John wrote:
>Though I didn't actually see my car for nearly a week, when I did, I was
>shocked to see
>that the only visible damage to my Insight was a caved-in rear
>bumper...the glass hatch was unscathed and still fit perfectly with the
>body seams lining
>up just as factory, the taillights didn't even break and were without a
>single scratch!
Although its nice that your Insight was easily fixed, this is not a
feature. Its like you have the back 1/2 of my Dodge Dart back there. I
would certainly prefer a vehicle that properly folded up in such a violent
accident ("properly" - as much as possible without intrusion into the
passenger compartment). Yeah, you would have had to buy another Insight to
rebuild your soundoff sniffer, but likely too that you could have hit the
windshielf pillar about 10mph slower.
Neon
P.S. - Prius cd is 0.29. Other advantages are special lightweight aluminum
wheels (like the Insight, only prettier :-) and a suspension designed for
low rolling resistance. *Big problem would be the transaxle*.
