Until the SOURCE of our fuels is generated from environmental friendly facilities, there'll never been a true eco-friendly car on the road. Some sources (LPG, biodiesel, veggie oils) are already naturally good, but what sort of work goes into generating them?
And driving a completely electric car is more novelty than eco-conscious - chances are you're charging the car using electricity generated from coal power. Hmm...

I'll stick to a frugal gasoline sipper with good emissions ratings for now.

 

I'm not sure the new nsight is a Fit killer (assuming comparable years)... but if one was looking at a '09 Fit with Auto and wanted to get VSA then they were looking at $19k+, then another $2-3k may get an Insight EX with VSA (without the Navigation commitment) better mileage, outside temp, heated mirrors with built in turn signals, etc. We'll have to see what '10 Fit feature list looks like, and of course what Insight pricing turns out. I'm not sure I would use the tumble/magic seat feature in the Fit, certainly would use the folding rear seats in both cars for throwing a bike in the back. Should be able to drive them back to back in May....

 

hmmm...the batteries themselves last around 5 years...you should be done paying of the car by then, or close to it.


it really is not an issue unless the battery is more expensive than a new car.

 

it's $5,000 less than both the civic h and the prius...3 mpg on paper isn't that bad. here's a test of the insight which got 65mpg on eco mode over 20 miles

YouTube - 65+ MPG! - 2010 Honda Insight

 

Relating to the battery issue, the designers of the Tesla said their batteries should last around 100k miles and the replacements would run around $10,000....providing the current technology available doesn't change. Also, I remember reading somewhere where Honda is considering a hybrid Fit. Not sure if its this generation or if they are waiting till next round?

 

ImInsideFit- where did you get your rims?? they are so nice!!


And as for the insight... the front looks alright, but the back looks like a prius, and everyone knows the prius is the ugliest of all hybrids.

 

Dont waste your money on hybrids....they are a stepping stone to electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles....
also the battery in it does more damage to the environment then using the tiny bit extra gas in such cars as the fit....

http://bexhuff.com/2007/10/prius-ran...-mini-cooper-d

http://bexhuff.com/2007/03/want-gree...ius-buy-hummer

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=14304

The Recorder

http://cnwmr.com/nss-folder/automoti...Commentary.pdf

Prius is worse for the environment than Hummers | Thought Criminal

Prius Outdoes Hummer in Environmental Damage - One Man’s Blog

i love this line "When you pool together all the combined energy it takes to drive and build a Toyota Prius, the flagship car of energy fanatics, it takes almost 50 percent more energy than a Hummer"

fyi the scion xB (the car i should have kept) is the cheapest per mile to drive then 99% of cars out there

 

not hating but not that crazy about it