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Old 06-22-2012, 12:02 PM   #1
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I don't like the look of the Fit at all. The shrunken minivan just doesn't do it for me. And Hondas have gotten so overpriced... The Fits I see cost a fortune even for used ones. In fact, Civics do, too. Hondas in general seem to have become very bland for the money lately, unlike years ago when they were reasonably priced and fun to drive.

Captain Slow, I agree with you on liking the Mazda2. I'm still a prospective buyer, but the M2 is about the only other competition for the Yaris for me. I finally was able to test drive a used one that only had 25k miles on it, and was pretty disappointed. I've always liked firm rides, coming from German cars that are biased to handling, and like you I favor tossability over a ride that's too soft. But the M2 was *extremely* rough and uncomfortable, especially on the highway. The Yaris I test drove was four years older and had 110k miles on it, and wasn't like that at all -- it rode just great on the highway and was still pretty fun to drive around town. Was your Mazda2 jarring like that? I wonder if I could've gotten one that had been abused or something -- it was a rental, after all. But I don't see how it could have been ruined after only 25k miles, either, no matter how it was treated.
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Old 06-22-2012, 09:07 PM   #2
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I don't like the look of the Fit at all. The shrunken minivan just doesn't do it for me. And Hondas have gotten so overpriced... The Fits I see cost a fortune even for used ones. In fact, Civics do, too. Hondas in general seem to have become very bland for the money lately, unlike years ago when they were reasonably priced and fun to drive.

Captain Slow, I agree with you on liking the Mazda2. I'm still a prospective buyer, but the M2 is about the only other competition for the Yaris for me. I finally was able to test drive a used one that only had 25k miles on it, and was pretty disappointed. I've always liked firm rides, coming from German cars that are biased to handling, and like you I favor tossability over a ride that's too soft. But the M2 was *extremely* rough and uncomfortable, especially on the highway. The Yaris I test drove was four years older and had 110k miles on it, and wasn't like that at all -- it rode just great on the highway and was still pretty fun to drive around town. Was your Mazda2 jarring like that? I wonder if I could've gotten one that had been abused or something -- it was a rental, after all. But I don't see how it could have been ruined after only 25k miles, either, no matter how it was treated.
I don't like the looks of the Fit either, but it is better looking than the Insight sedan. I think the Insight sedan is trying to look like a 2nd generation Prius (the only full size Prius I like the looks of), but falls way short of the styling of the 2nd generation Prius. A few minutes ago I did the search 'does the european yaris hybrid 2012 have 1 front wiper or 2' on the duckduckgo.com search engine. I found two different articles from UK press outlets and one had a US Prius C equivalent picture (2 wipers), and the other article had a US Yaris SE equivalent picture (1 wiper)---unsure which is correct. What I found most interesting was another hit that was largely unrelated, namely "Prius C makes the Insight look extremely inferior? - Page 3 ...". The url for this hit is http://www.insightcentral.net/forums...nferior-3.html . The poster owns a 2010 Insight and a 2009 Yaris and a CR-V. He is defending the Yaris re an earlier post and he pulls in a link to Yarisworld and YouTube member Trini's YouTube page. I find the 'herd mentality posts' lining up against him kind of humorous......We Yarisworld members do the same thing, BUT I FEEL WE HAVE LOGIC ON OUR SIDE!
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