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Replying to: scratchmarc (Nov 28, 2006 3:16 pm) 
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Replying to: crowb (Nov 29, 2006 8:25 am) 
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Replying to: pdjacob (Dec 05, 2006 12:24 pm) By the way I accelerate very slowly and I don't punch the car when merging onto the interstate or anything like that. The car is brilliant though. I love it. I even have found that there's room in the spare tire compartment to hold my jumper cables so that I can keep the cargo area free of any and all clutter. |
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I was looking around the internet for information on the Fit and I found these links: link title link title Just to give a synopsis. A lawyer in my area used a GPS device that is accurate up to 1/100th of a mile to check his odometer in his Honda Odyssey. He realized that it was overstating his mileage by 4%. He and some other lawyers and an engineer (If memory serves) did a lot of testing on a lot of Honda cars, and they found that this problem is pretty much consistent for a lot of Honda Models with odometers manufactured by either Nippon Seiki or New Sabina (You should be able to call your dealer and find out who manufactured your odometer). The settlement that they have in the works right now is for anyone who purchased certain Honda models (including the 2007 Honda Fit) between April 13, 2002 and November 7, 2006 would be elligible for either a warranty extension or reimbursement for work that was performed on their vehicle that should otherwise have been covered by the warranty had their odometer been providing accurate readings. This settlement is not finalized as of now, there is a further fairness hearing scheduled for May 30, 2007. So you still have time to look into this. Honda accepts no responsibility as they didn't manufacture the odometers, but they are dealing with the situation. I find that laudable, because its nice they are willing to take care of the situation. This sucks for me though, because I bought my Fit on November 13 (six days too late)  So if you have a Honda that was purchased between those dates, and you had maintanence issues near the warranty dead line (especially if you bought an extended warranty), you may want to look into these articles. Sorry for the long post, but I thought it might be important. Thanks again all for the great forums.
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Replying to: crowb (Dec 05, 2006 12:48 pm) |
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Replying to: crowb (Dec 05, 2006 12:48 pm)
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I have had my cute little BOM fit for a week and a half now, and still I am telling my dh "dont worry, I will run out and get that/pick up the kids/etc." I absolutely love driving this car. My only 'fuss' would be the color... we didnt see it in person until it was delivered... online, the orange looks like a deep, rusty color, I assumed it would look like the element orange... WRONG. It is not quite a pastel orange, but definitely not as bright as it looks online, nor as bright as it appears in my pictures (I posted some on my page on here, but dont know the url... still not very tech savvy). I think that my car looks a little brighter on here also, but certainly not quite the color i was expecting. DH said "it looks like a kind of peachy,orangey" color. Oh well, if thats my only problem, I am still a happy camper  Everyone is right about the 'carpet', its not really carpet at all... just some cheap junk, and i wont be able to steam clean them or they will probably fall apart. We have 6 children, all of whom are very hard on car floors, so I make sure to keep mine completely covered with rubber mats (same for the cargo area). Also, I wouldnt consider putting anything extremely heavy in the cargo area without something to distribute the load, since the only thing covering the spare tire is a pressboard piece with the 'carpet' glued to it... I can see that breaking or cracking under extreme pressure. (Or, in my case more likely, one of the kids stomping on it really hard  I just washed my 'dinosaur' (thats what my kids think it looks like, with the headlights, so thats her name) for the first time, and noticed some water inside the tail lights... has anyone else experienced this? I will be sure to keep a close eye on it. Isis |
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My Storm Silver Sport Automatic was delivered on 12/13 after a five month wait, and I am pretty happy with it so far. After joining this forum and reading the comments of others, though, I was surprised by a few things. One of the first things I noticed was how far the fuel tank structure intrudes into the front seat foot well. I've had to learn to place my foot well forward of the spot that I would naturally put it when stepping into the car, otherwise I'm stepping on an uneven surface. This is somewhat disconcerting in the dark, and I'm surprised that no one else has mentioned it. The situation is aggravated by the hooks for the floor mat, which I had the dealer install. I was expecting the seating position to be similar to my previous vehicle, an Isuzu Oasis (first generation Honda Odyssey), but I'm finding that it's more difficult to achieve a seating position where both the pedals and steering wheel are where I want them. I know several people have complained about the steering wheel being too far away, but I though that with a 30" inseam and 34" sleeve length I wouldn't have this problem. I think I've finally worked out a comfortable position, though. On the basis of so many complaints about the lack of a dead pedal, I had ordered one from Zeta Products before the car arrived. Now that I've driven it for a few days, the left foot position doesn't seem all that bad. My wife's 1996 Civic DX hatchback has a dead pedal that I find very comfortable, while the Oasis had none, which was very annoying. The Fit is nowhere near as bad as the Oasis/Odyssey. I'll install the Zeta Products dead pedal anyway, and see how much difference it makes.
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Replying to: hondaful (Dec 17, 2006 2:21 pm) You must have the seat pretty far back to notice that, since the gas tank is under the front seat, unless you meant the front "wheel" intruding on the front seat foot well and not "fuel tank." |
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Replying to: cate66 (Jul 10, 2006 8:30 pm)
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