Honda does it again!!
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> >The best just keep getting better…kudos to the best auto >manufacturer on the planet…Honda!! > Sorry. Toyota did it first. > Think of Toyota as the Microsoft of cars.
toyota should slap you with a slander suit for saying that… microsoft does virtually nothing better or faster than other systems- what they do is good enough, soon enough… -ed Before you buy.
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>Another first by Honda… >The new Honda insight…the first production hybird electric/gasoline >auto made! >Another fact…it *IS* the most fuel effecient production auto on the >planet! >The best just keep getting better…kudos to the best auto >manufacturer on the planet…Honda!!
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/miatamyk/insight.htm Btw, they were not first. Don’t take life too seriously, you won’t get out alive.
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Who gives a crap, I happen to enjoy polluting the enviroment. 2000GT/SpringFeature/5spd. FIVE TIPS FOR NON MUSTANG DRIVERS: http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/bonnet/304 * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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>Nope. Toyota Prius was introduced earlier in Japan.
I should have said "domesticaly availible"…sorry, my bad. But it still has the best milage. Christopher K. Greenhalgh, N8WCT boat: http://www.sneaker.net.au/%7Egoblin/rbb/jet.html [not speaking for my employer]
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: conADDave: The OTHER BIG plus for the Prius is it’s styling. With the : Insight, showing up at anything other than a Green convention would be a mild : embarassement . I think you are overstating the stylistic choices of both cars. Neither car is very good looking, and I personally prefer the Insight styling because of it’s J-VX/CR-X roots (It’s as nostalgic a young car company like Honda can get.) imo, the Prius wasn’t ever that good looking. That they would expand the look with the Yaris and Echo, and the reception that both those cars have gotten in regards to their style speaks for itself. They are still good cars, but now they’re not bland, they’re ugly.
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> imo, the Prius wasn’t ever that good looking. That they would expand the > look with the Yaris and Echo, and the reception that both those cars have > gotten in regards to their style speaks for itself. They are still good > cars, but now they’re not bland, they’re ugly.
Indeed. Bland gets an unjustified bad rap a lot of the time. As long as I’ve been paying attention, Accords have been roundly criticized for not taking more styling chances, but you know what? Even third-generation Accords still look reasonably current. You have to go back to 1985 to find one that really looks its age. I have to think that in a few years, Toyota is going to wish it had gone a little blander with the styling on these cars. I understand the ever-present need to move your demographic downward, but I think they maybe should have tried it with easily-changeable packages, such as upholstery/trim/wheels, on a more conservative shape. Most of the people I’ve talked to who are supposed to be the Echo’s target market think it looks ridiculous. —
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> : Nope. Toyota Prius was introduced earlier in Japan. > True. The Prius is the first gas/electric hybrid worldwide. But, the Prius > has a different hybrid system and doesn’t get as good fuel mileage as the > Insight.
Actually the VW Lupo TDI was the first production IC engine/electric hybrid. But it was diesel engine rather than gas. There is a version called 3L that gets 2.9L for 100km which works to about 82 MPG. And finally it still looks like a real car. Then there is the Audi A2 which is TDI only (no hybrid) and still gets 80 MPG. Stilian
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Another first by Honda… The new Honda insight…the first production hybird electric/gasoline auto made! Another fact…it *IS* the most fuel effecient production auto on the planet! The best just keep getting better…kudos to the best auto manufacturer on the planet…Honda!! Christopher K. Greenhalgh, N8WCT boat: http://www.sneaker.net.au/%7Egoblin/rbb/jet.html [not speaking for my employer]
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Nope. Toyota Prius was introduced earlier in Japan.
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: Nope. Toyota Prius was introduced earlier in Japan. True. The Prius is the first gas/electric hybrid worldwide. But, the Prius has a different hybrid system and doesn’t get as good fuel mileage as the Insight.
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>The best just keep getting better…kudos to the best auto >manufacturer on the planet…Honda!!
Sorry. Toyota did it first. Think of Toyota as the Microsoft of cars. ___ Bling! Bling! NEXT GEN 626 SPORT, RAV4, and SIENNA! http://www3.sympatico.ca/-crush-/ The Vtec Reality Check http://members.home.net/crush/reality-check Over 45,300 people educated! Honda Civic vs. Ford Mustang FAQ http://members.home.net/crush Smart ->Clint Law, Dennis Kuo, Ryan R, Eric, Newbie Steve, Brian Cho, interrupt Flawed ->ConANDave, mike, edscholl, Andrew, nelson, samagon
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>True. The Prius is the first gas/electric hybrid worldwide. But, the Prius >has a different hybrid system and doesn’t get as good fuel mileage as the >Insight.
conADDave: The OTHER BIG plus for the Prius is it’s styling. With the Insight, showing up at anything other than a Green convention would be a mild embarassement . My 2cents worth. > Philip < "Logic is a method used to arrive at wrong conclusions with confidence!"
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> Another first by Honda… > The new Honda insight…the first production hybird electric/gasoline > auto made! > Another fact…it *IS* the most fuel effecient production auto on the > planet! > The best just keep getting better…kudos to the best auto > manufacturer on the planet…Honda!!
Yeeeaa!!! What will run in the 1/4? how about the slalom? That’s what I thought…… > Christopher K. Greenhalgh, N8WCT > boat: http://www.sneaker.net.au/%7Egoblin/rbb/jet.html > [not speaking for my employer]
– M.P. "Racing is an addiction cured only by poverty" -unknown **68 Stang** 70 Camaro** 95 Mark VIII**97 Z28 Vert** Before you buy.
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>>The best just keep getting better…kudos to the best auto >manufacturer on the planet…Honda!! >Sorry. Toyota did it first. >Think of Toyota as the Microsoft of cars.
I don’t see the relationship. My 88 Tercel only needed minor repairs about every two months. It went 9 years before needing a Civic upgrade. It crashed only three times. I would be impressed if my work Wintel could go a single week without needing IS to investigate its problems. In only a year after its purchase it’s going to need a major upgrade. Explorer crashes about every 6 few hours. And what did MS ever do first? Zilch. They’re just brute force.
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: Actually the VW Lupo TDI was the first production IC engine/electric : hybrid. But it : was diesel engine rather than gas. There is a version called 3L that : gets 2.9L for 100km which works to : about 82 MPG. And finally it still looks like a real car. : Then there is the Audi A2 which is TDI only (no hybrid) and still gets : 80 MPG. well, sure you’re gonna get great numbers like that if you go the easy diesel way out. Let’s see the big Veedub get the same numbers with gasoline. 
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>Insight, showing up at anything other than a Green convention would be a mild >embarassement . >My 2cents worth.
Here’s one cent change back. Don’t spend it all at once.
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