Is the 2015 Honda Fit Fit for Holiday Hauling?
CARS.COM — How to host a holiday party for 10 in a dining-table-less condo? It’s not a problem with a little help from Cars.com’s long-term Honda Fit. The hatchback proved to be an excellent holiday-stuff hauler.
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This particular Honda odyssey began when my wife and I agreed (without a great deal of forethought) to host 10 people for Thanksgiving in our long-and-narrow condo in downtown Chicago. The open-kitchen floor plan with counter-stool seating doesn’t lend itself to a formal dining set, so my parents were kind enough to bring two 5-foot-long collapsible tables and four folding chairs, which fit easily into their Chevrolet Tahoe.
My dad and I transferred the tables and chairs from the Tahoe, which was parked at my wife’s office parking lot, into the Fit; I was surprised at how much space was left in the hatchback. I’d previously enjoyed the versatility of the Fit’s 52.7 cubic feet of cargo space with the rear seats folded during a poorly planned shopping spree at Ikea, and I was once again pleased and relieved that the Fit was able to tackle another cargo challenge.
With the chairs stacked next to a large shopping bag filled with linens and the tables laid flat on the cargo floor, plenty of room remained for the spoils of a quick trip to the grocery store for last-minute needs (I know, I know: I’m totally that guy shopping on a holiday when the store employees should be home with their own families). That stop yielded a couple of grocery bags and two cases of wine. All items sat neatly on top of the collapsed tables.
When we got back to my condo building, the Fit’s diminutive size allowed us to easily pull into my building’s perpetually crowded loading zone, deliver our payload to a waiting team of carriers and return to one of the small-car-only spaces in the parking garage across the street.
If you’re in the market for a versatile little car that can accommodate your holiday-hauling needs, you should consider trying the Fit on for size.
