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Originally Posted by Polish
In reading around here I found someone who mentioned his Civic did that but the Fit never had a problem with scraping.
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Yeah, I've got a 96 Civic sedan and a 2007 Fit. Both have a Draw-Tite 1-1/4" trailer hitch. My bike rack is a Thule (I don't know the model #). The bike rack holds 4 bikes. It seems that Thule takes a 2" hitch bike rack and welds on a 1-1/4" square tube to make it into a 1-1/4" bike rack. The bike rack extends backwards pretty far because of this 1-1/4" modification (far enough that I can open the Civic's trunk without it hitting the bike rack...the Fit hatch hits it though).
The Civic sedan's trunk extends rearward (past the rear axle) much farther than the Fit's rear hatch. If I remember correctly, the Civic's rear overhang is 16" more than the Fit's.
I have a steep driveway. The front of the Fit scrapes if I don't come to a stop before going up the driveway, and I have to go up the driveway entrance at an angle. BUT, the bike rack (on the Fit) has about 3-4" of clearance under it when I go up/down that part of the driveway. On the Civic, the bike rack scrapes.