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ahausheer · 01-31-2013, 12:16 PM

Honda Fit? Handles well, huge interior room, fun to drive.

neutron256 · 01-31-2013, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ahausheer

Honda Fit? Handles well, huge interior room, fun to drive.

As a Fit owner who is about to upgrade from the 2010 to 2013 model (they offered me a great deal) I can say it's a great all around car. I have to say that "fun to drive" is a bit of a streach. It's no slouch, but it's not really sporty. At least not in it's stock configuration.

jkonquer · 02-01-2013, 04:31 PM

So i got the juke. My girlfriend loves and i like it as well. Its very roomy for a small car and this thing is so nimble. The power delivery is very good as well, 188hp turbocharged. It is a well balanced drivers car. Got a very good deal on it as well, fully loaded with nav for under 21k. Ill keep you guys posted since i know we are going to be modding the car near future.

M-17 · 02-01-2013, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jkonquer

So i got the juke. My girlfriend loves and i like it as well. Its very roomy for a small car and this thing is so nimble. The power delivery is very good as well, 188hp turbocharged. It is a well balanced drivers car. Got a very good deal on it as well, fully loaded with nav for under 21k. Ill keep you guys posted since i know we are going to be modding the car near future.

That's cool, I thought the interior was kind of neat. The dash and little features to track your car's behavior or yours was quite interesting. But I'm still not there where I can over look the Juke's exterior design.
Glad you like it though. :happy0180:

n2oinferno · 02-02-2013, 11:54 PM

The Juke's looks have grown on me a lot. My wife hates it though, haha. It's just too bad it's not really feasible to drop it to the ground like the black one that was Photoshopped a year or two ago. Looks so much better that way.

JoeBoxer · 02-03-2013, 12:26 AM

You can use the Ecutek cable on the Juke if you have one already, Visconti sells a tune for them. We have some Nismo Juke's ordered at work, hoping to test drive one but wouldn't trade my FR-S for it. If they come out with the RS model that may change. RS models will be more extreme than Nismo powerwise.

jkonquer · 02-04-2013, 03:52 AM

Looks like juke has lot of potential in the engine department. Seen people with simple bolt on with tune making over 230 whp.

jkonquer · 02-06-2013, 04:32 AM

We did a long freeway trip today, around 300 miles total on the juke. I gotta say passing people on the freeway in a juke is a breeze it effortlessly pulls even around 3k rpm. I dont know if thats because of the cvt transmission, this cvt is probably the best cvt i've droven so far but thats another story. But it seems like the car has lot of available torque all the way cross the rpm range. And steering feel is of a frs and brz, very precise.

Wes B. · 02-06-2013, 09:17 AM

VW Tiguan

01-31-2013, 12:16 PM	#43
ahausheer Re-member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Toyota camry Location: S. Cali Posts: 1,001 Thanks: 98 Thanked 292 Times in 152 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s)	Honda Fit? Handles well, huge interior room, fun to drive. __________________ Nothing decays like progress, and nothing preserves like neglect.

02-01-2013, 04:31 PM	#45
jkonquer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: 2005 Subaru STI Location: Socal Posts: 418 Thanks: 4 Thanked 73 Times in 55 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s)	So i got the juke. My girlfriend loves and i like it as well. Its very roomy for a small car and this thing is so nimble. The power delivery is very good as well, 188hp turbocharged. It is a well balanced drivers car. Got a very good deal on it as well, fully loaded with nav for under 21k. Ill keep you guys posted since i know we are going to be modding the car near future. __________________

02-04-2013, 03:52 AM	#49
jkonquer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: 2005 Subaru STI Location: Socal Posts: 418 Thanks: 4 Thanked 73 Times in 55 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s)	Looks like juke has lot of potential in the engine department. Seen people with simple bolt on with tune making over 230 whp. __________________

02-06-2013, 04:32 AM	#50
jkonquer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: 2005 Subaru STI Location: Socal Posts: 418 Thanks: 4 Thanked 73 Times in 55 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s)	We did a long freeway trip today, around 300 miles total on the juke. I gotta say passing people on the freeway in a juke is a breeze it effortlessly pulls even around 3k rpm. I dont know if thats because of the cvt transmission, this cvt is probably the best cvt i've droven so far but thats another story. But it seems like the car has lot of available torque all the way cross the rpm range. And steering feel is of a frs and brz, very precise. __________________

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n2oinferno Praise Helix! Join Date: Jan 2011 Drives: Accord 2.0T, Silverado Location: Upstate SC Posts: 2,859 Thanks: 428 Thanked 2,208 Times in 1,072 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s)	The Juke's looks have grown on me a lot. My wife hates it though, haha. It's just too bad it's not really feasible to drop it to the ground like the black one that was Photoshopped a year or two ago. Looks so much better that way.

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JoeBoxer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Whiteout FR-S Location: Arkansas Posts: 4,154 Thanks: 1,666 Thanked 1,627 Times in 997 Posts Mentioned: 72 Post(s)	You can use the Ecutek cable on the Juke if you have one already, Visconti sells a tune for them. We have some Nismo Juke's ordered at work, hoping to test drive one but wouldn't trade my FR-S for it. If they come out with the RS model that may change. RS models will be more extreme than Nismo powerwise.

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