Picked up a new daily driver - my first NEW car
08-03-2009, 03:44 PM
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Picked up a new daily driver - my first NEW car 2009 Honda Fit Sport.
I needed something that could carry all of my equipment for the band and still get good gas mileage. I ended up with something that could fit an INSANE amount of equipment and still get INSANE gas mileage.
You wouldn't believe how much you can fit in this freakin car.
I traded in my 88 Formula through the Cash For Clunkers program and got $4,500 for it. You really can't beat that considering I only paid invoice for the Fit and $4,500 was a quarter of that. Plus the Formula probably wasn't even worth $500 in the condition it was in. More than anything, I just couldn't stand driving that Formula anymore with the horrendous WS6 suspension that made the world feel like it was coming to an end every time I hit a bump, the chipping paint and rusting issues, the exhaust rotting off, and the A/C broken.
Needless to say, I'm very happy with the purchase. My first NEW car. Oh yeah, and fully loaded with my equipment in the pouring rain, A/C on the whole way to Boston, I averaged just over 40 mpg with 200 miles on the car.
I needed something that could carry all of my equipment for the band and still get good gas mileage. I ended up with something that could fit an INSANE amount of equipment and still get INSANE gas mileage.
You wouldn't believe how much you can fit in this freakin car.I traded in my 88 Formula through the Cash For Clunkers program and got $4,500 for it. You really can't beat that considering I only paid invoice for the Fit and $4,500 was a quarter of that. Plus the Formula probably wasn't even worth $500 in the condition it was in. More than anything, I just couldn't stand driving that Formula anymore with the horrendous WS6 suspension that made the world feel like it was coming to an end every time I hit a bump, the chipping paint and rusting issues, the exhaust rotting off, and the A/C broken.
Needless to say, I'm very happy with the purchase. My first NEW car. Oh yeah, and fully loaded with my equipment in the pouring rain, A/C on the whole way to Boston, I averaged just over 40 mpg with 200 miles on the car.
Last edited by PewterScreaminMach; 08-03-2009 at 03:56 PM.
08-03-2009, 04:55 PM
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Let me go look. I paid invoice plus destination minus $4,500 cash for clunkers plus conveyance plus sales tax plus plate transfer.
08-04-2009, 03:17 PM
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I detailed one of those cars a month or two ago, i was suprised how solid the interior was. The steering wheel was very nice, especially the paddle shifters. It almost felt like the new evo's steering wheel.
08-04-2009, 04:50 PM
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Awesome, i gotta say this program worked out for me as well. last night i turned in my POS rusted broke *** 95 pathfinder for a new focus. sticker price of 18,500, 2,500 ford incentives, 4,500 clunker rebate and negotiated another 1,000 on top of that. 10,500 for a brand new car, freakin love it.