What's up everyone been lurking here a few days and decided to sign up. I just got a brand new 2012 Fit Sport MT 2 weeks ago (7 miles on the odo) and so far loving the car. Coming from a midsize v6 powered sedan AT (Maxima) to this car is really an adjustment so far. In the old car, I would just putter around town mostly in 2-3k rpm but this little thing really seems like it wants me to rev it up. I'm kind of reluctant right now since its still only got a few hundred miles on it and I want to take it easy. One thing though made me cry, I was going through the ez-pass toll booth one day left it in 4th and when I tried to accelerate forgot to downshift and lugged it pretty bad for a few seconds . Did I do too much long term damage?

Anyway, it's nice to see such an active community and members with a bunch of passion for this little car. It really is a great car, and absolutely loving the fuel economy i'm getting with it so far (30 mpg city).

 

Manual transmission seems hard to find. Got a 2012 Sport MT on June 1st so far 7,500 miles put on it in 2 and 1/2 months. Actually had to drive it to JFK a week after I got it. You should not have damage anything on your Fit.

My problem is I had a Miata with a short throw shifter so when I drive that, then the Fit I have the tendency to de-clutch too soon.

Welcome to the forum.

 

welcome and no worries your car is fine

 

No, you did no long term (or any) damage to the car by lugging in 4th once.

And you say coming from a mid-sized V6 Maxima was a real adjustment? HA! This is what I came out of! And no I am not old! I just also happen to have a passion for large old cars as well and she was a beauty. I drove her for 6 years and she only had 88K miles on her when I traded her in. Here she is the day I brought her home at the rip old age of 15 years old.




And here I am trading her in...

 

Thanks for the assurances, it freaked me out a bit since it literally sounded as if there were marbles bouncing around in the cylinders when I lugged it.

hogwylde, i know what you mean. My first car was a 84 olds cutlass supreme that my dad handed down to me. Loved that car and wished i hadn't gotten rid of it, with nice wheels its semi-classic.