Just got back from Carter Honda, they have one Honda Fit, its the Black Sport automatic, and they just got it today. It loooks really good! He showed me how the seats fold back and forth and it definitly has a lot of room, even in the trunk for the size of car. I was really impressed with it. So i have the low-down on the colours for Canada too. He showed me the official Fit brochure they just got. There are two silvers, one is alabaster silver which is the light silver, the other is storm silver which is the dark silver or grey. Then there is the bright blue, the bright red, the orange and the black. There was no white and no light blue. The interiors either come in grey or black...and Sports have black interiors, all DX's and LX's have grey interiors. They will be getting in more throughout the week but cannot sell them until April 1,2 or 3rd (wasnt quite sure) because thats when they will get their financing and leasing rates from honda. The cars have the J in the VIN therefore are being made in Japan. Thats all for now.

 

If you can get a look at the ScionxB in orange -- that should probably be about right. Seems to be a "hot" color lately. It isn't true orange; I've heard it called "burnt orange," a little bit of copper, maybe. The blue is said to be intense, a like it or hate it color.

How old was your Subaru? My Accord Wagon, 1995, conked just shy of 280,000 miles last week. It has engine problems and my mechanic said it was time to give up on it. Before I looked up the Fit on the Honda site, I was considering the Subaru Outback/Legacy, but couldn't afford a new one. A 2002 I test drove was noisy (80,000 miles). A co-worker has a nice Legacy she got at a great price through a family friend. I test drove a Vibe and was impressed at how well it handled. I didn't take it out on the highway, though, and I heard the Matrix engine drones loudly at higher speeds. I do a lot of highway driving and ruled out the CR-V because it was too noisy as soon as I got it up to highway speed.

 

Just checked out the Fit in Richmond Honda, according to the sticker, the FIT gets 35mil/gal city and 49mil/gal HWY. I don't know if its different calculation then the on US FIT. If so we're getting a better deal in Canada.

If someone can show me how to insert photos in the the forum, I can attach the picture of the sticker I took from the FIT.

 

my subaru was a 1993 legacy special ed, with only 175k miles. there were weird major things that the mechanic said is very strange to be problems so early and to have as many problems as i did was a fluke. (2 axles needing replacing, drive train issues, etc). subarus are apparently great cars though, mine was just a lemon,,,if you can call a car a lemon after 13 years and 175k mls.!
i test drove a matrix last month. is was bit loud on the hwy, but really it didn't bother me. you should here the noise my subaru's bee making for the past year...lol i would probably own the matrix right now if it didnt have such a major blind spot for me. though i'd been researching the fit since about october, there hadnt been word on when it would be out in usa yet. after the blind spot, i decided to take time to think on the matrix, and in the meantime found out the fit release dates. so now i'm waiting for the fit. though the matrix will be a second choice.

my fiance's buddy works on cars and said the vibe is the exact same ar as the matrix. it's just on certain days of the week factories slap "vibe" on them, and other days, "matrix" (basically)

good luck! if i had my way i'd have a pink fit , like ive seen in japan pics~!

 

FOR PIC INSERTION, JUST COPY AND PASTE INTO THE TEXT/MESSAGE AREA. THANKS~!

 

To me, it look coppery!!

 

Looks alright. Not too keen on the front.

Looks like they've incorporated the pre-FL rear bumper instead of the new facelifts.

 

>AJ PwR Jr.

Can you confirmed what colour is that?

Alabaster or Storm Silver??

 

The Jazz manual that I downloaded shows that the rear wing is held on with 3 small bolts.

 

I inserted fccliang's picture from another post.



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Isn't that Imperial Gallons? 4.54609 Liters per Canadian Gallon
3.785412 Liters per US Gallon (120% larger, so 120% more miles? )

 

Fit Sport in Manual $16,993.49 out the door... That was with tax, title, and everything else. I did it today in Central IL to make it official... It is on the line in Japan as I type WOO HOOO

 

sweeeeet!!


If that is Imperial gallons, then US (?) gallons would be 57.98 gallons

 

http://www.easysurf.cc/cnverbe3.htm#igtousg2

Saint - check your formula - it ain't right....

 

Man I wish that would be the price in Canada... Congrats.

 

I saw the car at Richmond Honda B.C. Canada.

I test drove the car and the power wasn't as bad as I thought. I think it is as fast as the previous gen 1.7L Civic. It handles ok and ofcuz it is no where close to my s2k but for a little car, it is a bit better than Echo 5r. (JDM Vitz). The 5AT Sport mode is quite fun to use but when you downshift, it wasn't very smooth (it chokes).

Cars are available at all Honda dealers NOW except Blaze Orange (Sports) so which means I am still waiting for the car to come

 

Ben, what color and options did you order yours in?

 

Ben ordered the Blaze Orange Sport model...

I heard that he already had a wack of parts painted ready to slap on the first day he gets it!!

 

oops, I was a gallon off.
58.85 US gallon!

 

Good to hear about the test drive. That makes me a bit excited, but I mean who can compare the Fit to the S2000 LOL