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1st generation Honda Insight.

I like manual enough that my wife and i would probably opt for the ecoboost over hybrid if ecoboost came manual. Manual transmissions are superior in every way except for shift speed.

I think we should do a lottery for the June group. We all pitch in $1 into a pot. The last person to get their maverick built wins.

Unless you have an ecoboost.....then luxury package doesn't seem to be an issue. There seems to be little rhyme or reason. I think the joke is just on us.

I ordered June 18'th and received conf the 19th. A couple weeks ago I convinced my coworker he needed a new car. He ordered a Hybrid XL. Same priority code. Just found out he got scheduled yesterday. So literally a week and a half between placing his order to being scheduled for production...

I can't wait to be the last June order to be scheduled!

It looks the part, I'd call it a truck. Don't care about it's tow capacity, or whether or not it's a unibody or cab on frame, etc. The EPA by CAFE standards will also consider it a light duty truck. So I guess it's a truck

Drag coefficient is just concerned about aerodynamics. It has nothing to do with rolling resistance. Overall drag, yes, not drag coefficient. Also Reynolds number is a helpful tool in determining fluid velocity profiles (laminar vs turbulent) mostly used in pipe friction calculations but...

Guess humility isn't one of your strengths lol. AWD adds about 150lbs, some of that weight in the front on the transmission output, some of that fore of the rear axle, and some of that right in line with the rear axle. This only changes weight distribution a couple percent. Also from your...

The actual weight distribution doesn't change a substantial amount from FWD to AWD. And the more weight forward, the greater tendency to under steer. Your anecdote is counter to that fact.

If we don't have an air compressor, will a regular gun work?

The effective compression ratio is much less since we are not comparing Otto engines now. Atkinson cycle engines perform slightly different in that you actually have flow reversion out the intake since the intake valves are still open during the compression stroke.

Only you alone can figure out the circumstances and how mileage will impact. But there is more to the car then just mileage. Yes that's only 600/yr. But then the ecoboost costs more up front. You will also see more depreciation since it's more expensive and has a lower lifetime then the...

Right? The more that switch, the closer I'll be to getting scheduled. But anyone who want's to save money will go with the hybrid. Over the lifetime of the car, if you were to compare both, I'd expect you'd save 20k with the hybrid. ~3500 up front cost, 600/yr fuel savings, that's $10k right...

I'm in no hurry. Even if it takes 6 more months. I ordered this truck for the light utility it offers and unparalleled MPG in the hybrid configuration. The 2.0T will not be the gas mileage I want.

Trade in and 5k down. Then finance 15k'ish.

Unfortunately Ford should change the name to last edition.

With some tuning work should better a stock 2nd generation. But those 80-00's era V8's just didn't flow.

I'm paying maybe 5% more, if that. But I'm also going to have a trade in and will save against sales tax, so in that respect it's a wash. And knowing that taxes will actually be used locally is good as well. Then considering transport or driving, I'd actually be in the hole.