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Automotive News & Views What is "wrong" with these new subcompacts?
8691 messages, Last post on Dec 04, 2009 at 1:39 PM
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The car comes with 205 50 17 VR tires . This is a sedan? The tires are made for dry pavement ,even if they are rated all season. Try 1" inch of of snow and grab your rosary beads. The tires cost at dealer $227.00 a piece and $60.00 a pair to be mounted and balanced. Now, I just bought 4 Dunlops all season to put on to morrow at $ 60.00 a pair mounted and balanced.Dunlop Sport Signatures :Tire rack reccomended). These tires are beefy and will a 2.0 engine handle them ? I think not as far as cornering and mpg,but I'm trying to stay alive. Come spring the Mazda is going. I've read horror stories about the tires they go through. I know I'm going to take a losss on a 1 year old car, but I'm not spending $2000.00 a year in 17 inch performance tires. Thay's what you get when you don't do your homework. So Honda, Fit,Yaris ,Scion,Versa, or Fiesta here I come hat in hand.A Ford Focus HB with a moon roof ,heated seats is history here,but not in Europe. The Dumbing Down of American car know how is here. 
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Replying to: joem5 (Aug 20, 2008 12:53 pm) |
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Replying to: harrychezt (Jan 10, 2006 9:55 pm) |
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Replying to: joem5 (Aug 20, 2008 12:53 pm)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 27, 2008 11:30 am)  I really do not understand why they aren't available in USA. Hopefully they will be ere long.
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Replying to: alltorque (Aug 30, 2008 5:53 am)
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Replying to: texases (Aug 30, 2008 7:40 am) More to come soon. Subaru just launched a diesel Forester in europe.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Sep 02, 2008 9:29 am) Engine is an H4, 2.0Ltr, 148bhp/258Lbft. Must go for a test-drive. Have a search on the Subaru UK site for details. |
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Anybody wanting to ask me any questions, please do. I'll say it felt more roomy than the previous fit, but still was a few inches short on front legroom, for me (6'5" 200), where a Civic fits better, and my Accord is fantastic. The engine noise seemed greatly reduced from 2008, and the ride seemed a little smoother as well. Engine power felt identical to the 2008, but there was an extra person in my drive today (about 180 lbs) so that probably makes up the difference.
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Replying to: thegraduate (Sep 04, 2008 8:59 pm) My local dealer sold his last '08 Fit ages ago. I imagine they must have been impatient to get the '09s in.
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