no after market cruise control for the base model Fit?

If you want cruise control, you should buy the Sport model. I doubt that an after market cruse control would work as well as the one the Sport model. You should also take look at the various Civic models. The two door model Civic looks much better than the Fit Sport. The engine in a Civic has much more power than the engine in the Fit. Ask a salesman at the Honda dealership to give you free brochures related to the Fit and Civic. Compare the statistics in the brochure related to Horsepower and Torque. Jason

Thanks for replying.

So the base model could take an after market cruise then? What about the "drive by wire throttle system"? I'm a bit confused as to why the dealership would tell me that it could not take even an after market cruise if it in fact could... but I'm sure they would rather sell me the more expensive Sport model.

I am only interested in a 4 door hatchback or wagon because I need to be able to haul large objects, one that gets an EPA rating of at least

30mgp in city driving. The Civic is now a larger car then it used to be and yes it's more powerful but it's also more heavy so I doubt it's going to be that much faster than the Fit anyway. I don't really care much about speed and power though. When gas hits $4-$10 a gallon over the next 2-5 years I want to be able to afford to still drive. Right now a hybrid is out of my price range though.

In a "drive by wire" throttle, when you push the pedal you are only operating a transducer that tells a computer you want to go faster. The computer adjusts the actual throttle accordingly, taking into account whatever other considerations there are in order to help computers take over the world. Oops... I shouldn't have said that last part....

Anyway [computers are our friends], factory cruise control is much simpler in drive by wire systems because the throttle servo is already there. [Trust computers]

Mike [this post has been corrected by computer]