Don't you hate when this happens? The sun managed to find that (none-too-small) open space between either of the Honda Fit's sun visors on my drive home. There was no relief to be found with any amount of swinging, flipping, or otherwise manipulating the visors. Some manufacturers offer multiple defenses for this annoyance like mini center sun visors above the mirror, sun visors that slide side-to-side on their mounting arms, or auxiliary visors that deploy from the parent visors. The Fit has none of those and a very large, fast-raked windshield to make matters worse. The windshield's dot-matrix pattern did little to mitigate the problem. Argh, just looking at this photo is giving me a head ache.
Chief Road Test Editor, Chris Walton @ 17,400 miles
carguy622 says:
07:57 AM, 12/ 4/09
I find that if you swing out the visor towards your head it usually covers that spot. At least that's what I found on my old Escort. The Fit may be a completely different beast in that regard though.
123xlr8 says:
08:24 AM, 12/ 4/09
test
robert4380 says:
09:07 AM, 12/ 4/09
I think that the bigger fail with the Fit's sun visors has to do with that cheap strip of vinyl that's designed to hold ticket stubs or letters or envelopes in place. I mean, if give it even the slightest little tug, it's not elastic. It just stretches out and then stays stretched forever. Then you've got a limp loop of vinyl hanging from your sun visor. CHEAP!
fundango says:
09:52 AM, 12/ 4/09
Yeah, looks like bad design. It's too bad the black dots don't mitigate the problem (it looks like that was the solution Honda was aiming for).
brn says:
10:01 AM, 12/ 4/09
I've yet to find a perfect sun visor.
good_2_go says:
10:21 AM, 12/ 4/09
The Element's visors leave much to be desired as well.
bankerdanny says:
11:00 AM, 12/ 4/09
Sun visor design is one of the most consistent failures in car interior design. It's an afterthought on most cars regardless of price.
questionlp says:
11:18 AM, 12/ 4/09
I wish more cars have the mini-visor that my 2004 A4 has above the rear-view mirror. Then again, it still leaves a small gap.
bodyblue says:
12:32 PM, 12/ 4/09
Using the same logic as some in the Camaro thread.......I dont trust the Fit because if the engineers missed this small thing what else have they missed?
See how stupid that sounds now?
oachalon says:
12:44 PM, 12/ 4/09
Bodyblue,
You make me laugh. Why isnt there 33 posts of people ranting. I agree with you. Hey look a badly designed sunvisor that you actually use instead of extra gauges that the manufacturer was nice to give you in the first place.
BLLLLAAAAHHHH WHAT A Horrible car. Come on lets hear it. Oh wait its a honda, japanese designers are the best even though i work with japanese, chinese, and german engineers all of the time and they are horrible.
bodyblue says:
01:24 PM, 12/ 4/09
I actually like the Fit....It sounds like I would not like how buzzy it is at 70 MPH where I do most of my driving but for knocking around town it sounds fine. I think Hondas are a bit overpriced for what they are now and I will wait for the Fiesta before I decide what to buy. The point is I would certainly consider this car even though it is not perfect because no car is perfect, duh. I dont care where it is made as long as I like it and it is dependable. I think anyone who makes a car buying decision based solely on where a car is made is under informed about automobiles. l have two American cars and one Japanese. It is not a sacrifice to buy an American car, period. I have never been a fan of GM but I sure dont want them to fail even though I think the government should have never given them a dime.
siarizona says:
07:23 PM, 12/ 4/09
The visors are weak. When I got my windows tinted, I had them put a strip across the top of the windshield. It really helps a lot.
the_big_al says:
09:27 PM, 12/ 4/09
I hate this. THis happens to me all the time. Makes me long for my old truck, which was just like the one I have now, except older and had less cost cutting involved. The old one had GREAT sunvisors. Like 3 separate ways to flip down and extend. You could fold one down, extend over half the windshield behind the mirror and the passenger side would do the same. It also had a second one that could be folded and turned over the door glass if needed.
Alas, in the new truck? All I got was a simple dinky fold down visor.
bodyblue says:
07:28 AM, 12/ 5/09
Well forget the Fit for me....My wife saw the Fiesta on the Ford website last nite......All I heard were the screams of "that is so cool and cute!!!! I want one!"
I hope Ford dealers dont mess around and mark them up when they get them in. She wants a Blue Flame SE hatch with Stone interior.
hksebd says:
08:14 PM, 12/12/09
I don't understand it when people complain about visor design in an economy car. Anyone who's ever lived with an Echo, Yaris, etc etc.. You buy sunglasses. Some big Olsen twins ones or aviators darken everything.