Lurker here, Fit owner soon.
As the topic title says....Does anyone have a good picture of the undercarriage of the Fit.

 

I dont think thats a good pic of what you want but hey cant say I didnt try, even if its only a partial one....

 

Thanks, that is a pretty good start....now if I can just get the front half.....

 

in the Best Motoring dvd "vtec club", they have a close look at the undercarriage.

 

i needed a pic of the same thing not too long ago, what you do is go to the honda website and do the 360 degree mode to look at the car flip it around so you see the undercarriage then zoom in and take a screen shot or what ever it is if you need to save it that is what i did

 

does anyone else feel a little uneasy with knowing your sitting on the gas tank the cat and exhaust are like right there. thats alot of weight in front with a full tank of gas, but i do have to admit I did get awesome snow traction with cheap all seasons

 

Having grown up with cars where the gas tank was hung under the trunk with the filler coming out the bumper behind the license plate, in a word: no. Some cars (up to about 1966, Fords mostly) used the top of the fuel tank as the floor of the trunk. In a rear end collision, a bursting tank would spray fuel in the trunk. Any wiring that was broken could spark and ignite it and quickly incinerate the occupants.

The difference between the Fit and other contemporary cars is their tanks are under the rear seat. That difference of a couple feet forward isn't significant (except for making the rear seat "magic").

What you want to avoid happening is the tank bursting and spraying gasoline such that it vaporizes and is easy to ignite. The position in modern cars (under the rear or front seats) is as protected as it gets. Plus the tanks are a lot tougher. As a liquid, gasoline is pretty hard to burn and won't explode regardless of what you've seen in the movies. Mythbusters did a pretty good segment on trying to get a car gas tank to explode. Short of putting explosives in it they couldn't get more than a slow burn.