The Associated Press ran a story last week about economical cars and focused the story on a lady who had just bought a Honda Fit.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070824/small_cars_big_gains.html?.v=4 I have been boring you with test reports of this car for several months. Mine will have 50,000 miles on it tomorrow. Last week the Wall Street Journal wrote a similar article, but slanted towards how dangerous these cars are to drive. The articles fails to mention the poor resale value of these cars. The probability that you will get stuck like me with a huge upside down loan. The road-noise associated with lightweight cars, which interferes with driving pleasures like listening to music or talking on the cell phone. And the Honda Fit has a special radio integrated into the dash-board so it can't be upgraded, and if it were to stop working, you would probably need a whole new dashboard. The article fails to mention the fear you face on a Houston freeway when two or three 18 wheelers try to sandwich you. Or the fear of seeing a drunk driver in your rear-view mirror approaching at night with a speed of 100 mph. And the almost 100 percent chance that you will be the smallest car in the collision. Or that you sit so low to the ground that you can't see road-hazards in time to miss them. The don't specify all the things you give up in order to save a few gallons of gas. They certainly don't mention how much your body will ache after driving 50,000 miles. Nor do they mention, the difficulty of having some fun in the back seat. Or the inability to occasionally strap something to the roof of the car or to tow a canoe. Nor do they specify the other benefits of such a car: They don't mention that the Honda Fit is one of the most reliable cars you will ever own, or that it is one of the easiest cars to parallel park that you will ever drive. I give them both an "F" for their poor investigating and lame reporting David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
