Honda Fit

#11

<garam255 (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

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Not yet. I am not 16. The Honda Fit is a very nice car. Probably is
America's best first car (could knock the Civic off that honor). It is
small and affordable. The only cons are rear drum brakes and the manual
fuel lid.

What do you find wrong with those two "features?"

#12

"Howard Lester" <hlester (AT) mmto (DOT) org> wrote

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garam255 (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

Not yet. I am not 16. The Honda Fit is a very nice car. Probably is
America's best first car (could knock the Civic off that honor). It is
small and affordable. The only cons are rear drum brakes and the manual
fuel lid.

What do you find wrong with those two "features?"

Rear disk brakes on a front drive car with limited performance capabilities
are a waste since drum brakes are more than adequate on a daily driver. The
rear disks are under-utilized and can actually cause problems. On the Fit,
the lack of rear disks should not be a deal braker. 4 wheel disk brakes on
an Si are a good thing, on a Fit, unnecessary and would drive the cost up.

Manual fuel lid? BFD, since the tank itself is far removed from the lid, no
one is going to be able to siphon fuel from the tank, even disregarding the
emissions flap.

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Kent Finnell
From the Music City USA

#13

garam255 (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:

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Not yet. I am not 16. The Honda Fit is a very nice car. Probably is
America's best first car

Having put a couple of teens into their first car I'm pretty sure that
any NEW car is the wrong first car. Used cars, those are the best first
cars.

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The only cons are rear drum brakes and the manual fuel lid.

As others have said, these are non-issues.

Has anyone come up with an insurance premium comparison between a Fit
and a Civic sedan? Just curious.

#14

In article <1146680119.979951.121560 (AT) j73g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
dimndsonmywndshld (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote:

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garam255 (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:

Not yet. I am not 16. The Honda Fit is a very nice car. Probably is
America's best first car

Having put a couple of teens into their first car I'm pretty sure that
any NEW car is the wrong first car. Used cars, those are the best first
cars.

The only cons are rear drum brakes and the manual fuel lid.

As others have said, these are non-issues.

Has anyone come up with an insurance premium comparison between a Fit
and a Civic sedan? Just curious.

I agree with you. The first car should be a used car. For example, a used
Prelude or Civic Coupe or Civic Hatchback would be excellent first cars.
I saw a used Si that looked like it was still new.
Jason

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