Ooops I forgot I was in the gen 3 area of the forums.

There are very few small hatchbacks that I like.

One is the Hyundai Veloster (the accents not too bad either)
The other is the Lexus CT and the ugly, older stepchild of the group...the Volvo C30 which some people don't like but I always thought was cool.

VW GTI has amazing styling but after owning a VW I'll never go there again.

 

Thanks for the laugh; my GK is an absolute ball to drive.

 

besides the fit and finish on some of the panels and slightly cocked steering wheel (lol) i think honda did a good job on this car. at this price point can't really expect much more.

i would fix the fit and finish.
a tad bigger gas tank would be nice.
smaller a-pillar

 

Yes, mine too. I drove a low-miles '13 before I drove my '16. The handling of the '13 was what some people would call "spirited." Every time it hit a bump on the freeway it pointed itself in a new direction. The '16 is better behaved. It changes direction readily, but only when it is commanded.

I agree on the A-pillar and gas tank. I love 370 miles of range, but I'd really love 500. One thing that I've found is that the tank actually takes 2 gallons more after the pump's automatic shutoff. That long fill pipe slows things down.

The fit and finish of the '16s seems to be generally better than the '15s. My LX is flawless, as was every other '16 I looked at the dealer.

 

Another 25-30 horsepower would be nice. A bigger gas tank would be nice too.

 

Stronger AC - we spent a weekend driving in 90 - 95 degree heat, it was cool enough, but it would be nice to get it cooler....my Mrs loved it - I always freeze her out on road trips ....it's livable...of course having a black Fit doesn't help (shall be getting windows tinted once I get the dead '03 Focus scrapped)
A taller 6th gear ....we got 41.1 mpg with the AC going full blast and "slightly"exceeding posted speed limits....who knows how high it could be if 6th gear was geared properly
That's about it, really....oh, yeah, floor mats!!! I refuse to be charged by a dealer for something that SHOULD ship as standard on any car (and it seems most companies still play this stupid game, I guess)....f' 'em, I bought a cheap $10 set of black rubber trim-to-size mats and secured them with some velcro tape....works for now until I decide what to do mat-wise
Love this little car !!! My POS Focus should be getting picked up for scrap today, if all goes well.....I was rolling the dice every time I drove the car, and I lost big time a couple of weeks ago - the infamous "dropped valve seat issue" claimed another victim. Ford knows this is/was a bad problem on a certain engine, refused to do anything about it. The 2.0L SPI engine is garbage

 

- a real temperature gauge instead of the blue icon that disappears after the engine warms up

- too much tire noise from the Firestone oem tires

 

After living with the car for a year, I have no real complaints. Unlike Mike 410b, I find the car a blast to drive, and find myself looking for excuses to go somewhere.


Well, as long as we're wishing, a Fit Si would be nice. How about it, Honda?

 

Hmm. You're from Boston, eh? Funny how that works out.

 

I could really get behind that idea.

 

Fat chance that, It has taken Honda decades to offer a Civic Type R here and it MAY show up in the fall of this year as a 2017 model.

 

Actually Buick had a cleaned up version of the Aztec, sans the 4 nostrils front end and the overdone side cladding. Decent, if not spectacular, looking.

 

Ah yes, the Rendezvous, a better looking version of the Aztek.

 

Given the overwhelming popularity of car-based SUV and CUV vehicles these days (many of which are, to my eye, far uglier than the oft-maligned Pontiac), I'd say the Aztec had the last laugh. It was just ahead of its time.

 

a lot of these things are just adding costs. Interior hatch release would be great, but it's weight and expense for something that isn't really necessary.

Hell, mine only has one roof handle. The other three are MIA.

My three wishes are...

1. more insulation because the road noise really is too loud.
2. more buttons. I really dislike the tendency to get rid of expensive switches and buttons with no switches and buttons
3. A spare tire. Yeah, I know you guys in the states still have one, but you won't next year.

 

I often wondered what the Pontiac styling division was smoking in those days. The over styled Aztec, Firebird and even the lowly GranAm The Flaming Chicken Firebird became a caricature of itself. The hungry catfish/bass frontends of some of today's SUV/CUV are just as ugly as the 4 nostrils on the Pontiac. The side sculptures do have a purpose however. They make the thin metal slightly stronger. Ugly? Sometimes, depending on the eyes of the beholder.

 

I have to make this point again, because when I purchased my Fit, we didn't have this heat wave (it was at the end of summer), It's usually hot here, but the Sahara Dust effect makes it worst. I blast my A/C on Low and lower my windows for a couple of minutes, I purchased a custom sunshade and still, I can't get my Fit cool fast enough, and when it is one of those days that I make quick stops in the city, the minute I turn my A/C off, it gets hot again in minutes. I'm feeling now the small compressor.

 

5Well, I'm in Middle TN, it's 94 F (Heat Index 105) at noon. Tinting will help inside the car, but only marginally. Ditto a sun shield. Personally I'm staying inside and hugging the AC unit in the window of my apartment. I may, I say MAY, go visit a new gun range across town in the morning, but no way do I expect the Fit's AC to drive me out of the car. May crack open the sun roof after I get on the interstate on my way to Bellvue from Madison and back.

Melting in Madison.

 

Yeah I forgot to mention that the very next day I took my Fit from the dealer, I tinted all windows with the exception of the windshield (illegal here) with 3M 50%, it makes the difference (blocking UV).

Last week I threw a thermometer inside and at 11:30 a.m. it was reading 41.5 C (no heat index) and outside was 37 C (heat index). Humidity here is always over 70%. Unfortunately mine didn't come with sunroof.

 

Next to the AZTEK, this was the other Pontiac misfire.. Handled like a pig and the paint on them washed off.. Roomy as all heck though.. <br/>

If you squint it kinda looks like a Fit just BIGGER