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Old 01-19-2007, 04:28 PM
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I have a 5AT because I sold my STi, then my SE-R motor blew. I needed a car within a week and I got lucky because one of the dealers called me and had just received a Fit Sport. I wanted a 5MT, but it didn't work out that way.

Nearly 2k miles later...I'm quite happy with my 5AT. It's the best auto tranny car I've driven yet. Resale value should be good too if I go that route later. However I can see myself keeping this as a daily driver for years to come. My SE-R is a 5MT so that will be my fun car until my '69 Camaro SS is done. My Fit isn't a race car...it's reliable and safe daily transportation.
 
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Old 01-19-2007, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Paulo107
i said it b4 and i will say it one last time...if you are happy with what you have then GOOD for you...i never put down autos at all even though words are getting put in my mouth, but who cares. i just said if MY CHOICE was to get an auto i would not have gotten the Fit...i love driving 5spd and always will, but thats just ME. You guys with autos that are happy with it and are hooking your cars up by all means do what makes you happy and dont mind the stubborn guy who cant be happy with an auto...nobody here is saying "since your an automatic you cant hook your cars up" please stop the drama and just read b4 you put words in my mouth...whats that song again? oh yeah!
"dont worry be happy!!!"

lets just keep this poll going

I wasn't pointing anyone out specifically ...

ETA: And I definitely wasn't bashing you, or anyone.
 

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Old 01-19-2007, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Hondady
Manual or Auto either or as long as its a fit it's all good!
Amen I love this car!
 
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Old 01-21-2007, 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by JessW1982
I wasn't pointing anyone out specifically ...

ETA: And I definitely wasn't bashing you, or anyone.
its all good yo...i just dont want to look like the bad guy here
 
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Old 01-21-2007, 10:27 AM
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Manual because of my wife!
 
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Old 01-21-2007, 05:23 PM
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3 pedals here.
 
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Old 01-21-2007, 08:10 PM
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What if you own both or have owned both? Well that is my catagory
 
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Old 01-22-2007, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Toy Yoda
no one in my family can drive stick so i HAD to get an automatic
hehe.... thats the exact reason i got a 5 speed
 
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Old 01-22-2007, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Bounty Hunter
I have a 5AT because I sold my STi, then my SE-R motor blew. I needed a car within a week and I got lucky because one of the dealers called me and had just received a Fit Sport. I wanted a 5MT, but it didn't work out that way.

Nearly 2k miles later...I'm quite happy with my 5AT. It's the best auto tranny car I've driven yet. Resale value should be good too if I go that route later. However I can see myself keeping this as a daily driver for years to come. My SE-R is a 5MT so that will be my fun car until my '69 Camaro SS is done. My Fit isn't a race car...it's reliable and safe daily transportation.
Hey what year SE-R did you have? I had a 2004 Spec V before I got the fit. Did you pre-cat destroy it?
 
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Old 01-22-2007, 05:47 PM
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well i have no family (wife kids) yet...girlfriend, dad, know how to drive stick, but no one drives my car BUT ME!!!!
 
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Old 01-22-2007, 10:36 PM
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new to auto

Drove manual for 15 years, including my '69 Honda roadster and ex-hubby's ERA Cobra.

But now gotta admit, I like drinking coffee and not having to shift.
 
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Old 02-16-2007, 08:53 AM
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I bought a Sport AT. I've been driving manual for the last 6-7 years and I'll be missing it once I start driving my Fit. My only reason for driving auto is simply because I do a lot of physical labour with a minimum of 10 hours a day. By the end of the day, my legs are sore and feels like jell-o, especially my left leg (I recently found out that I put more weight on it than my right leg). Because of the fatigue I find that my clutch work is consistently out of sync with my Accord (on top of which I'm wearing heavy duty steel toe snow boots). So, I'm jerking way too much for my liking. This is something I don't want the engine and tranny to experience.
 
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Old 02-16-2007, 01:17 PM
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Got an 5sp auto, lol

however I think most enthusiasts you'll find on the web will have a 5sp manual transmission.

my reasoning for the auto, car is a commuter, wife doesn't drive manual, but most of all the gas consumption figures between the two is so negligible.
 
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Old 02-17-2007, 02:11 AM
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Originally Posted by integradriv3r
Yeah funny thing is every time I drive by a dealer and i see a fit i might stop by and take a look to see if its a manual or automatic and I have yet to see a manual tranny fit. Mine is stick (i know both versions are 5 speed, my mistake) but I also concur that most people who drive the automatic version of the Fit are probably gas conscious older people who really don't care about performance so they're probably not on this forum.
auto for me.

well, i'm a gas conscious young chick who knows squat about cars i'm just on this forum cause i love the fit.

and i just sold my manual '88 CRX, which my buddy did all sorts of mods to, so it was next to impossible for me to drive. it was my first car, but i learned stick from it.

i'm just too lazy for a manual
 
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Old 02-17-2007, 02:58 AM
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the manual fits are suppose to be rare but it seems like most of the people here owns a manual, i was too anxious to buy a fit, didnt wanted to wait and got an auto, wish it was a manual but i still love my fit
 
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Old 02-17-2007, 04:29 AM
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I bought the Fit for the daily grind so I wanted an auto.
 

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i love my 5spd fit...its just way more fun
 
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Old 06-04-2007, 12:53 AM
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6 speed baby haha jp
 
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Old 06-04-2007, 07:13 PM
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just experiance, traditionally in a low torque motor a manual will do a little (sometimes a lot) better with performance and real world MPG.

Very tough decision as my wife hates stick (no pun intended LOL) and we do have to swap cars once in awhile.
 
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Old 06-04-2007, 09:57 PM
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manual here... its cheaper too
 


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