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"Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?" (o51r15)
06/21/2015 at 21:40 • Filed to: None

So I’m in the middle of moving from Alaska to Spain for the air force and I’m taking some leave in California with family. We’ve been borrowing my mother-in-law’s HondaFit and I gotta say, damn I like it!

It’s a 2015 Honda Fit with the CVT and navigation but what really got me happy was taking it all over the back roads that are unpaved. It climbs up hills no problem and if it was mine and not my wife’s moms car, it would have been sideways on some of those turns as well!

Here’s me with he car. On then freeways it can get between 45 and 55 mpg (90+ if you’re going downhill) and it apparently will shut off cylinders when it goes above 60mph. But today, my wife’s family and mine went fishing (well, at least we tried to) and on the way back, we took a dirt road home that would have been fun in a Jeep. That road probably doesn’t see many FWD vehicles. We took it a little slow being that it wasn’t mine but still had fun anyways!

We stopped at this overlook right before the end of the dirt road and took some pictures. I figured you guys mig like a story about a car going somewhere that it wasn’t designed for. I know I love those stories!

P.S.: Towels in the rear windows work way better than those suction cup window blinds things!

DISCUSSION (16)

jkm7680 > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
06/21/2015 at 21:45

Are you going to be buying a car while in Spain?

PS9 > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
06/21/2015 at 21:47

Better watch it...this comes dangerously close to admitting you like CVTs. You don’t want to know what the collective mob did to the last guy who said something that wasn’t about how much he liked the manual , and he was a bloody editor!

TheHondaBro > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
06/21/2015 at 21:49

I love the way the Fit drives. I can’t live with the infotainment system though.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > jkm7680
06/21/2015 at 21:50

Hell yea I am. I’m tn between something that’s 25 years old or older so I can bring it back with me or something new to screw around with for a couple years.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > PS9
06/21/2015 at 21:52

Ha ha now personally, I would prefer the manual. The wife however hasn’t quite learned the manual so CVT would be the compromise for us.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > TheHondaBro
06/21/2015 at 21:55

I’ve only been using the Fit for a few days now and haven’t really touched the infotainment system. It looks nice though. It’s very aesthetically pleasing. But that’s about all I’ve done with it. For maps, I’m still using Waze on my phone.

jkm7680 > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
06/21/2015 at 21:55

Haha, good luck finding something!

If you don’t mind me asking, what part of Spain will you be in?

There’s not that many vintage cars out there from what I’ve seen in the Costa Del Sol, most older Mercedes cars have already been taken to Africa by now haha.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > jkm7680
06/21/2015 at 22:00

Ha ha yea. Most of the cars I’ve seen on their Craigslist are way overpriced and modded to hell and back. I’ll be stationed at Morón Air Base just outside of Sevilla and about an hour and a half east of Rota Naval Station.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
06/21/2015 at 22:02

SEAT Leon Cupra. Just register it as a GTI when you return bro. Problem solved, you’re welcome. #importlyfe

jkm7680 > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
06/21/2015 at 22:04

Ah, sounds nice!

Spain is a great country, watch out for horrible drivers and it’s a blast. There’s some great driving roads out that way also.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
06/21/2015 at 22:07

Ha ha would that even work? They are mechanically pretty much the same!

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > jkm7680
06/21/2015 at 22:08

That’s what I’ve been hearing. One thing indefinitely want to do is a track day at Catalunya!

jkm7680 > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
06/21/2015 at 22:10

Yes! Lots of pictures of that when it happens please.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > jkm7680
06/21/2015 at 22:13

Oh...not only will there be pictures, but I’ll have dashcam video(s) to post as well!

jkm7680 > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
06/21/2015 at 22:16

Oooh that sounds awesome!

If you ever need advice of anywhere to go near Marbella, I can totally hook you up.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
06/21/2015 at 22:24

Work, maybe. Legal, nope. They’re supposed to be great cars though, and fairly cheap used.