if people can swap in a k20 why doesn't honda make it an option?
i know is a numbers thing but charge more for it and just make a few

 

Yeah that'd be brilliant. Let us see how much Honda can kill the Civic line up with its own cars.

 

Civic's already dead man...Killed the performance when they made the SI a fat guppy.

 

I want the American version of the Jazz Hybrid with heated leather seats, panoramic roof, Hybrid engine, and Lime Green Metallic paint.

I have no use for an electric vehicle that can't make the trip from NorCal to SoCal in 6 hours. Cruise control is a requirement for long road trips; kills my knee without it.

Drivers anywhere south of 37 degrees latitude need stronger A/C.

And please redesign the GE8 dash, those samurai lines and random knob placements are butt ugly. I preferred the clean simplicity of the GE dash.

What is with the headliner placement of the rear middle seat seatbelt? That cuts down my cargo headspace by five inches top and back!

The horn sounds like a scooter.

 

Seriously speaking...knowing honda US and Canada will only go so far.....

any real speed options would go to the civic....

anyways for the next Fit, a 6speed manual and say 135hps would be nice, sunroof option and I'll be a happy camper.

 

Forgive me if this has been mentioned. I did not read the entire thread.

I wish the rear window would open. I would love it if it would roll down, but would settle for it popping open like on my expedition.

 

i wish the rear window displays what im thinking to the driver behind me.

 

I suspect if the Fit did that, I'd probably get in trouble for teaching new unsavory words to little kids riding in the car with their idiot parents who couldn't drive between two white lines to save their life.

I'd still be tempted by such a feature anyways. ~_^

 

Nobody ever wants what I want but here goes:

AWD: a good version

And for something others will agree on:
more driver leg room.

 

so let's say HONDA is willing to put most of your wishlist... so how much are you willing to pay for FIT?

 

Three Easy installments of $19.95 and you be your sweet Aspercream I'll be acting NOW to have one of those installments removed. I also expect my slap-chop as a free bonus as I'm sure for the above price, they won't double my order.

I wonder what the additional cost would be for an Si/Si-R version of the Fit with IRS, Discs, & an R18 under the hood. $2k more?

~SB

 

For the AWD, I'd pay $1k-$2k more, but the system would have to work as well as a Subaru's, or I could just get an Subaru Impreza hatchback.

 

new impreza hatchback is not bad. was choice #2 this time if '12 GE sport deal fell through. but AWD + CVT + weak engine = SLOW.

 

I owned a 1992 honda civic CX, (1.5L, 70 HP) so I don't mind slow. Funny thing the FIT 1st gen. is within 1.5 inches in any dimension of the 92' civic, and weight is almost equal too. I averaged 38mpg over 10yrs and 200k miles in the civic.
Admitted, the FIT has much better pick-up.

 

What you would have is a 1992-1996 Honda Civic CX, with a more powerful engine. the CX had a 1.5L 70HP engine.
Had one liked it, the fact that the FIT is an updated version of that civic is the reason I bought a 07 FIT. I do miss the split tailgate of the civic though.

 

I miss having lunch on my split hatch on my 93 si!

Or that little mini sunvisor between the 2 main sunvisors

 

I do enjoy old Hondas. Just dislike that 92-95 body style. Dat 88-91 DX.

want.

 

these are the things I would like in future Fit's

1. 6th speed for highway driving
2. remote for the radio
3. engine temperature gauge

 

What SHOULD be an option? The same things that are either options or standards, in any other country, provided that they are legal here.

Honda acts as if the Fit is a budget car in the US.. what they fail to realize is that Fit owners want accessories too, and they could make a lot more money if they made these options available.. I still don't understand why they don't.

I created the following thread a while back to try and create a list of what those things were: https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/gene...out-chart.html

 

Honestly? Here's what I'd like to see:

Standard equipment:
- Rear sway bar standard across the range.
- An engine that doesn't fall on its face if I have to pass a semi on the highway. R18? They make it already, and its small enough, so why not?
- BETTER SEATS. My poor old man back can't take those seats much more.
- Rear disc brakes on Sport models. We've had the disc brake on cars for over 110 years now, and we should have thrown drum brakes away entirely when we figured them out. They have no purpose other than saving money and adding weight. But if we'd ditched drum brakes back in 1902, discs would have been quite a bit cheaper by now, wouldn't they?
- I've mentioned this in other threads, but how about a real battery?

Options:
- Tow package. Nothing amazing, but just enough to tow a small U-Haul or other trailer.
- Roof rack/cargo box. Either one.
- Some kind of HFP/Mugen suspension offering. Stiffer springs at least. Out of the box, these cars offer a lot of understeer. Changing the rear sway bar design to a removable one with an upgrade option would be nice, too.

I think that covers a realistic "wish list" for those of us wanting a small car that doesn't feel like a compromise/bargain basement car, want to have a little fun, or have things to do and stuff to move around. Which is also what makes up a good chunk of the market these days (except up here where everyone wants a truck).