys i really have a thing against honda and i don't want to get to heated i will drop this thread cuz i don't want to go name calling or anything. so props to you who dont drive them and sorry for those that do.

^^^ oh god oh god oh god, not another one of these posters.

/runs and hides.

Yep definitely does. Why? Well, how about 1500lbs less weight and much better suspension? I've driven my fair share of Imprezas and WRX, they're pigs. The STi is a great car but the rest are just shit cars for boy racers.

No offense though, they're 'cool' cars and all but as far as handling and fun times are concerned... why would you want anything but a CRX or a Miata for some cheap economical good times?

if you like them enjoy them those cars aren't for me. i would rather hop into a 300zx then either one of those.

Good god, why?

am i missing something? are you missing something? the 300zx is a sick drifting car, and i love the way it looks, drives, feels, with some nice coil overs and some falcons the car would out handle a porch. just in my opinion but then again you might like driving civics, i know a few around here that are packing some serous juice but the majority of these things with anything short of a turbo are useless. though they are good on gas, and very economical cars with the worlds cheapest parts lol. also i think i dislike them because people believe if you put some stickers on it it will fly lol.

we have a lot of people older and younger that will throw some lights, a body kit, and a few stickers from stillen or something and think their cars could fly i don't understand that.

Gearhead Garage sucks balls; why did I even get Dan to create this forum?

At least you can have your friends over and have BBQ on the porch

why we can make it interesting. if only you where closer to here you could come out to some of our meats. we have some realy nice cars here.


but so you know the wrx and sti are sitting on the same platform. and the upgraded suspension for a wrx is the one from the sti. the difference is not more then a larger engine and turbo, plus it comes stock with 22-19" sway bars front-back

And the power and brakes are the only reason the STi is even fun; otherwise it's just like driving a wheelbarrow.

no not at all. both cars are excellent on turns and they hug the road real hard.

ill tell you i raced an 08 cayman and he stayed on my back doors from 0-120

then we took some twistiest and he stayed exactly where he started behind me.

and for some reason unless its a 600hp civic they dont even keep up. what i mean is civics with just a cat back, and an intake, some springs and some stickers don't stand a chance at half throttle.

Ah which track was that at?

Oh I thought so...

This was a great thread, I love car talk