Bought a Fit today to add to the Honda stable. Incredible little car. Tons of room for being so small. The engine is pretty peppy, too, considering it's 117 hp! But since it's only pushing 2,400 lbs around, I guess that and the gearing make a difference.
I got the Sport Auto with paddleshifters. Fun little gimmick but rather than using it for quick launches my thoughts were on quick upshifts to keep the revs low and mpg up. Speaking of MPG...wow! I took it out on the interstate and was seeing sustained portions of the drive as far north as 50-60 mpg, although low 40-ish seemed to be where the instant gauge spent most of its time. The lowest dips I saw were to 30 mpg but they were rather infrequent. EPA is 27/33 by the way. At 73-75ish mph, it was taching at or just below 2,500 rpms. Certainly tolerable for me considering my CR-V is close to 3k at those speeds. I'll keep posting impressions in case anyone is thinking of one of these. I don't really need an extra vehicle until this summer. But I figured that I may as well get one while gas is still decently low to avoid any rush.
I got the Sport Auto with paddleshifters. Fun little gimmick but rather than using it for quick launches my thoughts were on quick upshifts to keep the revs low and mpg up. Speaking of MPG...wow! I took it out on the interstate and was seeing sustained portions of the drive as far north as 50-60 mpg, although low 40-ish seemed to be where the instant gauge spent most of its time. The lowest dips I saw were to 30 mpg but they were rather infrequent. EPA is 27/33 by the way. At 73-75ish mph, it was taching at or just below 2,500 rpms. Certainly tolerable for me considering my CR-V is close to 3k at those speeds. I'll keep posting impressions in case anyone is thinking of one of these. I don't really need an extra vehicle until this summer. But I figured that I may as well get one while gas is still decently low to avoid any rush.