4-5 times I've gone from 4th to 3rd when I was trying to go from 4th to 5th. Anyone else have the same problem or make the same mistake?

With my old car 5th was waaaaaaay over to the right and up, so it took some effort to get into 5th gear.

With the Fit, 5th doesn't feel like it is far away, but it seems quite easy to go into 3rd by mistake.

So far I've caught myself and haven't reved past 4500, but I'm now making an effort to get into the habit of pushing the shifter way to the right and up for 5th.

 

I've done that too. Just get used to that movement: diagonal up-right. Maybe it might be good to get a shorter shifter.

 

Jus practice. and Shortshifter leads to no good. your forcing your tranny, thats bascailly like power shifting.

 

Practice. You're probably not using the correct technique when shifting. Don't manhandle the shifter, don't get a deathgrip on it. You should barely cup the top of it with your palm and push it diagonally toward the front right fender, and it should go into the correct gear.

(I don't own a Fit yet, so I can't comment about the feel of the shifter, but I currently drive a 6 speed manual, and my Porsche is a 5 speed manual. The technique works fine. Except in the Porsche, reverse is where 1st gear usually is, with 1st where second is, and so on, so 4th to 5th is just pulling it straight back)

 

The linkage and hardwhare are new on the car...
What I have to say is this. Find the neutral space on the shifter then push the shifter in that space towards the passengers side then up, you should feel a spring action.When you feel that spring you have a home run every time. Shifting from 3rd to 4th should be a straight back or pull down. Thats how I do it and thats how I teach other people to do it. It makes for clean shifting regardless of the condition of the linkage.
It is a good thing the fits shifting is tight.
To answer your question,yes I have misshifted with the fit. I think the car has room for one more gear up and it would be nice to have short shift.

 

Honda shifters generally have a good feel, not so damn imprecise. Just gotta practice. In the BMW 3 Series there's a downshift called the "Money Shift" It's where you trying to go from 4th to 3th.. but instead hitting 1st. The shifter effort is way too light on those cars.

 

I have not noticed myself doing this at all...

 

I used to worry, but hwen i push diagonally i was suprirsed I rarely (not never) miss. I used to *neutral, right, up*. now it's just *up/right* and i'm at 5th.