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AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: HarumaN on March 18, 2008, 09:45:43 am ---Yeah I like the way Honda did the MP3 compatability.  Tune by folder, tune by track, random in folder, random in entire disc, etc.

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I recently bought a 2007 Saturn Ion, largely because I got a 6 year 0% loan so the payments are extremely low, and it also has an MP3 player.  I like the way it does it because you can sort by file name, sort by artist, sort by album, sort by folder, and it also does random in entire disc (although it doesn't do random in folder).  The sound from the stereo is average at best, but I really like the main unit.

shmokes:
I test drove an Ion coup . . . the one that looks like a little two-door sports coup, but has suicide doors to get into the back seat.  It actually made the car much more conducive to dealing with taking a kid in and out of car seats in the middle, back seat because with the front and suicide door open, it gave tons of room to work with.  But the visibility was probably the worst of any car I've ever been in, aside from a Subaru SUV my mom owns (I can't think of the model number off-hand).

Anyway . . . most of that is a digression.  The thing I was going to point out was that when I was test driving cars, I had come up with this whole route I would take each car on, subjecting them to freeway, dirt road, sudden stops, etc.  At one point I stopped in a mall parking lot and tested turning radius, then got out and checked out things like trunk space, seat belt locations, and other appointments.  Anyway, when I checked the turning radius of the Ion, I had to pick my jaw up off the floor.  I don't know if the regular Ion is the same as the sports coup, but I've never been in a vehicle with such a sharp turning radius before.  The thing could practically spin in place like it had four-way steering.  Incredible.

In the end, though, we decided against it cos of the unbelievably large blind spots and also because, while it looked like a sporty little coup, it didn't drive that way at all.  It felt fairly slow and sloppy.

RetroACTIVE:
I'm really enjoying this thread... glad I started it.  :cheers:

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: shmokes on March 18, 2008, 12:11:26 pm ---I test drove an Ion coup . . . the one that looks like a little two-door sports coup, but has suicide doors to get into the back seat.  It actually made the car much more conducive to dealing with taking a kid in and out of car seats in the middle, back seat because with the front and suicide door open, it gave tons of room to work with.  But the visibility was probably the worst of any car I've ever been in, aside from a Subaru SUV my mom owns (I can't think of the model number off-hand).

Anyway . . . most of that is a digression.  The thing I was going to point out was that when I was test driving cars, I had come up with this whole route I would take each car on, subjecting them to freeway, dirt road, sudden stops, etc.  At one point I stopped in a mall parking lot and tested turning radius, then got out and checked out things like trunk space, seat belt locations, and other appointments.  Anyway, when I checked the turning radius of the Ion, I had to pick my jaw up off the floor.  I don't know if the regular Ion is the same as the sports coup, but I've never been in a vehicle with such a sharp turning radius before.  The thing could practically spin in place like it had four-way steering.  Incredible.

In the end, though, we decided against it cos of the unbelievably large blind spots and also because, while it looked like a sporty little coup, it didn't drive that way at all.  It felt fairly slow and sloppy.

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I got the 4 door one, and while I never drove the 2 door one to compare, but the blind spots are not that bad in the 4 door one, although they are bigger then most cars I test drove.  The turning radius sound likes its the same though because thats become one of my favorite things about the car.  I'm a residential real estate appraiser, so I'm constantly doing U turns on small residential streets which used to be 3 point turns in my previous car.  Overall I'd say the car is perfectly average, I don't love it, but its the perfect work car for me and I got a great deal on it.

HaRuMaN:
My Fit Sport comes with cruise control, which I've never had before.  It's nice, but I don't get to use it that often in Phoenix traffic...   :banghead:  The dealer through in free window tinting (a necessity here), which was nice.

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