Day 40: Official Trickle

According to Honda's Airbag Inflator Recall Center:

"At this time, Honda has no replacement inflators on backorder for the recalls announced before February 2016. An initial supply of replacement inflators for the recall announced in February 2016 has been distributed to dealers and will begin arriving over the next few days. Honda is taking action to accelerate this supply."

This is very good news as it seems at least for the 'hot and humid' places the airbag inflators will start getting attention. I'm hoping some of those inflators start trickling to us early squeaky wheels as well so I can get out of the rentacar and back into my Fit. Not only is the rentacar costing Honda more than $1000/month, but they're moving Honda owners into all manner of other vehicles for what amounts to long term test drives. I've had 4 different vehicles during the past 40 days, and while none of them pleased me as much as my Fit, it's been interesting to get to know them better. I have to say that the Ford Focus hatchback is really a very nice vehicle, if I wasn't looking for the most capacious car in its class. That said, the Focus hatchback is really a Civic competitor. I would have liked to try the Fiesta 5-door, but it wasn't available at the time. I'm not a fan of the styling of the current generation Fit, nor the high revving 6-speed manual, so I have no intention of replacing my 2nd Gen Fit any time soon. But, stuff happens, and I need to keep my eyes open in this area. I'm very intrigued by the new Chevrolet Bolt coming out next year--it looks like it will have interior volume and workable electric range. The Tesla model 3 also looks okay, but as I've said so much before, I prefer the 5 door hatch models.