View Poll Results: Who is 5spd and who is auto??
Got 5spd?
129
55.60%
Got Auto?
103
44.40%
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Poll update...5spd vs auto
Member
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 211
From: Nebraska
I have a 5AT because I sold my STi, then my SE-R motor blew. I needed a car within a week and I got lucky because one of the dealers called me and had just received a Fit Sport. I wanted a 5MT, but it didn't work out that way.
Nearly 2k miles later...I'm quite happy with my 5AT. It's the best auto tranny car I've driven yet. Resale value should be good too if I go that route later. However I can see myself keeping this as a daily driver for years to come. My SE-R is a 5MT so that will be my fun car until my '69 Camaro SS is done. My Fit isn't a race car...it's reliable and safe daily transportation.
Nearly 2k miles later...I'm quite happy with my 5AT. It's the best auto tranny car I've driven yet. Resale value should be good too if I go that route later. However I can see myself keeping this as a daily driver for years to come. My SE-R is a 5MT so that will be my fun car until my '69 Camaro SS is done. My Fit isn't a race car...it's reliable and safe daily transportation.
Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 122
From: Philadelphia
i said it b4 and i will say it one last time...if you are happy with what you have then GOOD for you...i never put down autos at all even though words are getting put in my mouth, but who cares. i just said if MY CHOICE was to get an auto i would not have gotten the Fit...i love driving 5spd and always will, but thats just ME. You guys with autos that are happy with it and are hooking your cars up by all means do what makes you happy and dont mind the stubborn guy who cant be happy with an auto...nobody here is saying "since your an automatic you cant hook your cars up" please stop the drama and just read b4 you put words in my mouth...whats that song again? oh yeah!
"dont worry be happy!!!"
lets just keep this poll going
"dont worry be happy!!!"
lets just keep this poll going
I wasn't pointing anyone out specifically ...
ETA: And I definitely wasn't bashing you, or anyone.
Last edited by JessW1982; Jan 19, 2007 at 09:35 PM.
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June 2007 1st Place Fit of the Month Winner
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,664
From: The Latin Pot
its all good yo...i just dont want to look like the bad guy here
Member
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 335
From: Garland, TX
I have a 5AT because I sold my STi, then my SE-R motor blew. I needed a car within a week and I got lucky because one of the dealers called me and had just received a Fit Sport. I wanted a 5MT, but it didn't work out that way.
Nearly 2k miles later...I'm quite happy with my 5AT. It's the best auto tranny car I've driven yet. Resale value should be good too if I go that route later. However I can see myself keeping this as a daily driver for years to come. My SE-R is a 5MT so that will be my fun car until my '69 Camaro SS is done. My Fit isn't a race car...it's reliable and safe daily transportation.
Nearly 2k miles later...I'm quite happy with my 5AT. It's the best auto tranny car I've driven yet. Resale value should be good too if I go that route later. However I can see myself keeping this as a daily driver for years to come. My SE-R is a 5MT so that will be my fun car until my '69 Camaro SS is done. My Fit isn't a race car...it's reliable and safe daily transportation.
Member
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 74
From: Toronto, Canada
I bought a Sport AT. I've been driving manual for the last 6-7 years and I'll be missing it once I start driving my Fit. My only reason for driving auto is simply because I do a lot of physical labour with a minimum of 10 hours a day. By the end of the day, my legs are sore and feels like jell-o, especially my left leg (I recently found out that I put more weight on it than my right leg). Because of the fatigue I find that my clutch work is consistently out of sync with my Accord (on top of which I'm wearing heavy duty steel toe snow boots). So, I'm jerking way too much for my liking. This is something I don't want the engine and tranny to experience. 
Member
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 33
From: Toronto, Canada
Got an 5sp auto, lol
however I think most enthusiasts you'll find on the web will have a 5sp manual transmission.
my reasoning for the auto, car is a commuter, wife doesn't drive manual, but most of all the gas consumption figures between the two is so negligible.
however I think most enthusiasts you'll find on the web will have a 5sp manual transmission.
my reasoning for the auto, car is a commuter, wife doesn't drive manual, but most of all the gas consumption figures between the two is so negligible.
Member
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 745
From: IL
Yeah funny thing is every time I drive by a dealer and i see a fit i might stop by and take a look to see if its a manual or automatic and I have yet to see a manual tranny fit. Mine is stick (i know both versions are 5 speed, my mistake) but I also concur that most people who drive the automatic version of the Fit are probably gas conscious older people who really don't care about performance so they're probably not on this forum.
well, i'm a gas conscious young chick who knows squat about cars
i'm just on this forum cause i love the fit.and i just sold my manual '88 CRX, which my buddy did all sorts of mods to, so it was next to impossible for me to drive. it was my first car, but i learned stick from it.
i'm just too lazy for a manual
Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 121
From: Stockton
the manual fits are suppose to be rare but it seems like most of the people here owns a manual, i was too anxious to buy a fit, didnt wanted to wait and got an auto, wish it was a manual but i still love my fit 
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,251
From: Winthrop Harbor Illinois/ Presque Isle Wisconsin
just experiance, traditionally in a low torque motor a manual will do a little (sometimes a lot) better with performance and real world MPG.
Very tough decision as my wife hates stick (no pun intended LOL) and we do have to swap cars once in awhile.
Very tough decision as my wife hates stick (no pun intended LOL) and we do have to swap cars once in awhile.
