I bought my Fit new back in '09 for a couple of reasons: it had an exceptionally low total cost of ownership, it was very utilitarian, and it was fun to drive.

The projected low cost of ownership has certainly lived up to my expectations. I change oil when the Maintenance Minder says to (which is usually every 11K-12K miles). Conventional oil. Nothing special. But results in a much lower ownership cost.

Tonight I was going to replace front brake pads now that they have over 77K miles on them. Jacked up the car, pulled off the caliber assembly and removed the pads. And found out they still had a bunch of life left. They're over 3.5 mm thick still (I think state inspection minimum is around 1.5mm). So I put them back and will run them probably the rest of the year. Suspect I will get around 85K from the original pads. That's exceptional!

So the five year total of stuff done to my '09 Fit with over 77K is:
6 oil changes.
2 cabin filters.
2 air filters.
1 set of tires.
1 brake light bulb.
1 battery.

Pretty amazing.

Terry

 

Awesome car!!! Amazing DD and very fun to drive. I hope my '13 MR sport fit will give me the same or close to what you gained from yours. Looking forward to savings.

 

Make sure you add "changed brake fluid" to that list. Make it a near future task if time allows

 

Inspected my 2009 MT brakes at 65K miles thinking they would be well worn. Plenty of that is freeway but also ~10K miles of it pulling a loaded trailer. Checked all four corners, fronts were not quite 50% worn and rears only worn 25%. I had already purchased new pads and shoes expecting to replace them so my % comparison was visual with the new ones. Currently at 88K miles and I plan to replace all brakes ~100K miles just to be safe even if the wear sensors are still quiet. Will do a brake fluid change, coolant flush/refill and new spark plugs at the same time.

Thus far I have changed the manual transaxle oil, cleaned my K&N air filter once, new battery, soon to be on my third set of tires and oil changes per MM at 15% with Mobil 1 0W20. That's it.

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Thanks for the tip. You made me dig into the manual and I now realize that Honda recommends changing brake fluid every 3 years. Somehow missed that tidbit.

Terry

 

I'm on my third set of tires at 77K in our '09. Otherwise I'm about where you are except for the fiasco with the blower motor. I was going to check the brake pads but not because of any symptoms. I didn't know about the three-year brake fluid replacement interval.

Cheers.

 

man, this is unbelievable. don't you use your brake lol.

 

When you are slowing down for a red light, do you shift into N and brake or downshift the gears?

 

Thats pretty impressive. your good at using your brakes. Dont forget to change your transmission fluid every 30k now!

 

the benefits of owning a honda ! my element was 9.5 years old 137,000 miles when i traded it for the fit. one 02 sensor was the only thing to ever go wrong. brakes went 102,000 front 109,000 rear
needless to say, i recommend honda to everyone. motorcycles too.

 

I usually just lift off the throttle, leaving it in 5th, and then slip into neutral when the engine starts to bog down (maybe around 800 rpm?). The key is I don't drive right up to the light and then have to lay on the brakes to stop.

 

You sound like me. I have an '09 that I bought new. I bought a set of brake pads at 60k miles because I thought I would have to replace them soon and I was ordering other things at the time. Here I am at 97k miles and still haven't had to replace the brake pads. I have replaced about everything that you have, although I haven't had to replace my battery yet.

 

Swapped mine out at a little over 100k but they could easily have gone for another year. The Fit's very lightweight, which helps, and I use the brakes only in emergencies.

 

With respect, I live in the middle of nowhere (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgottonia) and have to use my brakes every time I stop. How can you live in NYC and use them only in emergencies? I have never driven there, but I have been there and it seemed like drivers used their brakes all the time. The cabbies certainly did, although they didn't like it very much. Hah!

Cheers.

 

I confess to exaggerating somewhat. NYers don't always say what they mean...

 

I have 74,000 miles on the original brake pads on my '09 Fit. I looked into having the brake fluid changed but the dealer checked it (they have special test strips for this), and said it was still good. I'll have them check it again soon.

 

Based on the recommendation from 13Fit, I went ahead and changed my brake fluid today. I used a marine oil changer (oil extractor) which made for a very easy job. And by using the extractor, I could do the job myself avoiding the need of a second person. I spent $3 for a rubber tube at Home Depot. And $4.50 per bottle of Honda brake fluid from a local dealer. Bought two, but only used one. The marine oil changer was $60 but I already owned it.

I posted a video of the job on YouTube
Terry

 

I had to get new front pads at 84K, still had 70% of the rear shoes remaining.

 

89k on front pads still plenty of life in them.

No I don't use my brakes. It's an M/T and a momentum car

 

Nice job on that vid Terry. I've seen pressure setups using simple sprayer bottles like this, but with those you have to figure out a way to seal to the master cylinder cap, which is hard on a Fit since it's a bit under the cowl.

I have a MityVac, but I always had trouble with air getting sucked from around the bleeder valve. It doesn't look like you had much trouble with that.