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2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test Drive

All about our year-long test drive of the 2010 Honda Insight

2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test: Introduction

Why did we chose a 2010 Honda Insight as a long-term test car? Find out in this introduction to our 2010 Honda Insight long-term test.

2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test: The first 1000 miles

It took us just over two weeks to get a thousand miles on the Insight. Find out how we're settling in.

2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test: October 2009

October, 2009 was our first month with our long-term Honda Insight. Find out how the Gold family is faring with our new car.

2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test: November 2009

November 2009 was our second month with our long-term 2010 Honda Insight, and included our first road trip with all five family members aboard.

2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test: December 2009

This month, Basem Wasef puts some miles on the Insight and gives his opinion of Honda's smallest hybrid.

2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test: January 2010

This month I stumbled upon the reason for our decreasing fuel economy. I have seen the enemy, and he is us.

2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test: Road trip!

Details of my 667 mile L.A. - Las Vegas - Death Valley - L.A. road trip: A bit of hypermiling here, a hundred miles an hour there.

2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test: February 2010

The Insight visits Sin City, Death Valley, and what may well be its toughest challenge yet: Jason Fogelson's wife.

2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test: March 2010

The day I've been dreading -- my first trip to the dealership for an oil change -- turns out not to be so bad after all.

2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test: April/May 2010

Robin takes the Insight on the Mother of All Road Trips, and we learn first-hand how well small cars and long trips mix.

2010 Honda Insight Twelve Month Test: June/July 2010

We're now ten months into our twelve month test, and as the odometer ticks past 23,000 miles, I have to face the prospect of life after a hybrid. Meanwhile, the Insight asks for its second service, and Honda explains why one would change the oil but not the oil filter.

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