Originally Posted by 68style (Post 6490843)

Dude, I am telling you... maybe the 2009+ models have improved on this, but I have a 2008 Honda Fit Sport... the mileage claims are not what I was hoping for... I have a 5spd manual and I no matter how nicely I drive it I cannot get it to budge over 32mpg and that is primarily highway!!! Just for reference, you can see in my signature that I get 9.8L/100km on my MR2 Turbo which is quite above average, so it is not a driver problem... my friends with Toyota Yaris hatchbacks can get almost 200km farther than me on a tank of gas (I get 460km and my friends get almost 700km and that's on nearly equivalent litres of gas).

Between that and the gas tank sploshing sound from under the driver's seat after a fill, complete lack of power, rough shifter (you can't shift fast from 1st to 2nd without it feeling like it's grinding) and mine being delivered with air in the coolant lines............. I think the Honda Fit is not as great as people make it seem.

Stick with the Yaris in my opinion, just the centre guages drive me nuts, but I wish my wife had bought that instead of the Fit sooo much.

I think the Cube is cool, but I'm not much of a fan of Nissans as far as ownership and maintenance goes... too many friends with Altima's and Sentra's that end up with huge bills 3-4 years down the road... but I do like the Cube... and fuck what you "macho" friends think, they'll all be driving CR-V's and pricing out Sienna's in a few years when they're 30+ and having kids and shit anyway.

Originally Posted by Rich Sandor (Post 6491521)

If you need it NOW, get a new or slightly used Yaris or Fit, and forget about the rest. They are fun to drive, for what they are.

If you can wait until Sept/Oct I can cut you a deal on a new Fiesta, which will be way more fun to drive. (The Mazda2 is much farther away)

The Cube is fun for the first little while but then it becomes a boring ass box on wheels, and drives like a bag of ass. If you don't NEED the storage space, don't get it. And FYI, you want people to "turn heads" and say "oooooh" like when they see a Ferrari or Lambo. When they see a Cube they say "ewwwww"

Right sound but very different spelling and meaning. ;)

Originally Posted by GordonTse (Post 6491688)

cube is pretty much a versa with a different body.

Originally Posted by hk20000 (Post 6493381)

Fiesta is the same idea as Mazda2..... Sure will consider but it's still in the unknown distant future..... hahaha.

Originally Posted by thumper (Post 6492170)

rich... where will the north american version of the fiesta be built?

Originally Posted by hk20000 (Post 6493528)

huh? Which part of "it shares its chassis with the Mazda2" do you not understand?

It's thus in the same consideration as the Mazda2 but it's not available at the moment...So there's the decision of whether I should wait for it or just jump on the Cube and forget about it.

HOLY SHIT is uncalled for, HOLY SHIT!

Originally Posted by MajinHurricane (Post 6494874)

"the fiesta is the same idea as the mazda2"

You said it yourself.

What your essentially saying is you would rather pay a premium for a badge for the same fucking car.

Originally Posted by Rich Sandor (Post 6495040)

I'm pretty sure I could convince him to go with a Fiesta as long as it gets here well before the Mazda2.. right Pat?

Originally Posted by r-b-x (Post 6498978)

1. buy a cube
2. pick up style wagon magazine
3. spend heeeeeaaaps of money
4 profit???