Honda

polcx784 · Joined: 26 Sep 2009 Posts: 31

Living with the Dream And Honda graceful Cars

Frankly put, it's my job to have driven every single car on the road. To that end, we have a constantly rotating fleet of vehicles at our Ann Arbor offices (and, of course, our year-long Four Seasons fleet.) Because I escaped from Michigan's bitter cold (and replaced it with San Francisco's damp cold), I don't have access to those cars on a daily basis. Instead, I have a couple of cars per week at my disposal here in California.

Like so many things, on the surface it seems like a dream come true to have a constant rotation of cars. For me, it was. And still is. But the perfect situation it's not.

First of all, you're almost always in a car that's foreign to you. You never have your EZ-Pass-type-device or change for parking meters. Your radio stations are never memorized. And a couple of times per week, you're looking for the perfect seating position, steering wheel position, and mirror adjustments.

Yeah, I know, sucks to be me.

More importantly, driving the cars is my job-it's work. That means I'm paying attention to things that normal motorists don't have to. I'm taking mental notes the whole time (transcribing them when I get home). I'm playing with every button. I'm driving both in a manner that I would drive (my friends would describe this as a NYC taxi driver on a cocaine binge) as well as the manner in which the particular car's customers would drive. That means that shiny new Honda Fit outside? I'm forced to drive it -gasp- "normally." There are some other magazines out there (many of which I respect tremendously) who love the Fit for its sportiness. I find nothing sporty about the Fit-and judging from how I see the subcompact Hondas driven in the real world, neither do their owners. So, behind the wheel of the Fit, I channel Sally Safedriver. And I'm currently averaging 31 mpg, thank you very much. Yawn.
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polcx784 · Joined: 26 Sep 2009 Posts: 31

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