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Replying to: plekto (Aug 09, 2009 10:24 am) The overstock of Fits in Nor Cal is a thing of the past as people with clunkers trade in for them. |
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Replying to: stephen987 (Aug 09, 2009 10:51 am)  You will need to match up the profile/height, though, but that should be simple enough. Original: 175/65 15 - Sidewall 4.5 inches - 642 Revs/mile Sport: 185/55 16 - Sidewall 4.0 inches - 641 Revs/mile Closest match: 195/65 14 - Sidewall 5.0 inches - 641 Revs/mile All three are within a few mm of each other in width and exterior dimensions. Massive improvement in highway ride, though compared to the 4 inch low-profile sidewall of the 16s. The Yokohama AVID H4S are ~$86 each at Discount Tire - 500 AA rated. That's $30 less per tire that the 16s. IMO, the smart buyer takes the Sport's rims with 0 miles on them and sells them. In fact, I've heard of getting them swapped almost straight-up at the dealership. They get 4 replacement slightly more expensive brand new rims in stock and sell 4 new old stock Civic rims. $350 in new rubber and you're good to go.
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Replying to: plekto (Aug 09, 2009 6:32 pm) |
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Replying to: stephen987 (Aug 09, 2009 7:07 pm) |
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Replying to: plekto (Aug 10, 2009 7:17 am)
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Replying to: stephen987 (Aug 10, 2009 7:33 am) Kind of a silly thing, IMO. I check my tires every couple of weeks anyways. |
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Replying to: plekto (Aug 10, 2009 7:17 am) Probably, I mean, my mom's Fit (in Brazil) has 13" rims IIRC. Still, I'd inspect the brake calipers closely before doing a Minus Two on the rims. Stick with 15"s in the stock size.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 16, 2009 3:51 pm) |
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| Jeremy Anwyl, CEO of the auto Web site Edmunds.com, says CFC came too late to help the dealers. I say bull. The dealers needed to get rid of excess inventory and they did. I'm tired of their whining. I've been following the Fit prices paid since March. Dealers sold off their excess inventory at above market prices and they did it in August when prices should have been coming down. CFC was wildly successful for the dealers, the buyers, and the environment. | |
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No VSA this year except on the Navigation model. How depressing, esp. after Toyota included stability control on every 2010 Yaris (per last Toyota press release). No visible changes or changes in specs. One tantalizing ad blurb on the "Performance" page - Metro Dynamo! A revised suspension makes it quick on the draw with shockingly sporty handling. But that's just a web blurb - can't tell whether handling on the 2010 was actually upgraded, possibly in response to magazine and web viewers who complained the second generation Fit doesn't handle as well as the first generation (at least as shipped to America) - or whether the "upgrade" refers to the first generation/second generation differences (which weren't an upgrade, in handling at least). The specs page shows a 17mm rear sway bar on the Sport but none on the Base; to get a real upgrade in handling, they'd need to add the sway bar to the Base and bump the tire size on both models from 175/185, respectively, to 195. Since the Sport actually rides a little harsh on the 16 inch wheels, while the Base tends to lean too much, it still looks like the sweet spot in handling and ride would be a Base model with 195 performance tires on the 15 inch rims plus an aftermarket rear sway bar to kill the lean without making the ride too harsh (the diameter of the 195 tire upgrade, assuming you do a 60 profile, matches the stock tire).
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