or you could, I dunno... wear your seatbelt?

 

Honda probably did it this way for ergonomic reasons. Pulling with your palm facing toward you is easier than pulling with it facing away from you, such as when you're doing a pull-up. It's easier to do with your palms facing you (underhand grip) than facing away from you (overhand grip).

 

mine beeps when you drive and forgot to release the handbrake..

 

So, you forgot to release the park brake too.

 

****some or everybody might know but not me**** =P but hmm something that was interesting is that 07 and 08 fits have different windshield wipers =P i just found that out when i was in my brother car 08 fit =P works the same but looks alittle different =P

 

you wanna see something different about wind shield wipers? [btw i didnt kno that] look at a prius, when its raining, its very wierd yet kinda fancy. Last night i was parked head in looking at a prius that was on, its hard to explain, just look at it lol

 

On my MT the DRL's don't come on until you release the parking brake. which reminds me I gotta pull fuse #15.

10 cupholders and only 1 coat hanger I don't think I've ever owned a car with only 1 coat hanger.



It hasn't been mentioned but if you put your hand out the drivers window while trying to auto-close it once it senses your arm/hand whatever it will stop and re-open. but then again this might be how it is on all auto-close window cars?

 

I just read this thread, and I'd never noticed the pen holder in the upper glove box. I had to run outside to check it out. I agree that it's probably a pen holder. My pen fits it OK (a little tight, but not too bad), but I keep my pen on the shelf under the upper glove box. I slides a little sometimes, but it hasn't flown off yet. So, instead, I put my tire pressure guage in the pen holder!

 

This is a great thread... I have had my car for probably 6 months and did not know about the reclining rear seats until this morning.

I'm such a geek... I felt like I was driving a brand new car.

 

1) Not mentioned yet, but I was blown away by the auto-down and auto-up! driver's window, which I only found out about when I got the car. It's probably ten cents worth of extra circuitry, but every time I use it, I giggle like a child because I feel so pampered in my economy car!

2) Those slots on either side of the ebrake are perfectly sized for an iphone and wallet, freeing up the old pockets when I'm in for a drive longer than ten minutes.

3) I personally find the cupholders in front of the gearshift useless for cups (too far away, too awkward to get into when you have the air vent cupholder right there) but they're a great place to throw your sunglasses.

4) I invariably static shock myself when I get out of the car, so touching the back of my hand to the doorframe as I get out has become a habit.

5) My gearbox really won't go back into first unless I am at a dead stop, which is probably to ensure idiots like me use second as much as possible. Unfortunately, reverse isn't as balky, which means I made expensive-sounding GRUNTCHes twice before I learned to fully stop the damn car.

6) I saw my first new Insight yesterday. Sorry, the Fit dominates that ungainly minivan, I don't care about the fuel economy or little leaf lights. I'm getting 35 city without trying, on a motor with 1800 mi.

7) The only thing I would like is a ceiling-mounted ambient light like in mom's odyssey and dad's RDX. Just a little bitty LED that casts a dab of amber light around.

 

That's what I do too!

 

i noticed that when i'm driving at night i can spin the button by the speedometer your dashboard lights dim, or get brighter. depends which way you turn it lol

 

Took me a few days to figure out if you turn the dash brightness down by two clicks your nav screen will turn from day to night view.

 

I concur. I loved my 03 Accord 6MT's subtle amber light that reflected on the faux carbon fiber center console. It was a nice touch. My 08 Accord 6MT's blue ambient light was not really noticeable, so why did they bother?

I would love an amber ambient light on this Fit.

 

noticed two things. when you shut the car off and do not open any of the doors, you still have power to close your windows.

2nd is if you have your front windshield wipers on and the rear off. if you put the car in reverse, the back windshield wipe goes off. really cool.

 

There's a small narrow space in between the cargo cover and the rear seats where you could store your umbrella!

 

the volume also resets between cd/radio/aux

 

I have a friend there in Alberta...he says it's brutal winters

 

Heavy rain today, which gave me the opportunity to find out about the rear wiper coming on when the tranny is put in reverse. Freaked me out at first, but I think it's a nice touch.

As for the doors relocking if no one opens the doors, our '97 CR-V had that feature. Saves you if you pop the locks accidentally. The CR-V's remote had a button that would pop the glass hatch open, which obviously did not relock, so that button required three seconds of pushing before the hatch popped open.

 

So, this kicks in even in the Manual Transmission Fit? Cool.