Life is too short to drive a boring car.

 

i agree 10000%

 

Why on a fit forum then? Max out those credit loans and get a more exciting car!

For me, I bought the fit because it's inexpensive, good on gas, low insurance and maintenance costs. That allows me to have the extra income to max out my retirement accounts while I'm youngish. Years of compounding will do the rest. I could buy a few fits with the gains I've made just this year.

 

Something like 80% of toyotas with V6 engines need headgaskets by the 100K mark.. The legend of toyota and honda quality died when they started making them in the US, the Japanese built ones have always been better cars in the longevity wars..

The water leak issues alone on the honda fit mark the salesman's tale as hype.. And the average CVT is just not going to make 500K, the very gently driven ones maybe...

 

Hmm I guess my V6 4runner is a 20%er but it is Japanese built 😎 it's got almost 150k and we just came back from a beach trip.

 

OMG......LOL. Wake up call. You drive a Fit. It's a boring econobox. You can rationalize it whatever way you want, but to 99% of the people out there the Fit is a boring car

 

Hard to keep up with everyone on a message board, but his Fit is a daily/beater. Has a WRX for fun.

I wonder if the days of 500,000 mile cars has past? The '90's and early '00's Japanese built cars were truly amazing. Look at all of the crazy high mileage Lexus', Maxima's, Accords, etc. Guess to be fair I need to throw in the German built Mercedes diesels. If you have enough money to manage the maintenance and repairs the chassis and motor will last forever.

Most cars now seem disposable.

 

My cars are paid off. Having no payments is a wonderful thing & I intend to remain payment free for a few more years. For me my cars are not boring. I'm here because my son bought a Fit. His reasons were very similar to yours. I'm the family car guy so here I am to pick up knowledge about the fit.

I think the Fit is a great car, sort of a Swiss Army knife.

 

GAFIT a couple of things that worry me about these modern cars is all the plastic they use. How long can a plastic manifold hold up in the hot environment of the engine compartment before it crumbles? How about all those electronics? Auto makers want us to buy pay it off & buy again. I feel they make cars just good enough to get you out of warranty.

I'm not sure I'd want to own a current car 20 years down the road. The old stuff is easier to fix for this old fart.

 

Agreed! The additional problem of plastic parts is they can't be repaired AND aren't likely to be available 10-15 years down the road. The electronic issue is just the simple quantity of them in a single car.

Neighbor just traded in a Chevy SSR because one of the door sensors quit working. GM no longer offers the part and no aftermarket company makes them either. That part is tied in with the window motors on that car to open and close the windows when the doors are opened and closed. Just like in a Vette. Only their car wasn't as popular so no aftermarket support. That left them with a side window that would not roll all the way up after closing the door. Car wasn't even what I would consider old and had super low miles, but how long do you want to keep using a tarp to keep rain out of your leather interior.

They now have an HR-V.

 

Sorry was just being flippant. I like having no car payment as well. Before this Fit, I was car payment free for 6 years and as you said it was a wonderful thing. So wonderful, that earlier this year I paid off the fit in less than 2 years. It was 1.49% interest so barely paying any interest, but I just hated having a car payment Sure I could have made more money investing it, but piece of mind is priceless.

 

It's not like the Fit is a classic collector candidate where I'll need parts in 20 years. To me it's a disposable product and when it's time to get something new, I won't hesitate or lose sleep over the decision.

 

No, it just ties in with the OP's question.

I think a Fit could go 400,000 miles (we have at least one on this board). Key is that they would need to do it quickly. I foresee parts availability of all of these sensors and electronic parts to be an issue 20 years down the road.

 

Honda is currently struggling to get a ignition key for my 2013 Fit EV, it has a button to pop open the charging port.. getting them to think outside the box and give me a Prius key is turning out to be hard.. LOL

 

If you replace the engines, you can drive the thing to 20 million miles.

To make it to 500K, you will probably replace few alternators, water pumps, axles, numerous tires, coils, plugs, possibly a few major gaskets, clutch (depending on how u drive).

So the salesman is taking advantage on your lack of critical thinking application to his sales tactics. Don't be fooled. Don't trust the salesmen.

 

damn.. u sound like a fortune cookie.

 

Buy my car for 30000$, you can drive it to 6000000 miles.

 

Boring is as boring does.

 

I remember they were saying that about VW Beetles back in the day. The Fit has versatile functionality that would STILL be valuable later on. You can't say that about an econobox commuter sedan.

 

I just passed 314,000. Ac compressor, tie rods, shocks and struts. Runs and rides as good as ever.