New Mickey
The user formerly known as mickey
So I already have my Road Trip Machine. 2015 Passat TDI. I needed a Stop and Go machine. I've been driving Uber and Lyft and my TDI only manages 36 mpg doing that. ("Only...")
Solution: 2019 Honda Insight Touring. 55+ MPG in town on regular unleaded. (Actual cost of fuel on the highway is lower than feeding the diesel, too, but I'll pretend I didn't notice that.)
The 2015 VW is as loaded as you could get way back in those days, but it's a Model T compared to the new Honda. So much electronic stuff it's hard to believe.
Today I got stuck in a HUGE traffic jam on the freeway in the Honda. It took over an hour to move 2 miles. I had the Lane Keeping Assist and the Radar Cruise Control on.
I dozed off at one point and woke up a good half mile further down the road. Still sitting behind the same car. The Honda just patiently kept following the guy. Roll...stop....wait....roll....stop....etc....
It was surreal. I'm not sure it's a good thing or not.
-mickey
p.s. For those who yearn for simplicity the Insight DOES offer some. It has no transmission. (Literally. None.) So no DSG fluid to change. Nearly all of the "braking" is electromagnetic, if you're doing it right, so I'll probably never wear those out. Electric steering. Electric air conditioning, so no belt to change.
Annual oil change, and rotate the tires once in a while. That's it. SHOES need more maintenance than that.
Solution: 2019 Honda Insight Touring. 55+ MPG in town on regular unleaded. (Actual cost of fuel on the highway is lower than feeding the diesel, too, but I'll pretend I didn't notice that.)
The 2015 VW is as loaded as you could get way back in those days, but it's a Model T compared to the new Honda. So much electronic stuff it's hard to believe.
Today I got stuck in a HUGE traffic jam on the freeway in the Honda. It took over an hour to move 2 miles. I had the Lane Keeping Assist and the Radar Cruise Control on.
I dozed off at one point and woke up a good half mile further down the road. Still sitting behind the same car. The Honda just patiently kept following the guy. Roll...stop....wait....roll....stop....etc....
It was surreal. I'm not sure it's a good thing or not.
-mickey
p.s. For those who yearn for simplicity the Insight DOES offer some. It has no transmission. (Literally. None.) So no DSG fluid to change. Nearly all of the "braking" is electromagnetic, if you're doing it right, so I'll probably never wear those out. Electric steering. Electric air conditioning, so no belt to change.
Annual oil change, and rotate the tires once in a while. That's it. SHOES need more maintenance than that.
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