Not Fit for Prius Chat

You could have at least waited for a Hybrid Fit!

Anyway, I hope Fit will fit you well.

 

I hope you are as happy with your Fit as I am with my Prius!

Do not feel that you must leave, we value informed Prius opinions from 'outside' as well. I considered the Fit when I bought my Prius, cargo room killed it for me. (I recently put a ten foot 2 by 4 inside my Prius) For most, cargo is not that high a priority. Honda reliability is top notch, Fit gas mileage will be very good.

[Edit: I changed my Avatar to show my cargo priority]

 

I always did think there was something wrong with him.

:tsk:

Seriously, though, there are a lot of good cars on the market. Honda makes some of the best.

Buying a Fit is no reason to stay away from PC. If the conversation here was restricted to Prius talk, I would have left years ago.

Tom

 

I think you made a great choice.

When I went out car shopping in February 2007 in the 11th Avenue car dealership district in Manhattan, my two top choices were Prius and Fit.

I ended up with the Prius only because the Toyota dealer was first along my walk up 11th Ave. It had in stock a Prius in the option package and color I wanted and at a price I was willing to pay. So I bought it on the spot, and never did reach the Honda dealer to check out the Fit.

Good luck.

 

We have both a Prius and a Honda Fit. Each has it own strength and merits but I doubt you will regret your decision. Both are very good cars. As a side note, our Honda dealership has treated us much better than our Toyota dealership has in recent years. Both in the manner they treat their customers and the attention they pay to the service they perform. The Honda dealership is new so that may play a factor, but I have been a loyal customer at my Toyota dealership for many many years and have noticed and regretted this.

Good luck and keep on posting.

 

FWIW, I joined this site fully intending to buy a Prius, coincidentally the Fit was my alternative choice as well. But my interest in the Prius cooled and now I don't plan to buy anything (I'm driving a 7 year old Element) right away. If I did, it would be a Fit in my case too. And I don't visit or post as often here either anymore.

I will confess that IMHO some (a minority) in the Prius community are overly zealous about their cars, and it was a factor in my decision against buying a Prius. Nothing wrong with liking whatever car you choose, but it is still just a car.

 

Nonsense, you are a valuable part of this chat regardless of what car/s you own. Just like whatever your political or religious faith, the car you drive have nothing to do with it. I think it has more to do with your enthusiasm for cleaner efficient cars.

I own 7 cars and Prius is not my favorite car. So stay on and stay a part of this group made up of great individuals who voice their opinions like yourself.

 

Feel free to come by anytime! Heck.. I used to own a few Audis (A4 and an Alroad) and I still visit the audiworld.com forum (though not as often as here). I think the Fit is an EXCELLENT vehicle and if the Prius wasn't available I'd probably be driving one.

The Fit has received consistently great reviews from the automotive media. It's great on gas and even optioned to the max, the price is very reasonable. Having owned a Prius these are the following options any vehicle I own MUST have:

1- Smart key entry/exit
2- Navigation
3- Stability control
4- Steering wheel controls for commonly used controls

My next car most probably will be a 201X Prius. The X being the unknown. I currently have 95,000 miles on my 04 Prius and the car runs beautifully. It is the most reliable vehicle I've ever owned.

 

Prius Chat is NOT a site exclusively for Prius owners or expected Prius owners. It is a site for people INTERESTED IN the Prius. Thus, you qualify more than I do, because, although I still own my Prius, and drive it occasionally (when I have to drive farther than the Xebra will go) my interest in the Prius is now minimal. It sounds like you are still interested in the Prius, even if you do not intend to buy one any time soon.

So stick around!

Your opinions are just as valid as anyone else's, with the caveat that as a non-owner you have less or no experience with the Prius. But much of what is discussed here is unrelated to the Prius, or does not require experience of the car itself.

 

Yes - please do stay around. I have always found your points of view insightful, interesting and well formulated.

Enjoy the Fit,

Cheers
Warwick

 

Yes, please hang around, Electric dude. You are a good source of ideas on this board.

 

Congratulations on your new car. I looked at the fit a few years ago when I purchased my honda civic. I'm glad you did your research and chose the car that's the best "fit" for you.

 

That was a lot a writing to tell us you thought Prius was #2.

 

i too was looking at a fit but, went with a roomier mid-sized car for the long haul.

good luck with your fit.










please make your future posts shorter...thanks

 

First I'm glad you found a car to commit too. The Fit no doubt has a growing following awaiting your insights and observations. Sad to say, the Prius has been more 'theory' than 'practice' and now there is a car to experiment with and check the facts and data. A good thing, it reminds me of:

"When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states." - Will Rogers
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Good luck with your new ride and help the Fit community gain a clue. I've always advocated the right tool for the right job and it looks like you've found a Fit.

Bob Wilson

 

Your logic isn't flawed - but your numbers are. What I mean is, these changes won't be soon, mainly because of the costs involved. I think it will be more than 5 years before plug-ins and electrics like the Leaf are anywhere near competitive with current hybrids - and that's only if oil goes up significantly.

But if car-buying was a purely logical experience, the kinds of cars available today would be a lot different...

 

Okay, enough kind comments. Let's take turns holding him down and hitting him. :heh:

Tom

 

Different strokes for different folks....


(esp. if your POV is that the community here at PC is a bunch of zealots...so you decide not to get a Prius based on that...and then feel the need to continue posting here about those feelings)

Whatever floats your boat! ALL POV's are welcome!
It is afterall, just a car.