My 2010 Fit is either going to a new home via trade-in....or staying where she is for another winter. Not sure which way to go.

I put a deposit on a 2022 Civic Touring Hatchback today. It will take a month or so before it comes in. Sonic Pearl Gray with the 6 speed m/t

 

Sad to see you leave our little party.

Everyone says that the used car market is hot at the moment. You should be able to sell it out of your driveway for more than you'll get on trade-in. No?

 

I think you've already got this one figured, big boss. If the present car fills its role, I couldn't imagine a need for replacement unless it's reaching a point wherein larger maintenance items are about to come up and you'd rather shift your investment to a new prospect.

The GE ain't fast or pretty, but it's a solid, budget friendly, and practical driver's car. I intend to keep mine. If budget ever opens up enough I'd prolly get a WRX or check out Honda's new bodied ridgeline truck (much less embarrassing now). My first buy would probably be a newish KTM 690, either the enduro or the smcr. I've yet to see any evidence to indicate someone's had a bad time on that bike.

 

After thinking on it more...I'll prob keep it until next spring and then decide. It's been a perfectly reliable car for the 5 years that I've owned it. It now has 249,000 miles on it.
I was noticing just the past few days that it seems to be running stronger than ever....might be the cooler weather.
The trade-in value would prob only be 2K or less because of the high miles. The down-side of keeping it is the garage space.
If it wasn't a m/t...I would not hesitate to trade-in.

The Civic is a 6 speed manual also.

 

Highly recommend trying the online sites to see what they offer. Check Carvana, vroom, shift, etc. Carvana offered a pretty crazy price for one of my parents old cars. Transaction when they picked it up was like than 30min and they provided check in hand.

 

A flat-4 with 4-wheel drive? Is this the same person I've known all these years?

Now that sounds better.

 

Yeah, I'm thinking the manual transmissions will be the first to disappear as we move along toward Total EV Domination.

 

I just now went to the Carvana site and entered my Fit's info to get a 'selling price' to them.
Ha!......

Your Carvana Offer

$200

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2010 Honda Fit
Hatchback 4D
249,000 miles

 

my ASS! It doesn't pay to get rid of the fit apparently
Now, MC, you're right. I don't know if I could stomach a flat engine.But at the price-point I'd kick myself for buying something that wouldn't bring big smiles. Instead of a tachometer, the new KTM has a champagne sprayer.
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Lol that's terrible. That's what they offered me for my Scion xB. However, my parents sold there 2013 Chevy Spark earlier this year for $8k to them. Carvana would probably give them more if they waited until now.

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At $28,000-ish, you may be right, but my eyesight isn't what it used to be, and I can't see past the 3,340 lbs. curb weight. Besides, I can't work on no flat-4. You have to drop the engine just to say hello to the spark plugs.

My dealer refused to sell me a KTM. He said you actually have to know what you're doing to ride one. He suggested I look into a 50cc scooter and an afternoon nap.

 

I’m in a similar spot of trying to decide whether to keep the Fit and try to make it exactly what I want or simply buy something newer and fancy (by my standards like a 2019 corolla hatchback)

Good luck!

 

The most compelling pitch I heard for the Subaru was from my father. That car doesn't speak to my logic at all, but I remember how excited he was after he went for a test drive in one a few years back.

My first and only bike has been the XR650L. At 5'11 I had to choose which big toe I could set down when I stopped. The first time I rode it I went out of the driveway, across the street, hit a curb, fell over, and the left peg knocked a hole in the crankcase cover.
It's been a good number of years since then, and I'm still not a great rider, have laid it down and lost my shoes in the process 😂 but living is "jumping off cliffs and building your wings on the way down."