I made a 5+ hour drive with my Twilight Zone in my Fit when I got it. No accident, but I did have it strapped down to the floor of the car with ratchet straps. It felt like it would have stayed in place even if my car would have rolled.

As for that Fit recall, there's the old saying of don't buy the first year model of a new vehicle.

The 2015 Fit is quite nice, although you lose 4 cubic feet of storage(rear window is more angled, like on a Focus), you gain an HDMI port(not like I needed it), lose the under-rear-seat containers, lose a few cupholders(so, less than 7), and a 6th gear in the base model. I miss my 6th gear.

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I own a 2012 fit. Standard pallet size 40x48. Cargo area is 40x48. Pallet wont fit but 2 half pallets will. I covered one half pallet with a 20x48 sheet of abs so pin will slide easy. pallet raises inside floor even with hatch.

I picked up my 2015 today. I will be attempting to move a batman forever in it next week.

Sweet, let us know how it goes! and take pics!

Well I did fit my batman forever in my 2015 fit today. It was very very tight length wise. I had to pull my front seat really far forward to the point when I crawled in the drivers seat (im 6' 2") my knees were touching the dash. The biggest problem with this pin was the bat gun for the plunger. If it had a regular plunger i could have moved my seat back that much more. Anywhere here are some pix, feel free to fire away with questions. Oh and i also fit my pin dolly on the side of the machine inside the car.

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I have always loaded games plunger first. The plunger can fit right between the front seats, and once you pull the game out you can set it right on the ground - it's usually just a one man job.

Thanks for the 2015 info, though, schuylerlane!

I totaled at 2007. Hit black ice doing 55, fish tailed then went into a spin. Went up a hill backwards and hit a tree. I walked out of the accident with a bruised elbow and a few cuts. I haul all of my pins in the fit. Car has its problems. Replaced 3 of the 4 coil packs before 100k miles. Broke an axel at 120k. Oh and entire ECU went out at 8k. That I did not fix myself but thankfully my warranty covered it.
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A plunger like that I always remove before loading and then load front first like Mot does...

Woohoo! Thanks for the update! Now to go find something to buy....

First haul in the new Fit (barracora)

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A month after getting my fit on Xmas eve last year I awoke to this . Fit Wheels are the number 1 stolen
in the US I had no idea. The Drifter guys steel them for the tires that they trash while racing.

Then about two months later I was rear ended from a stop along with four other cars. I was actually knocked onto the divider. The cops didn't believe me thinking I drove on to the divider until they saw the license plate numbers from the car that hit me on my rear bumper you can barely make them out in the pic. The repairs were so good you would never know it happened and it it still handles great its a great car its the 2014 sport model it has paddle shifting.

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Wow, I didn't know any cars still had drum brakes. Sucks about the bad luck you've had with your car, glad it's all been resolved to your satisfaction.

So what tables won't fit in the new fit?? I want a hauler that will fit any table that isn't a minivan or a truck

planning on putting a JM in a 2008 fit.....even with all the pics I'll keep my fingers crossed...ha

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You guys and your "can I stuff a pinball machine in a tiny car" threads crack me up. Man up! Get a truck.

99.9% of my car usage is city driving to and from work. I might pick up a pin 3 or 4 times a year. Owning a truck would be horrifically inefficient.

Hold out until the new HRV is released from Honda they look really promising

I have a 2009 Honda Fit and its a champ hauling pins! I thought that honda stopped making the fit a few years ago? I'd buy another after owning ours for over five years now. Has served us very well.

I don't need a big truck to prove anything ,

That too.

Honestly I am leaning toward either a Scion XB, (I drove one and they are a blast), the only issue with that is they are ending production at the end of the year
or the Honda HRV ( looks promising with the fit's magic seats and the room of a CRV ).

http://automobiles.honda.com/hr-v/#intro

Same here. 5 miles each way there and back.

Me neither. But I find a Tacoma to be the perfect size for hauling just about anything. It is very easy to load and unload a game all by myself if I have to. And with a shell on the back, the pinball machines never meet any weather. I can even fit people in the extra cab area. Works for me!

Note to self: Take the spare tire & jack BEFORE hauling the pin home. If I pop a tire, I can't exactly lift a table to get access to the donut & tools.

Anyone who has the Fit and hauled pins. What's the thickest pin you've hauled?

Measuring from the top of the opening to the lip shows about 31.5"

I may be traveling soon to pick up a Royal Rumble pin, not sure of the thickness with box folded down. I saw another pin listed at 32", but seeing as so many are fitting pins in the Fit, I'm curious.

I've driven second generation ('09-'13) Fits for a decade and hauled countless pins. Anything taller than a WPC or modern Stern is gonna be tough. Opening is snug even for those, slightly rubbing at the top corners. I can confirm that a piano hinge game like Strange Science will NOT fit. Pushed it halfway in, had to detach the head and slide it down a few inches (cables intact). Extra long cabinets like Panthera will also not fit, but you can get them in most of the way, sit them on the entry lip, and tie the hatchback down.

Never hauled a Data East, so I'm no help with Royal Rumble in particular.

Yes, my 2009 Honda Fit is my standard pinball hauler and has carted around almost all of the pins in my current collection. Only issue I ever had was when I was driving with a pinball machine in the back, golden retriever as co-pilot and a bunch of heavy supplies on unpaved forest service roads, I bottomed out and damaged my AC unit. The Fit has has larger cargo space than our Subaru Tribeca and Jeep Wrangler.

When I had my 2011 fit, it could hold a widebody, that being "Middle Earth" by Atari.
The 2016? Firepower II(standard width) just BARELY fit.

It's all about the head size. FPII has a big one.

Oh, by the way: RIP Honda Fit 2007-2020. You were too sensible for this world.

Great car imo. People complain about the comfort, but no issue for me. Decent mpg, amazing cargo space, can park in any spot. It's slow but it is what is.

That said, with the newish HRV it seems like a better option. All the same positives and sits a little higher

Yeah, I actually prefer a firm seat. Legroom is fine even at 6'5". My only lasting complaint is cabin road noise at highway speed, but nothing's perfect.

I always thought it was pretty adequately powered for what it is. I think most cars are, generally. When I was researching new cars, it seems like the one aspect every auto journalist would criticize on every car was it’s lack of power.

Not every car needs to be a race car. I took a massive cross country road trip in a 2006 Civic, which has basically the same engine as the Fit and we had it loaded down so much gear, we burned through a brand new pair of tires in under 3000 miles. It handled everything fine, be it the mountains of Montana, and the long fast highway pulls of Kansas. It ate up the miles like a champ and always returned excellent fuel economy. More power would’ve been a luxury, but I never thought it was necessary.

Fair point, but it is a turd for acceleration lol. My 2018 jeep wrangler has better pickup. I won't ding it for that though, in college I drove a 1990 mustang 4 cyl with 88hp that was slow... I'd actually lose speed going up a mountain.

That's what stumped me was to discontinue the Fit here(USA). They are all over the place in the twin cities. No 4th gen Fit. Yes, the HRV is good, has all wheel drive, but I still love my little car. Little, yet can hold a TON of stuff with the magic seats.

What's disappointing is the Fit variations I saw in Japan we will never get. I can only fathom a hybrid Fit with how infrequent I would visit the gas station.