> (the Honda Fit requires you to drop the engine to service the plastic fuel filter.)
Sure, but when do you do that? Honda says you can do it once per 100,000km (and you don't really need to do it until your fuel pressure indicator brings it up, I would think).
Far as I can tell, Honda's service intervals are very long (at least for Accord/Civic, maybe the Fit/Jazz is different), failure rates are very low.
edit: Also, not sure you're supposed to access the fuel filter in a Honda Fit by dropping the engine (!). The service manual[0] seems to say that you access it by removing the center console.
Sure, but when do you do that? Honda says you can do it once per 100,000km (and you don't really need to do it until your fuel pressure indicator brings it up, I would think).
Far as I can tell, Honda's service intervals are very long (at least for Accord/Civic, maybe the Fit/Jazz is different), failure rates are very low.
edit: Also, not sure you're supposed to access the fuel filter in a Honda Fit by dropping the engine (!). The service manual[0] seems to say that you access it by removing the center console.
[0]: http://www.hondafitjazz.com/manual/A00/HTML/07/SAA2E07A20326...