no, people dont bother me, prolly cuz my set-up is straight up girl car! (hello kitty sunshades and dolphin on the mirror)

one night while preparing to exit the freeway, i noticed a ricer closely tailing me, prolly cuz my license plate cover says "drifters do it sideways". Well i guess he didnt expect this but i ALWAYS go slow in a straight line and bone out on turns, i went beserk on the off-ramp and i think he was planning to pass me on the off-ramp (2 lanes wide). haha needless to say he got like 2-4 car lengths back. oopsss! sorrry

 

Mpls is generally a pretty progressive city so the most I've heard is claims that I'm driving an unsafe vehicle in collisions, which are unfounded and due to stereotypes of other small cars... cough cough, Pinto, cough cough.

But, if you get to the rural farm areas, I imagine I would get more types of craps from dually driving monster truck hicks.

 

I don't really care at all. My fit fits my application. I carry stuff and spend less than $25 for a full tank of gas. Then spend only $12 on oil changes. While everyone is counting their pennies, I'm going to have extra to spend because the fit's not gonna eat up my wallet. All I can say is, fits are good investments.

 

Why would you let the opinions of others dictate your decision of what you drive?

To tell you the truth, I don't even notice any nasty looks or stares...I'm too busy driving.

I really don't think people care as much as you think. Last I checked, the Honda Fit is
rated very well in its class.

If someone gives you that old load of bull "There is no replacement for displacement", you could remind them they have clearly shown this in their compensation of their small pee pee with a big car / engine.

 

ARE YOU SERIOUS, those cars lose 50% value once off the lot = you'd be lucky to get enough money to even get a new base or even a used sport, and thats only if you could find someone that would even want it

 

You care what others will say about your car?

I heard a lot of shit from my one friend and one day he was like only reason i make fun is because I'm jealous and now he went out and bought a Ford Focus hatch and keeps his mouth shut.

Worst thing I here is from girls, or friends moms that the car is cute. Not the worst thing to here just ask the girls to take a ride in your cute car

 

I just kbb'd it, 500 (or 5) miles 08 v6 AT, excellent condition, private party in roch ny: $15,850. but thats kbb.

I'd like the mustang if they ever fix the suspension/axles.
My buddy drove his cousins GT and was so pissed about the rear wheels skittering around.

 

some guy asked me why i got such a weak small car... I just told him my d!&* is big enough that i dont need to compensate with a fast car.... LOL

 

that's what his mom told me last night...

 

Ask them about the hate when gas is 4 bucks a gallon again.

 

i was at a S2k meet and this one guy was like "fits are ***" but i really didnt mind it, it's their opinion. I thought there was more love with the hondas lol

 

dude, i can't wait till gas goes up in price again.

i will never buy a new car that has more than 4 cylinders in it. i plan on keeping my Fit still it falls apart. i love the GD3.

GE8, not so much.

 

i was talking about getting a supercharger for my car with my brother and he told me don't waste my money.

i also get why are you trying to modify your to make it go faster its a fit. i say gotta start off somewhere.

another person came up to me some 16 year old telling me i can't take his bmw m3. i said i don't drag race. he told me he can take me at a track or any kind of racing. i told him im not 16 anymore, so i don't need to justify how i'm going win against you. he didn't say anything after that.

 

I've had both strangers and a few friends talk trash about the Fit. The first time was within a week of getting my Konigs; some guy randomly shouted out from a porch, "Your car looks like shit!" as I passed back and forth. But, I ignored him.

Sounds like someone hasn't heard of a Buick Gran National or Regal T-type.

 

all im saying is that all the girls love my car, a ton of doods think my car is cool as hell and really the only people that hate are the 240 guys that im friends with that are mad because im not sliding my car with them and im getting 30+ mpg compared to there 15-17mpg. also might i add that i think its awesome we are talking about idiots in mustangs cuz i had a guy pull up to me at a light and i had my windows down and he was like yo bro, you driving your sisters car? and haha it was so funny. i ended up trying to race him just t osee what my fit had and his shit AT convertable mustang didnt pull away from me as bad as i thought he would. so all in all, i love tools that drive mustangs.

 

The older folks seem more likely to ask the questions, and the younger folks just check the car out in the parking lot. From my experiences.

And I do enjoy giving the tour of the car too, showing seats flipping up and down and how that makes for very convenient, accessible cargo areas.

Discussions of gas mileage and comfort are big features they are interested in too.

I think it's an "approachable" car. Does that make sense? And maybe that is why some people might try to be pushy with the car or the with people in the car.

Some of the cars and trucks can be made to look "menacing", like the giant off-road trucks or cars with low roofs and massive wheels. They're just kind of scary. It's like walking by a retail store that carries lumberjack supplies or goth/death metal/spiked things in the front window. You might glance at the things, and you IMMEDIATELY know "that's not for me". The practical or coolness factors do not matter in those cases, because you aren't a goth lumberjack.

I think in terms of retail stores, the FIT is like The Gap...the OLD Gap. Back in the 70's. That was mostly Levi's and casual wear, without the overpriced stuff it has today.

EVERYONE shopped at The Gap. From kids and teens, to parents. People bought their work jeans there, people bought their fashion jeans there. Three generations of a family could go to the Gap, and all buy outfits, with different purposes, for a good price.

They had some slacks, some t-shirts, button shirts, pullovers, sweats, sweaters, skirts, dresses. But mostly it was wall to wall jeans in all cuts from straight leg to super bell.

The clerks weren't snobby. The prices weren't ridiculous. The sales were outstanding. The store was clean.

The FIT is like that. There's a little something for everyone, most of the time, with the FIT.

It's got some trendiness factors (because of all the rave reviews), but it's not snooty.

It's got some utility factors (because of the multi-use cargo area), but it's not a pickup truck.

It's got some comfort factors (the well-appointed interior standard equipment), but it's not priced beyond the affordability of many people.

It's got good gas mileage and can seat five, not as good mileage as a Vespa, but the FIT has a roof.

That is what makes it so approachable, and so well-liked by so many people.

Sometimes it even surprises people. I was driving, a newer Corvette roared past me. But was kept in check by the traffic signals. It was quite far ahead of me until it slowed a lot for this serious circular off-ramp. I had to brake on the off ramp to not hit the guy. Caught him on the corner. In my base FIT. And I was driving normally, like a little old lady. I think I surprised him.

 

i get lots of shit for my car because of the area i live in. it's a small city but there's a lot of farming and oilfield so its high on the redneck scale. a lot of people are like "why the hell would you buy that ugly thing" or the regular "my truck would smoke that thing". i really don't care what they think, i bought my car for me. not for them.

i've did a lot of stop to highway speed races against people who want to race the toy car, and suprisingly, a lot of the time i either beat them, or kept up to them. like this one time, this riced out eclipse gst with a fart can and he kept tail gating me and highbeaming my until i gave up and moved over a lane, then he started revving the shit out of his engine and took off. so my friend was like "oh ya we'll catch him" and we were laughing thinking there was no way, and i caught up and he honked the horn 3 times and took off and i just blew by him lol

pretty funny stuff, but the moral of the story is: buy a car because YOU want to buy it, not because your friends tell you what to buy

 

I bought this car when I was really convinced that gas was going to stay above 4 dollars a gallon. Thanks Bush, you #*&%ing tyrant.

I like it for what it truly is but its not RWD.

 

haha good story

 

yeah i really wish it was RWD, i would rather have a RWD fit than have better handling in da snow :P

same here, home of da rednecks, truck s try to set me off sayin that its a place for trucks, not sedans or sum shit like that. oh well