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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 11:34 AM
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Road trip

Has anyone ventures on a road trip of 2000 or more? If so how did the car drive?
 
Old Jun 18, 2011 | 11:56 AM
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Give me a week or two to get back to you. I'm leaving for Colorado in the middle of next week.
 
Old Jun 19, 2011 | 10:51 AM
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Road Trips

I've taken two road trips with my Fit, one of 6k, and another of 5k.

Car ran fine, no problems at all, but the inside got a little gamey with me sweating in it for a week and a half.
 
Old Jun 20, 2011 | 09:40 PM
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my ge8 was awesome on long trips...no complaints, except depending on your seating position for the driver, it may get a little uncomfortable. at least thats what i've found on my trips

also, because of its taller profile and narrow footprint, just keep your hands on the wheel when driving with stronger wind on the highway lol
 
Old Jun 24, 2011 | 12:27 AM
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I've driven from Washington down to California and since I've had it, all the way to Austin Texas. The Fit is a great road trip car especially with cruise control. Exceeded my expectations.
 
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 03:05 PM
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My Fit fits me very well. Portland, OR to Abilene, TX in 29 hours. A couple naps along the way but I was on the road 98% of the time.
 
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 04:40 PM
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I just came back from a roughly 2200 mile road trip from San Diego (92126) to Lakewood Colorado. I have an 11' Fit Sport (M/T). The car held up great. I was cruising between 65-70mph and was getting roughly 39-42mpg. On the way back, I was cruising between 75-80 and was getting around 37-39mpg. Love this car. My Evo X could barely get 19mpg even at 65mph.

Handling - The car handled fine, very nimble on those zig zag roads in Utah. It did rain, but the stock tires hugged the road just fine. Other than that, the car does wander around a bit and gets pushed around by the wind too easily even with a 200lb passenger and about 100lbs of luggage.

Amenities - A/C sucked. The cycling time is just crazy slow. I was sweating like crazy even at full blast (95-105 degree weather). Cruise control worked flawlessly though.

Power - Lol. It struggled a lot during those hill climbs.
 
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