InsightMan Log
Insight Events and My Experiences
- March 3, 2001: Chevy pickup driver with
no sight finds Insight
- October 28, 2000: 10,000 Miles
- August 27, 2000: InsightMan meets the
Toyota Prius (the other hybrid)
- July 27, 2000: 7,500 miles in 6 months
in my Insight
- July 17, 2000: Hammondsville, Ohio,
sees first Insight
- June 26, 2000: It was the best of
mileage, it was the worst of mileage
- June 16, 2000: Insight gets new windshield;
big rock a bad memory
- May 22, 2000: Insight gets new
electronics; windshield gets big rock
- April 22, 2000: Insight excitement at 91.1
mpg
- April 19, 2000: Clean Your Files Day at
Ann Arbor City Hall
- April 16, 2000: At the EPA's Emissions
Lab Open House
- April 12, 2000: Honda Insight Sales Figures
- April 11, 2000: Honda to sponsor
Insight owners at Tour de Sol in May
- April 10, 2000: Goodbye CRX, my
faithful safety net
- April 8, 2000: A Trio of Insights
- April 1, 2000: The quick way home
- April 1, 2000: Insight Central likes the Insight
- March 31, 2000: Insightman visits Insight Central
- March 29, 2000: The Ann Arbor Fire
Department learns about the Insight
- March 28, 2000: My Insight goes on the
scales
- March 27, 2000: Insight vs. SUV and my
compulsive behavior
- March 8, 2000: Insight gets 76.6 mpg on
my trip to meet an idol
- February 28, 2000: Honda Eco-Fest in
Ann Arbor
- February 27, 2000: Covered wheels and a dirty little secret
- February 26, 2000: Stuck at the
stoplight!
- February 23, 2000: Regenerative Braking
and Recharging Revelations
- February 22, 2000: Charging All the Way to Work
- February 20, 2000: I Need to Drive So
It's Off to See My Brother
- February 11, 2000: A Week of New Car
Bliss
- February 9, 2000: 500 mile report
- February 5, 2000: Our trip to visit my
mother-in-law
- February 3, 2000: I take my Insight
home
- February 1, 2000: The media circus
- January 28, 2000: I drive my Insight!
- January 27, 2000: My Insight arrives!
- January 21, 2000: New hope! My VIN is
revealed
- January 20, 2000: Citrus Yellow Insight
at the show
- January 15, 2000: auto show opens in
Detroit
- January 14, 2000: I try too hard to
find a delivered Insight
- January 12, 2000: Insights are being
delivered
- January 7, 2000: Can't find dealers
with Insights
- January 6, 2000: Budget to offer
Insights for rent
- December 15, 1999: First official day
of Insight sales
- December 12, 1999: Insight to arrive in
east in January
- December 10, 1999: Insight to come with
"mud and snow" tires
- December 9, 1999: Base price is
$18,880; on sale December 15th
- December 2, 1999: I buy the last
snow tires to fit the Insight
- December, 1999: Insight joins Honda's
first-string web lineup
- October 8, 1999: First showing of Honda
Insight
- July 6, 1999: Honda announces the production hybrid will be called the
"Insight."
- January 12, 1999: First showing of V V
Hybrid Prototype in Detroit
- January 5, 1999: I place a $500 deposit with my local dealer for a Honda
hybrid.
- January 3, 1999: Photos of the Honda V V Hybrid Prototype appear in the
newspapers covering the 1999 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.