CNET just reviewed the 2009 Honda Fit Sport. Here's the link: 2009 Honda Fit Sport reviews - CNET. This is the more detailed written complement to the video review done a few days earlier.

The reviewer, Wayne Cunningham, was really taken by the reported mileage on the trip computer and based much of his review on the fact that he was able to average an indicated 40mpg, on the trip computer, from San Francisco to Seaside, CA. (Here's the route: San Francisco to Seaside) Unfortunately, he didn't bother to check his gas mileage manually or read this thread in the Fit Forum: mpg-reports or he would have known the trip computer consistently exaggerates by 4 mpg. After 4 tankfuls on my Fit Sport w/NAV, that's exactly what I've observed.

In Brian Cooley's video review, it doesn't appear he's done much homework either. While his review is also overall positive, he wraps it up by suggesting buyers not pay $1850 for the navigation system. "Keep it simple" he says. Had he known this also gets you dynamic stability control (mandatory on ALL cars in 2012) as well as steering wheel controls for the audio system, he probably would have changed that recommendation.

I generally respect CNET's reviews of electronic devices. But their treatment of automobiles seems cursory at best. No pun intended, but this was more like a "drive by" review than anything in depth. I was a bit disappointed.

 

lol they all do this. except for some.