So my parents bought me a new car- a silver Honda Fit sport. And yea, it was nice of 'em and all, but I dunno, at this point, I guess I just don't really feel deserving of such nice things yet. I feel like I really oughta be earning my keep a bit more, rather than just having all these toys handed to me on a silver platter. (Probably a result of my recent coming to terms with the fact that I'm spoiled.) But at the end of the day, I'll suck it up and drive the new car, HAH.
Well, 2 of our previous cars, the van and the Lexus were breaking down, so my parents wanted to trade 'em in anyways. They traded the van for a Toyota Highlander, and the Lexus for the Honda Fit. And somehow or other, it was decided that my mom would take my old Camry, and I'd drive the new Fit. It's the first Honda made vehicle our family's ever bought; we'd been pretty loyal Toyota consumers up till now- I don't think cuz we necessarily are die-hard Toyota fans, but we had to admit they make pretty good cars. But yea, my mom's friend had bought a Fit, and my mom really liked it, so we went and got one of our own.
Known as the Honda Jazz in other parts of the world, it's a hatchbacked subcompact along the lines of the Scion xA. Had to get the sport version cuz the regular didn't have cruise control, and that's kind of a big deal for my family. Anyways, I wasn't initially very fond of the body styling, but it grew on me a little. I did a bit of research on the web, and the Fit is apparently one of the highest rated subcompacts on the market. Airbags up the wazoo. It gets good gas mileage (EPA estimated 31/37 mpg) cuz it's really light and has kind of a wimpy little engine. =/ It has decent pickup from a standstill, but its midrange acceleration is kinda blehh. Oh yea, and the sport version has paddle shifters so you can pretend you're driving a manual; I gave 'em a whirl, but I suck with them. The handling's pretty smooth though. And the interior feels a lot more spacious than the outside would lead you to believe. And the CD player can play mp3's, so I made a CD with like 200 songs and have been jamming to that.
A Few Gripes. Toyota cars have a nice soothing tweet of a beep when u lock/unlock the doors with the remote. With the Honda, you either have no sound, or the sound of the horn honking, bleh. No auto-off headlights on the Fit! No outdoor temperature guage either. And the Fit doesn't have an armrest/compartment thing between the front seats. And why didn't they build the radio antenna into the back window? And maybe it's just new car syndrome, but I have a hard time getting smooth stops and starts (or maybe that's just the difference between disc brakes and drum brakes).
*Also, the fuel tank is real tiny (like 10 gallons), so it feels like you gotta fill it up all the time.
Well, 2 of our previous cars, the van and the Lexus were breaking down, so my parents wanted to trade 'em in anyways. They traded the van for a Toyota Highlander, and the Lexus for the Honda Fit. And somehow or other, it was decided that my mom would take my old Camry, and I'd drive the new Fit. It's the first Honda made vehicle our family's ever bought; we'd been pretty loyal Toyota consumers up till now- I don't think cuz we necessarily are die-hard Toyota fans, but we had to admit they make pretty good cars. But yea, my mom's friend had bought a Fit, and my mom really liked it, so we went and got one of our own.
Known as the Honda Jazz in other parts of the world, it's a hatchbacked subcompact along the lines of the Scion xA. Had to get the sport version cuz the regular didn't have cruise control, and that's kind of a big deal for my family. Anyways, I wasn't initially very fond of the body styling, but it grew on me a little. I did a bit of research on the web, and the Fit is apparently one of the highest rated subcompacts on the market. Airbags up the wazoo. It gets good gas mileage (EPA estimated 31/37 mpg) cuz it's really light and has kind of a wimpy little engine. =/ It has decent pickup from a standstill, but its midrange acceleration is kinda blehh. Oh yea, and the sport version has paddle shifters so you can pretend you're driving a manual; I gave 'em a whirl, but I suck with them. The handling's pretty smooth though. And the interior feels a lot more spacious than the outside would lead you to believe. And the CD player can play mp3's, so I made a CD with like 200 songs and have been jamming to that.
A Few Gripes. Toyota cars have a nice soothing tweet of a beep when u lock/unlock the doors with the remote. With the Honda, you either have no sound, or the sound of the horn honking, bleh. No auto-off headlights on the Fit! No outdoor temperature guage either. And the Fit doesn't have an armrest/compartment thing between the front seats. And why didn't they build the radio antenna into the back window? And maybe it's just new car syndrome, but I have a hard time getting smooth stops and starts (or maybe that's just the difference between disc brakes and drum brakes).
*Also, the fuel tank is real tiny (like 10 gallons), so it feels like you gotta fill it up all the time.
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