Bought a 5AT Fit with the Cash For Clunkers deal, and I can say that I'm pretty pleased with my purchase. My only complaint is the drive-by-wire with the throttle lag when you initially press the gas (anyone else have this problem?) and the lack of power. Otherwise it's a sweet car!

My previous DD was a Lexus ES300, which started to give up around 263k(!!). After a electrical fire, an overheat, and numerous problems in-between, it was time to trade it in. Reluctantly because I hate car payments. But I'm glad I did...anyways, pics of my car and I can't wait to start ricing it out b/c I'm a ricer at heart 24" dubs, big vinyl stickers and perhaps some neons! jk. I do want some ambient lights inside tho, and maybe a Navi

I look forward to being on the forum!

Pictures of the Fit & S2k w/ video!
YouTube - S2000 vs S2000 vs E46 M3 vs E36 M3 vs RX7 vs STi vs Corvette Z06 @ MSR
YouTube - Honda S2000 vs Corvette Z06 @ MSR 1.7




And now some w/ my weekend car...Don't they look happy together?




And a few of the weekend ride (...yah, it's my baby. )

 

Yes! You picked the right color!

 

nicely done. i'm loving the contrast between the daily and the weekend toy. rear drive w/ some fun power and a front drive daily w/ just enough power. at least they both handle pretty well, right? as much as i love my FiT, i know i'm always going to keep a rear drive weekend toy around.

also, nice wide shots.

 

I heard 1 guy complain about it with the manual. For me, it seems perfectly fine (AT too). Some of the more experienced people might have heard more as I have only been here a month.

 

Hey you're in my neck of the woods...awesome! You've got two very nice rides there!

 

All these white cars- I don't know how ya'll do it. I've owned two white cars and both were a nightmare to keep clean. Lookin fine though- congrats!

Dan

 

one time coming out of a parking stall slowly, I was pushing the gas pedal very little and as I released the cluth half way, it stalled on me. I am positive I depressed the gas pedal so I thought I gave it enough gas but I guess not. Is this similar to the drive by wire throttle lag problem?

 

Welcome to the forum! I see that you are from Dallas so here is a link to a sub forum for Texas locals as well as a link to a meet in Houston on the 12th of this month.

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/texa...es-thread.html

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/car-...t-vol-4-a.html

Also I noticed that the name MSR and the staging area in the first seems very familiar to me. Is this the MSR Houston on County Road 48 just 7 miles north of Angleton?

Edit: If you are still not used to or uncomfortable with the DBW throttle system, perhaps you'd be interested in a throttle body controller.

 

"My only complaint is the drive-by-wire with the throttle lag when you initially press the gas (anyone else have this problem?) and the lack of power. Otherwise it's a sweet car! "
Welcome to the world of the automatic transmission! It takes a bit of throttle down for the AT to figure out that you want a downshift.... this is where the paddle shift comes in. I use it to tell the AT to downshift NOW, rather than use the throttle to force the downshift... + the paddles make having an AT more fun. I had to give up on having a MT (damn my left knee...) but having the paddle shift helps to ease the pain!

 

Welcome to the forum - sweet looking cars. Have you thought of auto crossing the Fit?

Cat :x

 

Thanks guys!

@ Shockwave - White's probably the second easiest after the silver cars. Atleast it's not black! That's like a 2nd job...

@Hootie - MSR in Cresson - nice catch Hope to see you at the track! I'll visit those threads...

@ Codger - Yah, I don't think it's the automatic transmission - there's a distinctive lag when you press on the gas in first gear. It's part of the reason why I opted for the 5AT was b/c of the lag that was even more noticeable in the 5MT. Every time I blipped the throttle on the downshifts, it would not rev up...my test drive was really frustrating as I learned I had to *hold* the throttle to get the blips up. And the last thing I wanted to do was learn how to drive the Fit differently from the S2000, since the S2000 is the one I'm trying to extract the most out of. It's one of the problems w/ drive-by-wires in general. Honda (and Nissan) really need to tune it out Having said that, the flappy-paddle shifters is a good compromise. But the lag just makes it difficult to be smooth.

@Cat - it was supposed to be my DD car only, but...I might have to. The frame feels really stiff, and I feel there's a bit of potential in the chassis. It's a LOT more fun than I originally thought... Needs more power for me though

 

Nice collection, good shots. The dealer ad tag makes me throw-up a little in my mouth. Get that sh*t off, quickly. Then go for the photo ops.

 

Is it me, or are most of those cones laying down.



Dan

 

Haha, Auto cross, Shock. But yeah, it's hard to rev match quickly with the fly-by-wire throttle in my 5MT.

 

Pointer cones Shock!

Has anyone tuned out the throttle lag?

 

Click the link that reads "throttle body controller" in my previous post. It basically increase of the rate and how much the throttle body is opened. On top of that its essentially plug and play.

 

oo! didn't even notice it...My bad - thanks Hootie! Well hell...now I want a 5MT!

 

Its all good. The 5AT isn't all that bad with all things considered. Sure, it is not as fun as ripping through the gears and puts less power to the wheels; but, you still have the ability to skip gears (2 clicks and hold paddle) and shift at points you want with the paddles.

 

That's Pennington! Which AX event was that?

 

yep! It was a BMW autocross earlier in the year...

I didn't do too hot - my first autocross on the Bridgestone RE01Rs. I am not a fan I liked my old Dunlop Direzza Z1s a lot more.