Why there are no manual fits out there...
#243
I really don't know how you people are able to do this. I have never heard of a Honda dealership placing a custom order for anyone, so you guys must have a special relationship with the President of your dealership or something, because that is not normal for an economy car.
I was happy to have what we wanted--Sport M/T with Navi--particularly since they just aren't available anymore. Three or four months wait didn't matter to us.
Cheers.
#244
The AT's are geared a lot more reasonably for the highway.
#245
From reading Texas' posts and how he likes driving (even at 60+), I doubt he would ever want an AT. Myself, I plan on never owning an AT equipped car ever again (last was back in '97 or '98), but I know that most likely I won't have much of a choice in the future.
#246
Don't rush things... I actually will turn 60 on Sunday..... I'm giving myself some Swift Mach Springs and have quit cigarettes to be able to get the high boost upgrade from Kraft Werks before I am to old to be able to appreciate it..... It is odd that when when are young and have plenty of time to enjoy things we lack patience and grow tired of things without realizing the anticipated pleasure opting for something newer to repeat the process over again.
#247
I put a deposit of 250 to order my car and I am looking at a 5-6 month wait. I would probably buy something else if I found a car comparable to the fit sport. The problem is it is in its own class for a small car.
#248
Nope. Never saw these people before. We told the salesperson what we wanted. She tried for a week to find one anywhere in the US. All of the online inventory was bogus. She said she'd order one for us. We signed an order, gave them a hundred-dollar check (never cashed), and they ordered it. Ordered in October; built in late November; delivered in mid-January.
It's not about special ordering or somebody having a relationship with the dealership, it is about you are buying a brand new car and if what you want is not on the lot, then the dealer should try to find you one and make a trade with another dealer or place an order with Honda. What it boils down to is you were not persistent and your dealer is a lazy schmuck. If you really wanted another color, you should of went searching for another dealer if the one you chose really didn't want to do right by you. I would never step foot into that dealership again and would also send a letter to Honda corporate over the transaction. Though in the end, nobody put a gun to your head and told you that you had to buy white if you wanted purple. It's just like the people that just settle for the automatic if they really wanted a manual. The purchaser is doing the favor to the company not the other way around.
Sure, if I wanted an automatic I could have been much, much more picky about taking the exact color I wanted, but since it had to be a manual/navi or nothing I took what I could get. But again, there was no talk of some special order where I could get Honda to build a car just for me in the color I wanted. I don't know about Japan, but here in America you have the following three choices to get a Honda you want:
1. Get lucky and get it from your local dealership.
2. Have your local dealership do a locate and try to find what you're looking for at another dealership. They can search anywhere in the country.
3. Have the dealership "reserve" a car for you scheduled to built in a particular production run.
I can see where the confusion is and it's semantics, as people are referring to reserving a car as a special order, and they are not the same thing.
#249
A special order is where you order a car with specific options and was done a lot in the 60s when there were hundreds of variations of options available per model.... Now you have a limited choice of packages and dealer installed options and that is it.... Putting down a deposit means that the salesperson at the dealership is going to locate and have the car you desire arrive at their lot knowing the car is sold in advance.
#250
One might be amazed at what the dealers can do if they attempt to through Honda or whatever brand. Then again as you state maybe they have no say or way of ordering anything, which again points to where I said the business practice is not a very optimal one stateside. You (generalized) are the customer, you should be able to get what you want when you are purchasing new and not have to settle, up to a point that is. I mean nobody should go so far as to say something like well I want a K motor in my Fit or else I won't purchase. Though if Honda offered that package you wouldn't see many other models being sold, well then again those would be MT only so maybe you would see the AT mission models still going out the door. As far as color, mission and whatnot it shouldn't be any issue especially if you are willing to wait the extra 2 or 3 months for delivery.
#251
Oh god are you guys still going on about how to get a MT Fit. This is so boring.
Just go to the dealer and order a MT Fit in your colour, wait a month and you'll have it. That is how it goes in the rest of the world. Jeez...
And there are certainly alot of other cars to get instead of the FIT. For example the Ford Fiesta
Just go to the dealer and order a MT Fit in your colour, wait a month and you'll have it. That is how it goes in the rest of the world. Jeez...
And there are certainly alot of other cars to get instead of the FIT. For example the Ford Fiesta
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