I bought my 2007 Honda Fit Sport on March 27, 2007 in Jacksonville, Florida, from a local dealer I won’t name. It was built in Japan — 100% Japan parts, engine, and assembly. Nineteen years later, I’m still driving it. Mileage today is 456,355. It’s my only vehicle, and it still gets me from point A to point B. I paid $18,200 brand new with $6,000 down — back when Honda North America still cared about small cars.

When I take my Fit into a Honda dealership for oil changes or repairs, I look at what they sell now. I can’t afford anything Honda offers in North America. Then I look at Honda’s official Japanese site and see the Fit still alive, along with other small cars we’ll never get here unless gas hits ten dollars a gallon. Honda North America killed the Fit in 2020 for “low sales.” COVID gave them the perfect excuse to drop the best car they ever made. The proof is simple: most of them are still on the road.

My 2007 Fit looks old, but it still runs well. Over the years I’ve had repairs — a used transmission at 306,000 miles, a catalytic converter that needs replacing but isn’t urgent according to my service advisor. I’ve got duct tape on both sides of the front bumper, duct tape on the driver’s seat, and a few other places. People say “just fix it,” and I would if I could. But like my Fit, I’m worn out. Major medical problems since August 2024 and still ongoing.

And like my Japan‑built Fit Sport, I’m still here.

The gauges here show an earlier mileage — lower than my current 456,355. I don’t drive like I used to. One year I put 67,000 miles on my Fit Sport.
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My 2007 Honda Fit Sport, kept in my one‑car garage. The headlamps are fogged over, but I don’t drive much at night anymore. The outside mirrors lost their paint years ago.

Duct tape on both sides of my front bumper. The one thing I wish Honda Japan hadn’t added is the air dam under the front bumper — I’ve caught that thing on so many parking curbs it’s been pulling the bumper loose for years.

I love giving others my opinion.

Two of my 27 Opuses in the back seat, buckled in with a plastic rose from my late parents’ grave. I also have a Bill the Cat.

Duct tape and a faded cowl cover. The windshield was replaced in 2023 by a national company — they did a horrible job.

Outside mirror paint faded a long time ago