lets try to keep it on topic guys pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese lol

 

Interesting links . . . thank you for the contribution. Find one that pertains to the Fit, and I'm sold.

I'm no engineer, but I have a hard time imagining any scenario where the Fit's donut would make an appreciable difference in a rear crash. If anything, it's a heavy piece of metal that's only one spindly bolt and a piece of felt-board away from being a projectile in the passenger cabin.

As for the prudence of running without a spare tire - I don't have any qualms about it. But that's only because I keep a tire patch kit & air compressor in the car at all times.



edit - oops, sorry for the thread bump. didn't realize how old this was . . . :laugh:

 

Yeah, that is a pretty old thread to bump... but since you did... My new '09 Fit didn't even come with a "donut" just a can of "fix-a flat" and a compressor. Hell, I took the spare out of my '93 Civic 11 years ago, more room for my jack, tools and "R" compounds when I'm going autocrossing (then I have 4 spares!)

 

Keep in mind that Canadian Fits don't come with the spare at all. Original structural concern debunked.

 

Thank you Crystal 5
Excellent point I was looking for during the entire thread the Canadian automatics that Honda has eliminated the spare.

I didn't mind the thread so much, but the PM that sort of inferred I was a bad guy because of my HUGE influence over other people and what they do was disappointing on many levels. I am not a numb scull, I weigh just about everything I do on a risk/benefit basis. Most people would not travel half way around the world to adopt a child (naw tooo risky), well I did it twice and I have 2 awesomely beautiful daughters as the priceless benefit of a risk taken.

Last time I checked, it is still a somewhat free country. I honestly don't need another nanny. I am forced into enough things like having to use crap 10% ethanol gas.

 

I vote that
1. each person gets to decide what they want, and then
2. they get to do what they want, and then
3. nobody gets to scold them for doing what they want with their own stuff.

 

I dont think I want to remove the spare anyways


I remember auto x-ing the fit and i wanted MORE weight in the back.

The fit is kinda like a truck,rigid frame but NO weight in the back and all in the front (thanks mr.honda for mid vehicle gas tank (sarcasm)

 

So you have a can of fix-a-flat and air sensors in your wheels....? That sounds like an expensive use to me......electronic item with fluid?

 

Seconded.

Just remember, though, that Murphy's Law will be affected by your spare. If you leave it in, you probably won't get a flat. If you take it out, you will definitely get a flat.

 

No TPMS in Canada!!! Lucky us, guess that's how they can get away with it.

 

Just checking, I didn't think Honda was that stupid......