I would have loved to have had one of these. Remember researching prices for used ones about 5 years after they were discontinued, and couldn’t find anything under $15,000 with less than 100k mi or in need of a battery swap. Such a shame.
Theyre becoming niche collector cars so theyre hard to find cheap. They only made around 17k of them worldwide which is another issue.
There’s a diehard following that come up with creative ways to repair them but parts are becoming increasingly hard to come by. Definitely not a car to get casually anymore. I had to give up this one because I simply didnt have the ability to fix it.
![[REAL, 2005] My old 2005 Honda Insight. Honda's first hybrid and one of the first modern hybrid production cars.](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2c3085e6-46e7-4938-aa2d-1790125608d6.jpeg){kind=link}
I would have loved to have had one of these. Remember researching prices for used ones about 5 years after they were discontinued, and couldn’t find anything under $15,000 with less than 100k mi or in need of a battery swap. Such a shame.
Theyre becoming niche collector cars so theyre hard to find cheap. They only made around 17k of them worldwide which is another issue.
There’s a diehard following that come up with creative ways to repair them but parts are becoming increasingly hard to come by. Definitely not a car to get casually anymore. I had to give up this one because I simply didnt have the ability to fix it.
I picked one up last week from an auction. It’s seen better days but after a good steam clean, detail, tire/brake/battery it hopefully will be fine
You wont regret it until it runs into mechanical problems and you have to go down a DIY rabbithole to fix it.
Still worth it though.
Just did that with a Subaru. I think I’m ready lol