Having had my Fit back for the day, and driving around and parking in bright sunshine gave me a chance to assess what the past two months have been like for the car. What I can immediately tell is that the dirty pollenated outside parking got into the cars nooks and crannies. There are places I know were very clean when the car left me that are now caked with schmutz. I'll get into the cracks this weekend to clean them up. This car has lived in a garage for past 4 years, and was washed/waxed regularly so at least the buildup of polleny grime will come off easily. To their credit, the dealership did clean all the obvious outsides well, and even vacuumed the all season mats in the car--not so much under the mats, but that dirt wasn't their making.
Curiously, there was one small chip of safety glass in cargo area making me wonder whether there was a broken glass incident unreported by the dealer. The documents in the glove compartment were shuffled as well, but there really wasn't anything left in the car fit to steal. After thinking about for a while I'm guessing maybe a box or cooler that I previously loaded in the car from the street picked up the rogue piece of glass.
So far the car is right back to what I remember. Really nice handling and fun acceleration in the high revs. Just a really well made little car, especially coming from the poor imitation, the Nissan Versa Note, that we've been driving for the past month.
Happy to have the Fit home. I just hope the passenger side airbag doesn't need the same repair, as has happened in Accords.
Update: I clay-barred the Fit's roof, hood and fenders. It turned out to be relatively easy to do on such a small car, now those areas are buttery smooth after re-applying a coat of wax.
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