Just got a last year/first gen Honda fit.It's a surprisingly based car. Fits like 3 bicycles. Handles really well. Has no torque, but fun to rev. Shifter is buttery smooth, engine is Honda. I bought this as a gas-saver, but I'm actually finding myself surprisingly excited to go out and drive it. Tight, responsive steering. Very fun to rev it out to 6k in 2nd. I bet it would be fun as hell with coilovers, a tighter sway bar, and an LSD.Anyone else enjoying this peppy little guy?
Had one a few years ago, there’s really nothing wrong with a Jazz but>Tight, responsive steeringIs just wrong. It has over assisted electric power steering with zero feedback, and the steering rack is especially slow for a car of this size, almost as bad as on a Smart
>>27636087hmmm maybe I like the lightweight steering. I also really like smarts and honda ep3s
That's it. I'm buying the next one I see on Craigslist.
>>27636051Or you could just get a 2nd gen Mazda 3 hatch. A stronger car with a stronger 2.5L engine with a much better steering.
>>27636051Based. I bought a 2018 with a manual tranny. I was daily driving a diesel motor before this which is the complete opposite (low revs and plenty of torque) I basically had to throw out my old driving style and learn to rev it out more.
>>27636051Would have loved a Fit Si, or even one with the r18 from the civic
yep got a first gen 1.5had coilovers but they busted (bad idea in a rural town with shit roads)mean as to rev outslow as shit with passengers, probably worth just taking the back seats out of the cardont bother doing anything to the exhaust u wont be able to hear anything just chuck a intake in
>>27636642it's already pretty loud desu. But you don't think it would benefit from a muffler delete?It's pretty slow, yeah, but I like slow cars. It's still fun to drive somehow
>>27636051i love my fittons of cargo space and i can fart in the gas tank and its good for another 400 km
>>27636051I'll stick with my RD1 CRV.>Shitty MPG and slow, but retarded torque that chirps even heavy AT tires effortlesslyEvery time the green light comes on people go "Woah wait a minute, what's this guy got in there?" staying back in anticipation before they realize it's taking me a minute to get to 50mph and then pass me kek.
>>27636446I've heard that the main objective of selling Fits in NA was just a sales technique to get people in the doors via the low price so salesmen can upsell them to a Civic or Accord (hence why we never got a Fit Si and why Honda had no issue axing the Fit in 2020). Been wondering if there any truth to that.
I got a 2005 honda airwave (basically a fit but more station wagoney body). I made some window covers and stealthed it out, put a little air mattress in there and traveled all over my country. I like these cars. I'll list the pros and cons:Pros:>economical>simple and easy to maintain and do your own repairs>adequately fast (its not a sports car), mine maxes at 175km/hr but it feels extremely unsafe>save thousands on hotel rooms (I've slept like 60+ days in it lol)>just a cheap simple car to drive and maintain what more do you want?Cons:>the cvt trannies are pieces of shit (get a normal auto if you can)>no cool factor for the ladies>I found it unnecessarily difficult to change the head unit, had to direct splice into wiring harness without a diagram (kill me)Pic rel is what they look like
>>27636446It would have needed the K20. The last Fit had 130hp so an R18 would have only netted 10 more
