2003 Mazda Protege5
AtomicBlueMetallic
68,000 miles



If the P5 wasn't rusting away, we wouldn't have replaced it.

Missing the zoom-zoom of it and the interior was nicer/more comfortable than the Fit.

The Mazda was rock-solid reliable, we're hoping the same from the Fit.

The blue is nearly identical so the new Fit is easy to find in a parking lot. Really should have gotten a side-by-side before we sent the P5 off.

 

2002 Subaru Impreza RS. Had to sell her since we didnt need two cars in Boston. Now back in the south and glad to have a great car again!

 

Traded in a 2013 Challenger RT, 6 speed. It's been a little different having 250 less hp. But being able to fill up with $22 instead of $65, with cheaper insurance and just over half the car payment is enough to make up for it. Started Honda with an '86 CRX-Si, then a '90 EF Hatch, before moving to an '06 Scion xA. I loved my EF, and decided it was time to come back. The 2015 Fit has been great to me so far.

 

Mine was purchased partially with insurance payout on my Toyota rav 4 2002. That was our second car that was bought primarily for my daughter in college (so I never got to drive it much spending much of my road time in a company van) but last winter for that very reason I sprung for a decent shape civic 2002 with 160k on it only $2100. I only put about 3000 miles on it in 6 months but on a long downhill it suddenly developed a bearing knock, I shifted to neutral and boom, it threw a rod. Now my daughters taking off so this nice new econobox. Whe she leaves in Jan I'll finally have weekend wheels of my own!

 

I replaced my beloved 2009 Fit Sport ,5 speed manual in Milano red with a 2015 Milano red CVT due to continued left knee problem. I Like the 2015,can't say I love it yet because just not as fun to drive as the 2009.


PaFitter

 

2008 Fit with 222,222.00 miles on it.
John

 

Why didn't you do the extra .22 miles in the parking lot?

 

02 Civic @ 85k miles

 

This is my wife's car and it replaced a 2005 Chrysler Crossfire Limited V-6 Automatic Coupe. We're in retirement now and the Crossfire was getting difficult for us to get into and out of. Crossfire was an excellent sports car for us, but so far we love our new 2015 Fit EX-L. Ingress & egress much easier.

 

2013 Honda Fit LX - 38,000km. Worried about safety crash testing for small overlap accidents, plus wanted better gas mileage. Love it! Bart von Fahrt is a keeper

 

2005 Volvo S40 T5. It has 111k miles. I loved that car, but it had so many problems it was almost $5k in repairs yearly. Bought a 2015 red lx mt and the only thing I miss is the acceleration from a turbo.

 

BMW 335i, the biggest POS I've ever owned. It was in the shop six or seven times in the two and a half years I had it. It was fun as hell to drive, but enough was enough. Started looking for new cars at the beginning of the year, saw there was a new Fit coming out (I didn't care too much for the styling of the old Fits). Waited until June to get one. Bought the second one from the dealer, two days after they took the first delivery.

 

2010 toyota yaris. I like fit. Wayyyyy better

 

I should have.

 

Will be replacing 2001 Mazda MPV with 215K miles. Van is dying. My cousin works at Honda, so I wanted to get a Civic but she recommend NOT to get Civic for two reasons, high insurance and being stolen.

 

2011 Mercedes GLK350

 

Euro R Cl1, needed a more practical and economical car and the Jazz definitely ticks those boxes!


Professional Car Photographer Matt Woods by AndyWarner1986, on Flickr

 

Your cousin knows nothing about Hondas.

A.) New Civics don't get stolen like the old ones. The only reason old Civics were stolen was because they were easily parted out for a profit.

B.) The Fit also has high insurance for what it is. I got a quote for coverage from my insurance provider for cars to replace my '08 Fit and found I could SAVE money on insurance on a: 350Z, S2000, etc. The average Fit drivers are 16-22 year old kids whose moronic parents purchase them new cars to crash and old people; two groups that crash a lot of cars.


@Sandy, CL1 looks great! Just get an FN2

 

Not a direct replacement, but...

I'm between jobs. 2012 Pilot lease was up in a few weeks. And my old VW TDI is in need of lots of fixing too (mostly normal stuff you would expect at it's age). Decided to get a 2015 Fit for now for the one reliable car. Once I get a new job, we will look at a real replacement for the Pilot. The Fit will be primarily mine then. I may keep the TDI too though; I have two older kids in college & high school so having a 3rd car might be useful. We'll see...

 

1993 probe gt with a mild build. Miss that car! Not enough room or gas mileage lol