Get Ready for a Honda Hybrid Ninja Fight!

alligator-cropWith the release of the Insight now upon us, I wonder if the Civic is man enough to put up a good fight.  The new Insight comes equipped with shooting stars and nunchakus.  The lowly Civic only has chop sticks and Dragon-Ball Z movies.

2009 Honda Insight

The Insight comes ready to battle the best alligators? Er...Hybrids on the market.  Carrying a $19,800 price tag, the 2010 Insight is sure to sell like Mochi on a hot Sunday.  The Insight brings that undeniably Prius wedge shape that proves to be oh so aerodynamic.  The shape alone is enough to sell cars.  People immediately know your driving a hybrid by the shape.  So there is a status symbol sort of thing.  The Insight also has all of Honda’s newest stuff. But most importantly; the Gas Mileage numbers are 40 MPG in the city and 43 MPG on the freeway.

2009 Honda Civic

The Civic represents the absolute base model car available from Honda.  But these cars are by far the most popular.  Having owned one I can attest that with a Honda, everything is where it should be and more importantly, everything works correctly.  So what can you expect from the 2009 Civic Hybrid who is lurking in the shadows.

Stay Tuned for The Next Installment………The Feature Fight!

Source:

http://automobiles.honda.com/insight-hybrid

http://automobiles.honda.com/civic-hybrid/

Why Buy a Certified Honda Hybrid?

Certified HondaThe great thing about purchasing a Certified Used Honda Hybrid from a dealership is the awesome warranty that goes along with it.  This used car warranty is just like a warranty that you get with a new car in that is covers pretty much everything from the motor, to the trans;  pretty much all of the powertrain.

Honda Motor Co. states that they will fix or totally replace all parts and accessories that have a defect.  So if there is a major failure, you have absolutely nothing to pay since the certified hybrid comes with a warranty.  The Powertrain coverage varies, but what is covered under this is the engine, transmission, and anything associated with the drive train.

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A 1-year, 12,000 mile guarantee is good on non-powertrain stuff like the air conditioning, heating, fuel system, suspension; things of that nature.

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source: http://automobiles.honda.com/certified-used/warranty.aspx

Hybrid Car Sale Causes People to Lose Minds!

carpool-lane-stickerWatch a used hybrid sale is like watching those crazy “Brides to Be” fight over Wedding Dresses at the year-end sale.  Why all the drama for a used Civic Hybrid? Well it’s that Little Yellow CARB Sticker that causes people to go completely insane!

Life is good when you’re flying by those peons stuck in Southern California traffic!  Want to become the envy of working-class drones everywhere? Well it is pretty impossible these days unless you have connections.   I mean, only 60k of these stickers were passed out by the lovely California gov.  Now they are all kaput!

There are only 2 ways to get a car pool lane sticker.

  1. Contact your local shady guy.  He will go on the black market and buy one. Then sell it to you at double the agreed upon price.
  2. Buy a car with a little yellow car pool sticker on it already.

So really, do you want a Civic or a Prius; because that’s your only choices.  Actually you can get an Old Skool Insight.  Good Luck!  Or you could buy a car that runs on Compressed Natural Gas or GNG.  But those exploded every 10k miles.

So bite the bullet, knock a few “Brides to Be” out, then buy a Honda Certified Hybrid.

A town like Los Angeles has the traffic as emotionally painful as waterboarding.  So do yourself a favor and grab a hybrid.