2nd Gen Honda Fit Vs Mazda2 Impressions
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Sure. I'll warn you, though, it was small by 2000s standards and it's downright tiny today. We are talking Mini Cooper on the outside, very slightly larger on inside. Mazdas in general tend to run smaller than their competitive set.
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I enjoyed reading this thoughtful and detailed post. I'll be following your posts in the future.
The only Mazda I ever owned was a 1986 RX-7. While it was not the equivalent of my Porsche 944, it was fun . . . until the 13B engine blew an oil seal and the car sat at the dealer for months waiting for a replacement part. In contrast, a colleague of mine has a late model Mazda compact with an MT — it might be a Mazda 2 — and she swears by it.
That was the point when the cops were always on me, but I'm old now and I no longer do bad things.
I haven't heard that term in a while.
My recollection of my stock '08 Fit is that it always tried to kill me under hard braking and in the wet. In a turn, the understeer plowed you past your apex, then, just when you thought you had a chance to live another day, the snap oversteer would kick in. I'm not experiencing this on my stock '13 Fit.
I really love the Fit engine. I'm used to motorcycles and high revving. I love me some VTEC. And I'm a drama queen.
Given the delay valve and the fuel mapping, the Fit's clutch engagement is, indeed, tricky, but I love the gearbox.
Thanks for your post, amigo. Come to California. We'll show you some pretty roads and afterward drink some tequila.
The only Mazda I ever owned was a 1986 RX-7. While it was not the equivalent of my Porsche 944, it was fun . . . until the 13B engine blew an oil seal and the car sat at the dealer for months waiting for a replacement part. In contrast, a colleague of mine has a late model Mazda compact with an MT — it might be a Mazda 2 — and she swears by it.
That was the point when the cops were always on me, but I'm old now and I no longer do bad things.
I haven't heard that term in a while.
My recollection of my stock '08 Fit is that it always tried to kill me under hard braking and in the wet. In a turn, the understeer plowed you past your apex, then, just when you thought you had a chance to live another day, the snap oversteer would kick in. I'm not experiencing this on my stock '13 Fit.
I really love the Fit engine. I'm used to motorcycles and high revving. I love me some VTEC. And I'm a drama queen.
Given the delay valve and the fuel mapping, the Fit's clutch engagement is, indeed, tricky, but I love the gearbox.
Thanks for your post, amigo. Come to California. We'll show you some pretty roads and afterward drink some tequila.
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I cross shopped the Mazda2 when my Fit was a new car Undeniably more fun to drive, and the Mazda dealer felt far more honest to me.
That said, as a family car I certainly needed the rear seat space -shoulder room even for two ppl is not available - and the cargo room of the Fit. The Mazda2 is really a size down from the Fit, from everywhere besides the front seat.
Undeniably more fun to drive, and the Mazda dealer felt far more honest to me.That said, as a family car I certainly needed the rear seat space -shoulder room even for two ppl is not available - and the cargo room of the Fit. The Mazda2 is really a size down from the Fit, from everywhere besides the front seat.
The Fit has a ton of space for its size. I like that the Mazda doesn't have that super high roofline. It has plenty of cargo space as long as there's no one in the back.
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Externally the three are all very similarly sized...the Fit's long nose notwithstanding. The Fit has the highest roofline, lowest floor, and a really stretched out windshield that gives a lot of interior space. The Mini is cozy to the point of almost being unusable...it barely fits two people in the back and may store a bag of groceries or two. The front seats and instrumentation I really like. The 3rd gen is a little better. The Mazda has a sweet spot right in between, methinks.
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I like the tactile feel. In comparison the Fit steering feels sloppy and numb...the suspension less connected...the front end less responsive to initial inputs...but it's still really easy to drive. The Mazda is very communicative in road and steering feel. The steering responds instantly to inputs with seemingly zero flex or slop. I like that. They're both easy to drive...but the Mazda is more of the experience that I seek.
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