Day 10: OMG Contact

Shopping day today which means that I really really really miss my Fit and it's magic seat and superior cargo capacity and parking ability. Alas, into the Ford Focus again went the two 48 quart coolers, a 12 quart cooler between them. Loading the Focus is like playing tetris--you can't put in a 48 quart cooler directly into the side of the cargo area, or even diagonally into the cargo area. You've got to load it in the center, handles down, then slide it sideways into the side. To take the coolers out, reverse the process. Yes you could just throw them in any old way if you lower the rear seats, but that would involve taking off the inconveniently large headrests (which are only removable when the seat is partially down), and then you don't have a flat load floor on the seatbacks. Better to leave the rear seats in place, and just pile stuff on them and in the foot wells. Also it wasn't a huge shopping day (I'm not cooking lunch for 200 of my closest friends this week), so everything went in okay. I think I will not be able to fit in the contents of a huge shopping trip--the cargo area capacity just isn't comparable to the Fit, or my departed Civic wagon. You'd think other manufacturers would have studied the Fit's magic seats and figured out how to put them in their small cars--they only came out in 2001 so it's not like they haven't had time or anything.

A possible miracle happened here. Mike from Honda's social media team (@HondaCustSvc) has reached out to me. Nothing has happened yet except them wanting my name, VIN and phone number. A nice outcome would be either my Fit gets fixed super fast or I get an old or new Fit (just not 2009-13) as a loaner. Even an HR-V would be acceptable. We'll see. I'm not holding my breath.

Now, how Honda's social media found a tiny blog like this is the really impressive point here. And that they have a social media team. I guess that makes sense. They would have found me sooner if my @hondaairbag twitter account hadn't been suspended. Hmmm, maybe that's why my @hondaairbag twitter feed got suspended.