Yep. A ‘13 Fit is the same length, width and wheelbase as a 1993 Civic Si hatch (which I also owned). The Fit is 10" taller and only about 220 lbs heavier, too. It’s as close to a brand new ‘93 Civic Si hatch as you’re going to find. Similar HP too - 117 for the Fit, 124 for the Civic Si.

But there’s no timing belt or…

Obviously my one car isn’t necessarily proof of anything, but the ‘13 Fit Sport 5MT I bought new has been quite reliable *other than dealer mechanic-caused problems*. In 8 years and 95,000 miles, the non dealer caused problems were:
1) work boots wearing holes in two of the thin factory driver side floor mats (warranty)
…

I dunno how his car was, but our ‘13 1.4 6A barely broke 31 mpg on the highway. We loved the car though, it was so quiet and comfortable for road trips and the turbo put useable power down when toy used it the most, unlike my ‘13 Fit Sport 5MT

I’ve owned a newer 3/4 ton long bed Cummins Dodge quad cab pickup for 15 years now and I hate brodozers like this one. Jacked to the sky, bald tires on awful offset wheels, usually found rolling coal - this thing is a hazard to everyone around it. And it’s fuckin’ useless. Too big, long and wide to do the offroading…

I’ve done some (much smaller) fleet management.

30 years @ 6 days a week of lots and lots of running hours and thermal cycles takes its’ toll on wiring harnesses, fuel seals and lines, power steering hoses, oil seals etc. and replacing all that on a huge fleet of ancient trucks costs more than the USPS has. They were…

I don’t think you’d say that if you drove a gas Spark and a 1.4T Sonic LT or LTZ back to back. Gas powered Sparks are hateful little penalty boxes
:P

The RS springs/suspension calibration/wheels/tires ruined the ride, while not adding any power. We had a ‘13 LT hatch with the 1.4T and the 205/55-16 tires, and it rode very comfortably and quietly on potholed northeast roads and highways.

That’s too bad, in 1.4T hatchback form it was a genuinely good compact car for all around use, especially in the earlier years when the design language was more interesting -like the instrument cluster - and there was less turbo competition in the segment. Our ‘13 1.4T hatch was lively around town, had the excellent…

There’s a long history of foreign auto companies successfully selling a large quantity of bottom dollar garbage in the US. Yugo did it, Hyundai did it, Daewoo did it. Whether those companies successfully translated those early sales to long term success and survival is a different story....

That’s true about the transmission, and I’m looking forward to that tune and shift re-programming once I’m out of warranty and not making payments anymore. As for Subarus, the ones I would buy are more than I want to spend on a car, and their 4 cylinder engine quality seems to have slipped over the last few years as…

Congrats, looks great! After owning or managing five shops (and completely remodeling two of those, including concrete floor treatments), I would suggest the following:
- be aware that hot tires, spilled brake fluid, brake cleaner, jack stands, motorcycle kickstands and steel floor jack wheels can all permanently…

:P

“for sure going to happen”

And you know this how?

Uh, no.

The 1994 Lexus LS400 was 197" long
the 2019 Lexus ES is 196" long.

All Impalas have been essentially the same size for the last 20 years.
8th gen Impala: 200.0" long (2000-2005)
9th gen Impala: 200.4" long (2006-2013)
10th gen Impala: 201.3” long. (2014-2020)

And the 7th gen Impala was the B-body RWD V8 platform,…

The Chicken tax and exchange rate would’ve made it really expensive, and the US take rate for single cab trucks was small then and even smaller now (like 4%). As much as I love the idea I can’t fault GM for not bringing those here.

Nissan Frontier, base model F150, Ram or Silverado

I bought a new german-built TourX wagon for $28k a year ago (about $10k off MSRP). 250hp/295 lb-ft turbo 4, torque vectoring AWD, definitely calibrated more on the comfortable and quiet side of things but handles, steers and stops well. Once it’s out of warranty a Trifecta tune will tighten up the shifting and bring…

So, what happened to it? Slid it into a curb, popped the tire and hit a tree? (hood, fender, grille, windshield)

As of last year, regular cab pickups have about a 3% take rate in the US new truck market. Regular cab, 2wd, stick = a fraction of one percent of the US market, not even fleet buyers would take that.

I can’t speak for the newer ones, but my ‘13 Fit Sport handled like a go-kart, in a good way. Much like my 1993 Civic Si hatch, which was the same length, width, and wheelbase, but 10" taller. It was also darty and nervous on the highway at 70mph, and noisy too, like the ‘93 Si. And only about 150 lbs heavier, with a…