I just got back from the dealer and I'm a new Honda sport automatic transmission with paddles Fit owner! I love it. I drove it back from the dealer (about 40 miles) . The ride home is pretty much up hill with varying grades and it cruises comfortably at 80 mph at 2900 rpms. I was going to get a manual, but I took the automatic for a drive and it sold me. It really seems pretty peppy to me. I'm not really a car person, but power seems pretty good. I've never been this enthusiastic about a car before.

I've done alot of research on my new car purcahase, and I don't think there is a better value out there than a fit, and I'm not quite sure why someone would want a 4 door Civic sedan when the Fit does so much more and seats 4 as well. I'll try to get some photos up later.

 

Congrats!!

It's a great little car!!! What colour did you get?

 

Congrats on the purchase! I'm waiting anxiously for the day when I can post that to this board as well

 

Welcome! I'm lovin mine.

 

Whoops, I forgot to mention that. I think they call it Blaze orange.

I think once the public finds out about the Fit, they will be very hard to get. People were looking at mine before I bought it and didn't have a clue about it.

What's cool is they had to throw in the cargo tray after I signed the paper that they wouldn't add or remove anything from my Fit after I signed the purchase agreement. The cargo tray was there during my test drive. So I paid MSRP and got the approx 100.00 cargo tray for free. I really don't think your going to see any significant discounts off of MSRP. The profit margin is very slim.

My dealer said they'll be calling me before May 25th and asking if I want steak or chicken for a service personnel and owner dinner, kind of a meet and greet for the Fit, very cool. I think I'm becoming a car person.

 

Cool deal on the tray!!

Sounds like your dealer is one of the good one!!

PS, I just checked out your site and I've got to say I'm really liking 'If You Could Believe In You'

 

Thanks! .....glad you liked it.

 

Karyn,

What did you think of the sound system on your FIT? I order the same model as you in Storm Silver and awaiting delivery.

 

congrats I also just picked up my white 5 spd. sport today.

 

congrats!

i wish my dealer was having a meet and greet for fit owners. sounds fancy!

 

Good question. I'm not much of an expert on cars, but I do work in the studio listening for about 4 hours a day recording and mixing music. My studio monitors are Mackie HR824's and Yamaha NS10's (classics that are designed replicate the crap that most people have in their homes ) . I always like to run a mix through on the NS10's just to check. If acceptable I burn a CD and go listen to my Homes systems, one has Yorkville YSM 1'S and a boom box. I know, I still haven't answered your question .

That is all leading up to the final test. How does your music sound in the worst acoustic enviroment imaginable which is of course your car. I have two listening enviroments for this test, our 06 Honda Ridgeline and now my Honda Fit. I spent a good part of my day listening to Liz Phair in the Fit, and I think it has a very good factory system. I think the Ridgeline is better by a little bit. My aim is to get stuff to sound good on good factory systems so the Fit is the perfect representation of that. I would have no interest in some pricey audiophile car stereo. Bottom line, the fit has a very good audio system.

When your acoustic enviroment is crap such as in a car, the best sound is probably obtained by cutting out the sound reflective middle man ie; the glass and all the weird refective surfaces and pipe it directly to your ears via head phones. My 2 pennies anyway.

 

The salesman was pretty excited (he looked like a healthy eater). He said last time they had pans of 1" inch thick good cuts of steak. I guess I'll go and see how much meat I can stuff down my throat. ......... I think that might have come out wrong.

 

Hmm, good mixing process. We'll have to keep that in mind for our next album. But I'm totally in agreement with you - the best sound comes through headphones. I've spent far more money than I'd like to admit on headphone audiophilia, fed mostly by a message board I frequent called Head-Fi. As they say on there, "Sorry about your wallet..."

Anyways, back on topic - nice to know that the stereo is decent. I was planning upgrades in that area, but that's not such an immediate priority now.

 

One word about head phones: Sony MDR 7506. They cost $99.00, and are standards even in million dollar studios. If you try them out, let me know what you think.

 

Niiice thanks for the heads-up

 

Not a big fan of Sony - I prefer the Grado SR 60s for home use, and I'm currently using shure e3c earbuds for street use (what a nice birthday gift). At $100, the Grados are generally suggested over the Sonys

Head fi is the place to check out - those guys are more serious into headphones than most of the internet.

 

Those Sonys look like nice headphones. Thanks for the heads up.

 

Good to hear about the stereo. When I test-drove a Fit, I actually didn't listen to it -- I forgot a CD (I never listen to radio) and the car didn't have an iLink; I usually listen to my iPod in the car.

I just reserved our blaze orange AT Sport today. It was time to retire the '99 Subaru Forester. (Although my Subie Outback is definitely staying!)

 

I think the the Fit has a good factory system, but it is not overwhelming in the bass department. Mid and high frequencies are OK. the default factory setting for bass was +2. I didn't try to adjust it, so I'm not sure how much further it can be boosted. I know some people are crazy about bass so I thought I'd mention that. Personally, my ears get burnt out when the bass is too heavy. The Ridgeline was very bassy and I dialed alot of it out, but it also has a sub woofer.

 

Thanks for the further detail Karyn. No, I'm not a bass-hogger. I'm a guitarist & flautist -- gotta have those clear mids & sparkling highs!