Day-18: Recall Notice

I feel like Steve Martin in the "The Jerk." The recall notice is here! The recall notice is here! Of course I knew about this a month and a half ago, and have already dealt with it. It's still surprising to me to see so many Honda Fits on the road knowing that people are driving them, with the infinitesimal chance of disaster. I guess, as with the lottery, there's a better chance of dying by a tree falling on the car than getting hit by airbag shrapnel, but it still feels wrong to keep driving the car after Honda's lawyers say there is a threat to one's life in doing so.

So we're not driving the Fit--we surrendered it 18 days ago. It's funny--I drove to a friends house this afternoon in the Versa Note and he totally didn't register that it was a different car until I went to leave. He's got a Leaf so he was interested in the similarities between the Versa Note and the Leaf. They really seem like they are built on the same platform, but his Leaf feels very UNLIKE the econobox that the Versa Note IS. Yet, for whatever economic reasons, there is a very soft market for electric cars off lease. Ultimately I'd like an electric car for kicking around the city, but I don't think I could live with ONLY the electric full time. At least not until Honda gets back into the electric car game with more than a compliance vehicle.