Okay, epiphany time; I think our Fit is a real car.
We were finally past breakin, and we took it down to visit my daughter at college. One hundred miles; 30 on surface roads over Beffert Mountain, and the rest on the PA turnpike over Sideling Hill.
We had an indicated 40.8 going down, 37.1 coming home (upgrade); two people, bunch of luggage.
The little bugger cruised easily at 70+ range with plenty of pickup if needed, and wash from trucks didn't bounce us around. Downshifts were common, but it maintained speed on long uphills on the 'pike, and upgrades do pull down the mileage...big surprise there .
Used the paddles and twisted her tail coming home up a winding three lane stretch, including blowing the doors off a guy in a 'ute who didn't really want to let the dinkymobile around. That little four makes a great yowl when you crank it, and there was more than adequate power for passing, merging, and hill climbing. I still don't have the paddle shifting totally figured out, as sometimes I'm in charge, and sometimes Hal steps in and makes a shift.
A 250 mile weekend isn't a coast to coast run, but I wouldn't mind a longer trip in it, if I can get my bride away from the heated leather seats in her Passat...
Moon

 

The beauty of cloth seats is that heated seats are not a biggie at all. Leather seats are such a PITA... cold in the winter, hot in the summer, cracks over time, etc.

 

Totally agree!

I would never get Leather seats no matter how much money I have. It will be totally destroyed if my kitty kneads on it. My kitty is the king of my castle.

If anyone wants a heated seat they can get a 2-dollar hot water bottle like Grandma used to have. That way you get an instant butt warmer (or butt cooler if filled w/ ice water in the summer). Fill it up w/ hot soup and it's also a lunch pack! Can also be thrown at another car when you have road rage (having a fit).

 

Or they can get this option installed Webasto Seat Heaters



From my experience, leather seats last longer than the fabric ones, they are more durable, and less prone to rips, and holes. And the convenience of having heated/cooled seats is nice. True it's not necessary, but it is a nice luxury. I wish I coulda gotten the leather heated/cooled seat option on the Fit. (from Honda that is)

Since I don't have any cats or dogs anymore the seats wouldnt get scratched up like they used to...

 

Hey, I've never had leather, but my bride has always been the one with the fancyschmancy ride in our house; I like Jeeps and now the Fit.
That said, I do like the seats in her car; in fact, I like her car, Period. It's great in wet or slippery weather (AWD), quiet and a great handler.
I DON't like its relative thirstiness (about 23-24 on trips, tho' fast running doesn't seem to hurt that much), and it's worse around town. The Deutschers also call for hightest, tho' it'll run on midgrade.
What is a revalation is that the Fit seems more than capable of a serious trip. In my (now somewhat distant) youth I drove VW Beetles, a couple Sciroccos and a fulie CRX. All were capable of being driven a long way, but the Bugs especially required that you pay attention and fly the airplane all the time.
As a measure of how far small, relatively inexpensive cars have come, the Fit is a wonder.
Moon