Who needs a pickup when you got a Fit?

I have also successfully stuff 8 tires, 315 wide race tires no less, in my Fit at once to take to the tire shop. The one on the passenger seat did hinder my shifter, I could only go as high as 3rd gear -good thing the tire shop is just across town.

 

I just tiled the entry way at the house and was able to get all the materials including the 3x5 for backer board into the Fit.

 

I've owned two Fits now...
And a big reason is I love the configurable storage capabilities.

I get the maneuverability, parking ease, MPG benefit of driving a sub-compact, with the "on demand" hauling and storage capabilities of a much larger vehicle.
For me, that's a big Honda Fit win.

 

If a "minivan" is a (slightly) smaller van, the Fit is a microvan.

The only feature it's missing that a larger minivan has is the sliding side door(s). That, and the abysmal MPG.

I really don't get the whole obsession with driving monstrous vehicles as an everyday driver. "Oh, we have just had our first child - we need a minivan!" Really? We had a 2-door Ford Festiva when I was growing up. Now I'll grant you if we'd had the child seat laws of today back then that would've been a serious pain in the back for my parents, but the 4-door Ford LTD we had would've worked just fine. You can put a child seat in a Fit and get kids in and out just fine.

Now if you're trying to haul half the hockey team and all their gear, sure, you need something considerably larger. But how often is that the case? Do a little math and ask yourself whether the cost of driving a more expensive to buy and operate minivan every day is to your advantage versus just renting a 15 passenger van for the 10 days a year or whatever it comes to that you actually need the bigger capacity?

You don't see people driving around a box truck as a daily driver because it's handy if they need to move...