Got Gas... 43.43mpg

~SB

 

i got rear ended -_-.

 

Intake came in. Car's in the shop till the end of the month..

 

Oh man, I'll bet that hurt, and you probably didn't get a reach around either.... I hope You and Jamy aren't out of commission for too long until your cars are fixed.

 

from the looks of it, the JDP lip is annihilated, the entire rear hatch will have to be replaced, the bumper is pushed into the rebar,

i just hope it won't be a total loss. stupid ppl don't look when traffic is stopped in front of em.

 

Damn bud, What you get hit by? And I know the people not looking part is true. A friend of mine got nailed by some 16 year old in a truck last week. She was at a dead stop waiting to turn for about 3 minutes and the dude nailed her doing about 45. Eclipse held up pretty nicely surprisingly.

@TC: Yeah You, Blackvitzrs, and I all do.. Just glad its being taken care of entirely by my dealer. Rental and everything even though I really miss my car right now compared to the HHR I'm in.

 

Tried to use my fit as a tornado intercept vehicle. More resilient to straight line winds than you'd think.

 

Washed car with Turtle Wax car soap..

 

After a 7 week wait, the J's GT bumper and carbon canards arrived about 6pm and I promptly installed. Replaced the J's front lip and grill. Pics in my photo thread.

 

Did the rear wiper mod this morning before work..or rather, i finished what i started last night lol

 

So i guess you figured it out then? what was the issue with getting those pieces off?

 

The wiper was just a bugger, and took some force. The electrical plug is just in a spot that makes it difficult to grab to pull on, and the release mechanism is weird. Either im retarded, or you need an extra set of hands to get it out lol. I ended up just finishing with the motor still in the hatch. looks cool though, so, it was worth it.

 

Ouch. Hope you're okay. How bad is the damage?

 

You need a link in your siggy. Now I have to put forth some effort. Me no like effort

Drove to and from work today. Keeping the Fit in the low-mid 40's on the computer. I smell another 42+ mpg tank of gas coming

~SB

 

So far just got Gas... LOL but will be headed to Inline Four in a bit to pick up an HKS High Power axle back

Other than that in the last 2/3 weeks I have owned the car I have put a Ti Shift Knob, Broadway Mirror, Mugen rad and oil cap, OEM window visors and tint on her.

Next up will be drop it, camber bolts and alignment and wheels and she should be good

 

In my neck of the woods, that's known as "Tuesday." I was heading home from visiting my sister in Michigan, and two miles from home had some bozo following me in an old V8 Impala SS race around me to the left, then weave across my path to get to an on-ramp, saving himself about 0.5 seconds in the process.

Oh well, it was nice seeing 43.1 on the MPG display when I got home... filling up with away-from-the-big-city gasoline and (mostly) staying on back roads will do wonders for fuel economy.

 

I wish it was just something like "Tuesdays"... but nope... it's any day, even today. When I got home, I realized I left something at work, so on my way back (short hop), I took a road behind my house and almost t-boned a guy pulling out of his driveway. *sigh* At least he managed to stop shy of the road (and my car). I think my honking convinced him to stop... =.='

But yes, I can only seem to get more than 29 mpg when I'm crusing around back roads too. Love them long long stretches of road and little to no interruptions.

 

rear inner frame pushed in, rear hatch has to be replaced, rear bumper must be replaced. JDP rear lip annihilated. And while trying to dislodge the two "mated" vehicles, there was a burning smell from the engine bay. Hopefully, it is just the clutch or some burnt fluid and nothing worst than that.

my estimate it will be over 5K of damage.

 

gave it a good cleaning, went to work and took a picture before i was late

 

Got her stuck in a sand pit... I was driving down a half paved/half dirt road that ive been down a bunch of times before. I took a different line this time straight through some super soft sand (florida beach sand. super fine). My mom and brother were with me and immediately my mom suggested using my oem floor mats for traction. It totally worked. Thanks mom <3