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Re: FIT Diesel [vcarreras]
by jacksan1
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Jul 18, 2007 (9:42 am)
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Replying to: vcarreras (Jul 18, 2007 7:11 am)
If you want to hear it from the horse's mouth, here it is:
Honda Mid-Year CEO Speech Summary
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Winter driving with the Fit
by stevemr1
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Jul 23, 2007 (6:01 pm)
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I am seriously considering purchasing a Fit but I am skeptical about how it does in snow. The ground clearance doesn't appear to be adequate to drive in moderate snow. I live in northern Minnesota and will frequently encounter poor winter conditions. If anyone has much experience with the Fit in poor winter driving conditions,please do tell. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Winter driving with the Fit [stevemr1]
by jacksan1
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Jul 24, 2007 (5:19 am)
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Replying to: stevemr1 (Jul 23, 2007 6:01 pm)
I live in Minnesota too, though not in your area (I'm in the Twin Cities). Our Fit was just fine this past winter. We do have a Subaru Forester in case of severe conditions, but the Subie was hardly ever activated this last time around. In northern Minnesota, I can see your worries, however.
We did have a couple of situations last winter where we had 10 inches or snow came down overnight, and backstreets were unplowed in the morning. Although I am not the primary driver of the Fit (my wife is), she went out and said nothing about having had trouble. Just my two cents' worth.
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hey jacksan
by fitman548
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Jul 24, 2007 (12:56 pm)
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do you have sport or not? I think the clearance on a sport would be a problem.
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Re: hey jacksan [fitman548]
by tgun
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Jul 25, 2007 (6:22 am)
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Replying to: fitman548 (Jul 24, 2007 12:56 pm)
I too live in the Twin Cities and have a Blaze Orange Metallic (BOM) FIT Sport 5 speed manual. No problems in the snow... even the late March-early April 10" with drifts.
Reminds me of how my 84 Accord handled in the snow... normally pretty sure-footed.
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Re: hey jacksan [fitman548]
by jacksan1
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Jul 25, 2007 (6:27 am)
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Replying to: fitman548 (Jul 24, 2007 12:56 pm)
do you have sport or not? I think the clearance on a sport would be a problem.
We do have a Sport.
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Re: hey jacksan [jacksan1]
by stevemr1
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Jul 28, 2007 (7:18 am)
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Replying to: jacksan1 (Jul 25, 2007 6:27 am)
Thanks for your replies on the Fit's winter weather capabilities. After doing more research,I noticed that "Consumer Reports" listed the Fit Sport as having 1/2" more ground clearance than the Fit base model. This is contrary to first impressions,but is probably due to the 15" wheels on the sport vs the 14" wheels on the base model. That makes me wonder if adding the optional 16" wheels would be even a better choice for deep snow.
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Re: Research help [drive62]
by stevemr1
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Jul 28, 2007 (7:27 am)
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Replying to: drive62 (Nov 30, 2006 10:31 am)
Consumer Reports lists the Sport as having 5" of ground clearance with the base at 4 1/2". This is contrary to appearance but is probably due to the 15" wheels on the Sport while the base model has 14" wheels. Doesn't seem like alot of clearance,but all the other cars in this test had similar ground clearance. This comes from the Dec 06 issue.
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Re: Research help [stevemr1]
by bobw3
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Jul 28, 2007 (7:42 am)
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Replying to: stevemr1 (Jul 28, 2007 7:27 am)
It also depends on where the clearance is measured. The base may have 4 1/2 at the center of the car, but the 5" on the Sport right at the nose can affect driving through the snow more. So even though the lowest point of the Base is lower, it may drive through the snow better without the front snowplow.
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Re: FIT Diesel [jacksan1]
by drpaul
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Aug 01, 2007 (9:48 am)
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Replying to: jacksan1 (Jul 18, 2007 9:42 am)
Thanks so much for that site!
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