Other cars came and went in the driveways of the other houses up and down the street, but in their driveway the Civic endured, a fixture of solidity and reliability in an ever changing world. And then one day, it was gone. The little car had aged ….. That sounds strange since the Fit is liked for exactly that these days (visibility and go-kart handling), but the old Wagon had a lot more of that feeling and fishbowl like visibility. The Fit now has 47k miles on it, almost exclusively … …

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