Day 4: Did I say Fiesta?

Did I say Fiesta hatchback? Well Enterprise had other ideas and after the Hyundai get traded in and all the paperwork redone, I went out to the car to find...a Fiest sedan. Uhhh, this isn't a hatchback. Yes it is said the slightly british accented worker (New Zealand perhaps?). Not the kind of hatch I was looking for. And then a Focus hatchback came rolling in. I'll take that one. A half hour later it was cleaned and ready for rental. During the walk around I found some stuff--a dent in the frame above the passenger front door which probably led to the moonroof being unable to close properly which equals A LOT of wind noise (hurricane noise) and possibly water intrusion, though I haven't seen evidence of this yet. To add insult to injury, after driving the car home, and restarting it, I was faced with an Oil Minder message to change the oil immediately. Crap. Called back Enterprise and they said I could bring it to any oil change place and they would direct bill Enterprise. I bring it? I don't think so. So, by the time the car actually needs its oil changed (Enterprise said it would be in about 2000K miles), I'll have turned it in for a different hatchback.

Thanks again Honda, for this opportunity to test drive a boat load of competitor's cars.

And by the way, the Focus fits in the garage much better than the Hyundai.

Fit 162 inches
Focus 171 inches
Elantra 179 inches.

Maybe the next car will be the Elantra GT (169 inches)

As far as interior volume is concerned, the Fit still beats the Focus handily in cargo volume. Seats in the Focus don't fold flat, so weren't appropriate for holding the days shopping and dual 48 qt. coolers. I just kept the back seat up and put the coolers in the cargo area and everything else in the back seat. The Fit can not fit those two coolers in the cargo area unless they're stacked, which really is possible due to the low load floor. In the Focus the 2 coolers took up all the space,