[jake696]

OK...one of our Fits now has 60K on it and all the drivers and routes have sampled the cars.

We have 150-200K and more on the '05 Matrix's as well.

One thing that is a pain for cargo in the Fit is that it has a lip on the back end and the Matrix does not. The cargo carrying ability in the Fit is unreal, for being so small. It is only 3 cu. feet less. So far it handles everything we ever carry in the Matrix.

The Fit drives more like a go-cart. More responsive steering, it even scares a few of the older guys that work for me, they don't care for what they perceive as squirrelyness. It's tighter too. Not quite as good in snow...

The mpgs are a few better on the Fit - only 2-3mpg's tho'.

No repair issues at all on the Honda's, no fuel pumps! One Fit was wrecked last Oct. and it's replacement promptly rear-ended by a garbage truck...but only needed a rear door. The worst part of that was waiting 4 weeks to get all the parts from Honda. It was 1800.00 total in repairs and most of that was the rear door.

Factory tires were crap, they usually are. We have trouble getting more than 20K on them and we do that in 4 months. The aftermarket tires we buy from Goodyear usually give us 30-35K (either car). That is about half of the rated mileage and we get the new set pro-rated every time.

We had one set of factory tires on a Matrix a few years back that turned to hamburger in 9K. They were so ugly we (and the dealer) were sure there was serious suspension problems. It was just the tires...the alignment was dead-on...