Test Driving the 2015 Honda Fit

I've be dying to test drive the 2015 Honda Fit.  I finally got a turn and the results are that I'm impressed.

When I first pulled out of the lot, I was impressed with the responsive steering and the zip when you accelerate.  It's sporty-ness really reminded me of driving the beloved Honda Civic.  The Fit is definitely an entry level car, so while it doesn't have the fancier finishes, I was still blown away by what I did find: Honda tech.  It's completely rippling with the very latest Honda technology which includes the back-up camera, Lane Watch, blue-tooth radio, navigation and more.

And, of course, I had to see what would fit in a Fit.  (Otherwise, why test-drive, right?)

You can fit a lot in a Fit, in fact, you can fit enough to send two junior high age boys on an overnight campout.

And you might just have all of the scout leaders and other dads oo-ing and ah-ing over your ride.  In part, because they'd really like to have your gas milage.

Honda Odyssey One of the Safest Cars on the Road

The other day, I stumbled on an article from the Associated Press that said,  "The chances of a driver dying in a crash in a late-model car or light truck fell by more than a third over three years, and nine car models had zero deaths per million vehicles registered in the U.S. according to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety."

In the study, they examined fatalities involving 2011 model year vehicles and looked at how many driver fatalities occurred in a particular model over the course of a year of operation.

One of those nine, zero deaths per million vehicles?  The Honda Odyssey.

For Honda, long lauded for it's impressive safety rating, this is yet another positive note.  But it's important to understand that while safety ratings have been improving across the board over the last 8 years, "the gap between safest and riskiest models remains wide."

Your best bet in buying a safe car?  Go a little bigger.  Mid-size cars, SUVs, and minivans ranked higher than smaller, low-priced vehicle.

To read the whole article, including which models had the highest death rates, go here.