Laundry and a major cleanup project in my apartment took up much of the holiday weekend. Mundane stuff, sure, but my days weren't at all unpleasant and our Honda Fit had a lot to do with that. With few exceptions, this is the perfect city car for me. Not only does it fit anywhere I care to park it, it has rear seats that can fold down or up -- and this makes all the difference...
The fact the Fit is fun to drive only adds to its appeal, because I continued to take corners with gusto while running my errands -- can't do that in a Yaris or Versa. Plus, this is probably the only Honda that's legitimately cute and it gets the occasional compliment on the basis of cuteness alone, which would save me the trouble of buying a dog.
Erin Riches, Senior Content Editor, 3,880 miles
priuscrusher says:
01:51 PM, 01/ 2/07
My first car was a 1990 Civic cx. Much of what you said about the Fit is why I enjoyed my Civic cx so much. I still see one every now and then and wonder how such a tiny car held so much. The Fit seems to be an evolution of that.
eriches says:
01:55 PM, 01/ 2/07
True enough: I'm trying to get my stepdad to replace his '92 Civic VX hatch with a Fit. He uses the Civic like a pickup.
zach101 says:
02:18 PM, 01/ 2/07
I think the Fit is like the new generation of the old Civic Si. They're both small hatchbacks. I like them both. (:
desmolicious says:
02:59 PM, 01/ 2/07
Buy the dog...
sorry but I couldn't let this blog entry turn into a love fest ;)
navigator89 says:
05:05 PM, 01/ 2/07
Seems like a good car, just wish I hadn't seen the similarly priced, loaded 2003 Lincoln LS on the same day that I saw my first Fit. The LS just made me feel the Fit was a bit over priced.
I'd be interested to see how the Versa and Fit compare on a daily basis. When does the Versa intro go up??
carlisimo says:
05:58 PM, 01/ 2/07
Speaking of overpriced, my sister was shopping for a car when the Fit had just come out, and the local dealer was tacking on a $3,000 markup over MSRP! Other dealers were out, and people were paying the markup. My sister couldn't wait at the time so she ended up with an xA.
Given the utility, I have to admit I can see the argument for getting a Fit over a Civic, even at the same price for equivalent trim levels. Most of us do carry things around more often than passengers, so the Civic's only advantages might be power and crash test scores. That doesn't mean I'll quit whining that Honda should bring back the Civic hatch...
ahightower says:
10:00 PM, 01/ 2/07
Enjoying the irony of having to burn a few gallons of fossil fuel in order to recycle a few bags of trash.
desmolicious says:
01:09 AM, 01/ 3/07
oh snap!