Hi All,

I have the opportunity to drive my new 2009 Fit Sport (have only 300 miles on car now) on a road trip from DC to Maine and back. We'd need to load up two kayaks and two bikes plus lugggage. Is there any reason this is too much burden for this new car before it achieves its 1000 mile break-in point? 'Appreciate any insight.

EN

 

i dont think the weight is an issue... however I was told no long highway driving for the 1st 600 miles on my fit... the dealer said long periods of time at a constant rev was no good...

 

What Firebat said-If it were me, I'd stick to the two lane roads, where I could vary speed and engine load more. Keep an eye on engine temperature, and you should be fine.

 

I'm in a similar situation, hopefully picking up my Fit Monday (c4c's program), then in two weeks doing about a 700 mile round trip for vacation.

General rule of thumb is no prolonged periods at steady RPM. What Gary said is one option, which would add about 2 - 3 hours to my drive, although being in the new Fit, that might not be a bad thing .

Another option, which I did with another new car I bought and had to take on a road trip is,

If you're driving all freeway, vary your speed constantly.

10 minutes at 55MPH, then jump to 10 minutes at 70 MPH, drop to 60MPH for 10 min, then 10 min at 75, then 10 at 55, you get the idea.

It's sort of a pain to keep an eye on the clock and speedo, but it is another option.

The key thing is no long periods of steady RPM's, maybe somebody with a Fit can wiegh in on if the MPH changes will change the RPM's enough, since this will be my first Fit, and I'm not familiar with how much variation in RPM's there are between 55 MPH and 70 MPH?

 

I had to drive my fit twice on the highway for an hour and I just constantly changed from 4th to 5th gear, and at time's slowed down to go to third gear.

 

I like Kouki's solution... if u must do highway... or just drive surface roads alot before the trip....

 

Thanks, all. 'Seems like good advice and I'll try to abide it. Now my question is where on Earth do I tie the boats to the car? I have to tie down the front and rear of the kayaks to the front and rear underside of car. But I see nothing under there but some plastic holes. Any ideas?

EN

 

You will need a roof rack. Do a search on this site and you'll find what other folks are using.
Good luck.