1.4i SE 5dr Auto Hatchback

The Fit is go! is really a fantastic car in city IS VERY SPACIOUS

Well it's time for the long term report, exactly 2 years since the purchase, and 73000 KM on the clock now.

The car has held itself well, and I have now worked out that revving the engine is not the thing this car likes. The i-DSI engine it seems gives 80-90% of its torque under the 2000rpm range, so you don't really benefit from revving that much in city limits. Once I did that I was getting 10.5-12 kmpl in the city. City here means every 50-100m you have color lights, so it's a lot of idle, stop starts in addition to traffic. This advice has been shared with a lot of my friends who have similar cars, and they have also got improved economies.

Driving outstation from the city, again this is not highways. The only difference is that you don't have traffic lights (the roads are narrow single lane), you get economies around 13-15 kmpl. The best I have got was driving on Sunday where the roads were fairly clear, and averaged a remarkable 19kmpl (again not highways!).

The power curve is also different from normal cars, with the engine pulling upto around 80-100kmph, and then its flat. I have seen a review by a site, where they indicated that there is a small jump again at around 130kmp, but sadly I have not got these speeds here since we don't have any real highways.

The rutty ride seems to be a trait in this car, and I tested the new Honda Airwave, which is an extended version of this car, and found the ride was no different, even though they had made the car heavier and longer. I assume it's a purposeful move since this car is very similar to a Honda Civic in interior size, and making this any better may ruin their Civic sales (as a past owner of a ES1 Civic, which also had a rather rough ride compared to the Toyota's).

The much spoken about CVT gearbox jerk issue has been a major concern for owners, but the solution of using an additive called "Oil Extreme" has worked very well in Singapore and Thailand, and I have shared this information with several friends who had problems with their gearbox, and they have had instant success. Sadly the lack of local availability of this oil has made this an exotic solution. The additive seems to be able help fix any small damages to the belt which might be the cause for the jerks, and it also helps avoid the problem if the additive is used proactively.

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