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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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Replying to: micweb (Aug 26, 2009 2:56 pm) |
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I had an 08 Fit MT (base) that I no longer have (traded it in for a 7-seater) and currently have an 09 Fit Sport and thus can provide my views on both versions. A little bit of background on how I replaced my 08 Fit and managed to snag an 09....I paid a little less than $15K for my base 08 Fit MT and traded it in, a year and 17,000 miles later, for $12,000 flat ! After having traded it in and when I drove off the dealer's lot with my new 7-seater AWD vehicle (which we need in my neck of the woods), I felt rotten at having let the versatile and fuel-sipping Fit go. It almost felt like abandoning a child at a stranger's location and I could not sleep the whole night, just thinking of not having a Fit in the garage. I went back a couple of days later, shelved my plans to get a high-performance car and bought an 09 Fit Sport. Now all is well with the world, with a Fit in the garage. Whew !  For my 08 Base, I bought some take-off "Sport" 15" rims with the 195 tires and thus drove extensively with the Sport 15" rims/tires and also the "Base" 14" rims with the narrower 175 tires. My opinion is that the 15" rims of the 08 sport with the 195mm wide tires were definitely grippier and was more confidence inspiring in the turns (when compared to the 14"/175mm tires of the "Base" model) but rode a bit harsher and even more importantly, extracted a whopping 3-5mpg penalty on the car. That was significant. I of course swapped the base wheels back onto the car before trading it in and still have the 08 15" Sport wheels (with TPMS sensors) lying at home and might sell it off on fitfreak.net shortly. Now to come to my impression of the 09 Fit Sport MT.... The car immediately feels more "substantial", considerably more stiffer (in a good way) and more planted than the 08 Fit versions. The handling is definitely more confidence inspiring when compared to the 08 and feels distinctly sporty. The Civic-SI sourced steering on the 09-Fit-Sport feels right at home. However, I liked the shifter-feel of the 08s WAY more than the 09s, since IMO, the 08s had the classic Honda snickety-snick feel while the 09s feel a bit less so with a dry-rubby feel....I am hoping it is a matter of needing to get used to it a bit more. Overall I am VERY impressed with the 09s and hope to keep it around for a while and not have to go through the trauma of not having a Fit in the garage. 
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Replying to: aaykay (Oct 07, 2009 9:26 am) Well and if Honda had quieted down the Fit a little more. It still gets bad marks from the usually accurate Consumer Guide online ratings for noise levels, and that was borne out by my '09 test drives. I am, alas, not completely happy with the Nissan Cube I bought. The CVT is FANTASTIC but the blockiness of the car means I get a fair amount of wind noise. More significantly it is prone to getting buffeted by strong crosswinds, which are rare but not as rare as my previous cars would have led me to believe (they didn''t get squirrelly the way the Cube does). Anyway I just bought at Subaru Impreza '09 sedan on close out on a "can't refuse" deal -it is quiet, accelerates strongly - BUT - it doesn't have the nimble feel of the Honda Fit second gen. Oh well. I don't think I could have justifed a return to a Fit even if they had fitted it with stability control - the reason I bought the Subaru is for hauling the family around this year and upcoming years to go skiing and visit winter Yosemite. So I really need AWD at this point. I drove the Cube to work this morning, in a cross wind free environment, and it brought a smile to my face. It is zippy and handles surprisingly well. Maybe if I can justify keeping a mini-fleet of cars, I will keep the Cube until my stepdaughter can drive. Otherwise I will have to sell it. But I definitely still have Fit fever. My 2008 was one heck of a fun daily driver, and got awesome gas mileage, and the flat floor with nice rear seat meant I could easily haul 3 small kids in the back - and it was cross wind terror free. How many small cars can do that. Sigh. I definitely still have Fit fever. I wonder if I can keep the Cube until the 2011's come out with stability control? And trade the Cube in on a 2011 Fit?
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