New to the YARIS WORLD

[SpaceShot]

I was torn between the Fit and the Yaris, but my wife has had good experience with her Scion XB, and in our area the Toyota dealers were easier to work with than the Honda dealers. It may be different elsewhere, but my local Honda dealers did not have base model Fit or Civic on the lots.

I got an internet quote on the Yaris from the dealer and compared it with the Costco Auto Program. Two nights later I put a deposit on the car, and picked it up at the end of the week.

Just my opinion, but I think my Yaris 3-door hatch is much closer to the original Honda Civic hatchback I had as my first car, than the Fit currently is.

[tomato]

Originally Posted by SpaceShot

Just my opinion, but I think my Yaris 3-door hatch is much closer to the original Honda Civic hatchback I had as my first car, than the Fit currently is.

I totally agree with that!

To the original poster who wanted to know whether to go with the Fit or the Yaris: I was split, too, because I've been driving subcompact Hondas for a very long time, and I kind of wanted to stay with the brand. They're really good cars! But so are Toyotas. Having driven both, I think the Fit may be a slightly better car in terms of responsiveness, comfort, acceleration, but I still went with the Yaris in the end because it's fine for my purposes, scores high in reliability and economy, and frankly is a lot cuter than the Fit :) ! The Fit is more spacious inside, I think than my 2 door-hatchback Yaris, but don't need all that space inside my car, so I thought I'd save a couple thousand dollars and get the Yaris instead.

The Yaris is a great little city car, and drives pretty smoothly on the freeway up to 75 MPH as far as I can tell. Didn't push it more than that. It goes up hill just fine, too (had to try that first because I live near San Francisco, lots of hills here). Good luck with your decision.