What you DONT like about your Fit
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 197
From: SAN JUAN PR
If the ABS engaged that means your tires would have locked up. What you hit was not the limit of the brakes but the limit of the traction (or static friction for you physics types) of the tires. And once the tires lock up you have even less stopping power since the coeficent of kinetic friction (or the traction between two surfaces slideing realtive to one another) is lower. In other words, if you want to stop faster, get stickier tires.
Speaking of which, I need to see how fast I can stop with my new 205 UPH all seasons.
And for things I don't like, after nearly 18000 miles, the seats are still terible, the TPMS system could have been implemented better (storeing two sets of tires would be grand) and the VSA and traction control are far to slow in responce to be of any use (and in fact, they just end up bein annoying).
Other than that, I have fixed everything else, seats are next on my list of things to do.
Oh, and the seatbelt locks nearly every time I go arround a corner...
Speaking of which, I need to see how fast I can stop with my new 205 UPH all seasons.
And for things I don't like, after nearly 18000 miles, the seats are still terible, the TPMS system could have been implemented better (storeing two sets of tires would be grand) and the VSA and traction control are far to slow in responce to be of any use (and in fact, they just end up bein annoying).
Other than that, I have fixed everything else, seats are next on my list of things to do.
Oh, and the seatbelt locks nearly every time I go arround a corner...
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 464
From: Falls Church, VA USA
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 577
From: Conn
I have a GD and a GE. I don't understand this comment I've read on this site. My cars are as true as arrows, follow the road with very little effort. I guess, everyone has a different feel for the car.
If I am driving on a flat true road and lets say the road curves, I will steer to what seems
To be appropriate but It will understeer or oversteer and I have to compensate in the other direction, or even driving straight at higher speeds it will veer ever so slightley in any direction. At lower speeds the car drives perfectley straight.
Its been like this scence day 1 with 9 miles on the car. I had the dealership check the alignment at about 150miles they said it was perfect. Lowering the car seemed to help a little.
To be appropriate but It will understeer or oversteer and I have to compensate in the other direction, or even driving straight at higher speeds it will veer ever so slightley in any direction. At lower speeds the car drives perfectley straight.
Its been like this scence day 1 with 9 miles on the car. I had the dealership check the alignment at about 150miles they said it was perfect. Lowering the car seemed to help a little.
If I am driving on a flat true road and lets say the road curves, I will steer to what seems
To be appropriate but It will understeer or oversteer and I have to compensate in the other direction, or even driving straight at higher speeds it will veer ever so slightley in any direction. At lower speeds the car drives perfectley straight.
Its been like this scence day 1 with 9 miles on the car. I had the dealership check the alignment at about 150miles they said it was perfect. Lowering the car seemed to help a little.
To be appropriate but It will understeer or oversteer and I have to compensate in the other direction, or even driving straight at higher speeds it will veer ever so slightley in any direction. At lower speeds the car drives perfectley straight.
Its been like this scence day 1 with 9 miles on the car. I had the dealership check the alignment at about 150miles they said it was perfect. Lowering the car seemed to help a little.
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 119
From: Queens, NY
I thought the same thing, then I realized I could move the whole mirror up.
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 8
From: commerce township mi
Dose anyone have a fit that stutters when taking off or when shifting gears and speeding up. It is so random, it will not set off a sensor so the Honda people don't know what the problem is. Please respone if you have this problem. there is no water in the gas, the fuel filter is a life time filter(so the Honda shop said). plugs would set off a sensor. so what is up ?
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 577
From: Conn
Dose anyone have a fit that stutters when taking off or when shifting gears and speeding up. It is so random, it will not set off a sensor so the Honda people don't know what the problem is. Please respone if you have this problem. there is no water in the gas, the fuel filter is a life time filter(so the Honda shop said). plugs would set off a sensor. so what is up ?
Do you have a Sport or Base Fit? GE or GD?
On a Base GE you may be able to run a cable/coathanger wire from the latch mechanism up through a hole you would make in the inside panel. I doubt if could trip the latch this way on a Sport with electric lock.
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Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 782
From: WV
One minor annoyance was, the car seats were hard as heck to keep clean. Every little lint speck would stick and we have a small dog as well.
I took care of that with Clazzio's. Now just wipe down with damp towel and move on.
I took care of that with Clazzio's. Now just wipe down with damp towel and move on.
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Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 9
From: North Hills
Haha, actually... Just to clarify... The classes I have this semester are far apart from each other on some days and on other days I have to be at school 6 hours early to avoid traffic and to guarantee myself a parking spot. So I put the seats down and lay out a foam bed I made for the entire cargo area to take my naps before and in between classes. And it's not too inconvenient to climb in and out of the doors, but a lot of times the students at my school squeeze their SUVs into the compact parking spots and the only way to get in and out would be through the hatch or through a window. So I was wondering if I needed to "fit" my fit into a tight spot at school, if I could just crawl out the hatch if need be. I have a 2012 Sport MT, and it would be really cool if I could get that to work out, but I don't even know where to start with rigging something, if it's at all possible. Any help would be appreciated.