It has a rear locker in great working condition.

We have four kids, so we need something safe for all of six of us, otherwise
I do like the Fit.

brendan

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:21 PM, joel walker <uncajoel@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> be fairly close to work.  I'll likely ride public transit quite often.  My
>> wife needs the reliable, newer car so we'll be trading in our CRV for a
>> (gasp!) minivan.  Blah.
>>
>
> if you like the honda crv, may i suggest you take a look at a honda fit?
>
> it has lots of minivan features ... like flopping seats ... but 4 normal
> doors.
> only thing is, to get some nice features, you have to buy the Sport model
> which has a nifty transmission (paddle shifters on the steering wheel for
> the automatic trans). nice to have but i could have done without that part
> ... all i really wanted was the remote unlock and the cruise control.
>
> anyway, it's not a bad little car. smaller and lighter than a minivan, but
> i get like 37 mpg on the highway and 30mpg in town (cept in summer ... down
> here in the southeast, you run the air conditioning a LOT in summer, so the
> worst i've gotten on an all-in-town tank in july was 25.5mpg).
>
> and they're less than half the price of a minivan.
>
> best of luck!
> unca joel
>
>