I only have around 350 miles on my Fit Sport so far, but this weekend I went on a 150 mile trip and I must have hit like 10 potholes on the highway (speed range from 50-70mph). I avoid them when I can, but sometimes I just don't see it coming or it's either hit the pothole or the cars/wall next to me.

Can someone with more Fit mileage than me (I think that includes most people on this forum) give me some insight? Ever hit a pothole that broke something? Are the small wheels something to worry about? Or is the fit more rugged than it looks?

I never really cared about potholes with my old car, but the Fit is my new baby. Yeeeessssssss, my precious.

 

Unless its a HUGE pothole its really nothing to worry about. I also try to avoid them, even more now that my car is lowered but they probaly wont break your car.

Tyler

 

im scared of even the littlest potholes. i dont care if i have to cut someone off to avoid one. after the rains here in san diego ALL the pot holes that they fill with dirt have become bigger pot holes.

i dont know what to tell you, i have bent a rim before hitting a pothole. and especially with the 40 series tire that i have on now, it feels like i just hit a solid Brick when i dip into those pot holes.

if you have the 55 series tire, you have more of a lee way i suppose so not much to worry about.

 

comming from a car that had 18's and a pretty stiff suspension, I'm afraid of potholes. But they are everywhere in NY even on the highways. So avoiding them is very difficult. My Fit handles them pretty well except for the fact that when I do go through them the entire interior shakes and vibrates...thats when I really get a sense of what the Fit is made of, which is not much!

 

being lowered and all whenever i accidentally hit a HUGE pothole it makes me wanna cry. To this day everything i hit a pothole most of the time it doesnt do much other then shake up the car a bit. You shouldnt have to worry about scraping or damaging much if you jsut be careful and watch out unless that hole is really big

 

I try to avoid them as much as I can. Granted its not real bad for the car but it will take its toll in the long run. Pot holes shorten strut life, throw off alignments, (wear tires down) add bubbles on tires.

Potholes and bigger bumps are taking its toll on my car very much right now. Due to my offset bigger bumps cause the wheels to push up into my front fenders. I have little cracks above the front tires on each fender.

 

yea i'm very scared of potholes with this car. they feel like small explosions every time so i just try to avoid them whenever it's possible to safely do so.

 

i'll agree, the sound of running over them in the fit makes me throw up in my mouth a little.

so far, i've run over WAY too many but not done any damage. hope i can keep up the good run!

 

Three big factors that effect how your tire holds up to meeting a nasty pothole is 1) Speed - 2)PSI and 3) Temperate (tire, road, and atmospheric conditions)

This is why during the hottest afternoons in the summer you see alot of people changing flats on the shoulder. Hotter the overall temperature and the higher the PSI ----> more likely to pop. Think of a poking a balloon filled up with some air with a pin.. it may be able to handle it.. but fill that balloon up to it's max and prick it with a pin, it will pop..

 

You sure they aren't just enjoying the weather?

 

Usually the wives/girlfriends are, you know, sitting in the car in the air conditioner, talking on their cell phones while the man is outside sweating in 120 degree heat from the blacktop

 

I hit a couple of pot holes on the freeway. It seems to respond rather well.

 

I do mostly city driving, no freeways. One of the most dangerous things I do every day is get into my car and drive somewhere, so I bought a GPS that lets me avoid freeways. I take the 35-45mph back roads. I don't slam on the brakes or drive wildly to avoid missing a turn, because the GPS can reroute me once it detects I'm not going the right way anymore. Driving the back roads typically only adds 10 minutes to my drive and reduces my stress levels enormously. Exposure to rude and unsafe drivers makes my blood boil, especially when it's people in enormous vehicles chatting on mobile phones and weaving in and out of my lane without realizing it... at 70mph.

Now, my chances of getting into an auto accident are probably the same no matter which roads I choose, but my chances of surviving are so much better at lower speeds.

The back roads are full of potholes and bumps in Massachusetts. Since I don't take them very fast, they mostly just make a slight thump. I've never heard any part of my stock 2007 Fit Sport bottom out, though I have never hit a hole big enough to swallow the entire wheel. Most of the potholes are in the ruts in the road where the big vehicles drive, and my tiny Fit can easily drive to the left or right of these ruts and avoid most of the potholes completely while still remaining between the lines.

Hitting potholes at freeway speeds is probably more likely to break something. Be sure to keep your tires properly pressurized.

 

California has some extremely bad roads....potholes sux!