Many people I've had as passengers in the Fit (and now the Nissan Versa Note) are put off by not being able to see where the end of the hood is (or the hood at all in the case of the Fit. While this is something that took some getting used to, it became second nature parallel parking and doing things that required I know where the front bumper is. At first, I drilled a 1/4 inch hole in the plastic license plate frame so I could mount a bike trailer flag to see exactly where I was, but over the years I found that I hardly ever used the flag anymore. I came to the Fit from a 1991 Honda Civic wagon--another car that the hood did a disappearing act before your eyes. However you could lean forward and see where you were in the old Civic--not so in the Fit. The Civic's beltline was so low you had the impression that the doors and windshield were waist high--another disconcerting feeling for passengers of modern vehicles with their high beltlines. The not-so-high beltline is something I really like about the Fit and another feature I miss. I dread getting into the backseat of most modern cars with their high beltlines and low seat combining to make vision from the backseat impossible. The Fit's backseat is stadium style--giving rear passengers a chance at seeing out the front, and alleviating car sickness on long or twisty drives.
Though I've seen fixes referred to as imminent on different websites, I've seen no reports of updated airbag inflators actually installed yet. So, no end in sight.
I miss my Fit.
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