Getting Fit.

After I got my full license this past September, I started bugging the boy about getting a car. I'd actually rather be one of those happily car-free people, but, with our family in the northwest edge of the GTA, we have definitely seen more than our fair share of GO Buses. Plus, without car access, it is too difficult for us to get out of the city for other things - hiking, biking, seeing real stars, etc.

We talked about how we would love to buy a hybrid - being the environmentally aware people we like to be - but the prices are a wee bit out of our reach. Plus, after some research, it was discovered that with the trips we'd be taking, most hybrids will actually use the same amount of gas as a fuel-efficient gas-powered car. Boo.

So, regular car it is. Our criteria: must be fuel-efficient, must have enough room to cart camping equipment and/or 2 bikes, must have 4 doors and must be a hatchback. Well, those are the ones I care about. The boy knows more about other car things that I don't care to clutter my brain with.

He is wonderful at painfully researching things to death before buying, so I left this part up to him. For the longest time we were leaning towards the Nissan Versa. In fact, he was all over it. Until he took a look at the Honda Fit.

The Fit is very fuel efficient, has a hatchback and does this crazy transformer thing that allows you to move seats and create tonnes of space! Plus, the back seats fold down flush, unlike other hatchbacks where the back seats, when folded down, poke up a bit a couple of inches and creates a slope down towards the back door.

And, for me, the car is cute, small, comes in great colours (we *heart* the superhero blue!) and has the awesomest headlamps!

The plan is to buy in February/March - just in time for the snow to begin melting :)