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Old 09-20-2010, 08:15 PM
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How badly has your Fit been mistaken for another car or vice versa.

So, I was driving home about an hour ago. My mom was looking at this vehicle a bit in front of me in the lane to my right...

She goes (in Chinese): "That looks like your car."

It was a dark silver Nissan Murano.

Okay, it's not too bad... but as you can see, I thought it was funny.

In her defense, her eyesight has never been that great.
 
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Old 09-20-2010, 08:32 PM
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One of my friends thought I drove a prius. We gave him hell. Another once called it a toy-car, but has since retracted his statements.
 
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Old 09-20-2010, 08:35 PM
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ive had my car mistaken for a ep3 lol
 
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Old 09-20-2010, 08:43 PM
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Lol. i had it mistaken for a 4door EP3.. wtf.. as well as an EP3 looking like a fit.. thats to funny. i can see similarity but they are noticeable
 
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Old 09-20-2010, 09:32 PM
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I have definitely gotten the "Is that like some kind of hybrid or something?"

And the ever popular "I thought you were getting a cube-dude thing...." (one of my co-workers thought I was getting an Element or something....
 
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Old 09-20-2010, 09:57 PM
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paint the calipers and rotor hubs black, black out the badges and install a shark fin antenna on top and even other FIT drivers don't seem to recognize it, i keep getting asked what body kit I installed or if my car is a 2011.
 
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Old 09-20-2010, 10:06 PM
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My wife got in "my" car last week and said, "Oh you put no-smoking stickers on the dash."

It was a Kia Rondo rental (while my Fit was in the shop).
 
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Old 09-20-2010, 10:46 PM
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i thought the new matrix was kinda similar to our cars.... ive not mistaken it but just thought the lines were kinda similar to the GE's.

now some folks have asked me about my 'aveo stationwagon'
 
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Old 09-20-2010, 11:12 PM
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The first time I saw one on the streets, I did a double take because I thought Mercedes-Benz had brought over the A-Class


 

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Old 09-20-2010, 11:12 PM
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A friend called mine a Fiat.

I think he just didn't get the Fit name when he first heard it.
 
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Old 09-20-2010, 11:34 PM
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people definitely think or suspect it's a hybrid.
 
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Old 09-21-2010, 04:12 AM
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The first time I saw one on the streets, I did a double take because I thought Mercedes-Benz had brought over the A-Class


You do have the A class there or not? We have them up here. Pricey toys.

Steve244 My wife got in "my" car last week and said, "Oh you put no-smoking stickers on the dash."

It was a Kia Rondo rental (while my Fit was in the shop).

And she is the smart one in her family
 
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Old 09-21-2010, 04:21 AM
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You do have the A class there or not? We have them up here. Pricey toys.

Steve244 My wife got in "my" car last week and said, "Oh you put no-smoking stickers on the dash."

It was a Kia Rondo rental (while my Fit was in the shop).

And she is the smart one in her family
I don't think we have them... I haven't seen them here anyway, and if there's a place for pricey toys, it's the Monterey Peninsula.

Every now and then I spot a car that was never sold here... it almost always has Canada plates. For instance, the Nissan X-Trail and the Toyota Echo Hatchback.
 
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Old 09-21-2010, 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Occam
I don't think we have them... I haven't seen them here anyway, and if there's a place for pricey toys, it's the Monterey Peninsula.

Every now and then I spot a car that was never sold here... it almost always has Canada plates. For instance, the Nissan X-Trail and the Toyota Echo Hatchback.
I have parked beside the A Class. Some of the styling is nicer and some not. Fit and finish seem better. Likely expensive to maintain as well.
 
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Old 09-21-2010, 09:28 AM
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And she is the smart one in her family
And yet, I feel your foot is the smartest appendage you own if it is able to deceive your mind your car is faster by 17hp
 
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Old 09-21-2010, 10:11 AM
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people think my 09 is a ep3 too. i think the 09 more closely looks like the ep3's more than the first gen's do.
 
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Old 09-21-2010, 10:12 AM
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benz needs to come up with more original ideas instead of copying from japanese and korean auto manufacturers. lol
 
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Old 09-21-2010, 10:13 AM
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And yet, I feel your foot is the smartest appendage you own if it is able to deceive your mind your car is faster by 17hp
Sorry but the 17 hp reference has lost me which is easy to do. Maybe the TC?
 
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Originally Posted by Black3sr
Sorry but the 17 hp reference has lost me which is easy to do. Maybe the TC?
s'ok my comment was a bit vague.
 
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Old 09-21-2010, 10:32 AM
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The majority of the masses have no automobile enthusiasm whatsoever. You might as well be talking about toasters or stoves. They're mere appliances. That said, what's an EP3?
 


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