I don’t have a hand in this except for being along for the ride and sugar daddying Noah here and there ❤ (we need to do another interview buddy) – I’ll be posting more of their stuff here as well! I do make some appearances and hopefully will be making more in the future.
If you haven’t Read ‘Let’s Go Racing‘ yet, this is directly related!
Noah managed to con our friend Mitch into buying a Honda fit as well. A lot less rusty (I think?) and with a LOT more bumper stickers which is hilarious to see going around a track. This also inspired Noah to put all sorts of bumper stickers on his own fit – the collection is growing as more road trips happen.
Now, I say “con” because cheap cars always come with problems. (Noah’s fit, Mitch’s fit, my first GTI, my Rabbit, my BMW, Matt’s Audi, and….. well you get the point. We make terrible decisions. Yikes I need to make a post about my BMW.) BACK TO MITCH’S FIT. As per the usual, there’s tons of back and forth about car’s on marketplace. He finally found this 2010 Fit in Maine for $1200 with 226 THOUSAND miles from an old dude who thought the transmission was in need of replacement. His trip to get it took 14 hours because the brake drums on the trailer he borrowed fell apart, he also only had three wheels on the the trailer with an hour and a half left in his trip because one decided it wanted to take a trip on its own. RIP wheel, RIP an easy trip for Mitch.
The three of us think the clutch was had never been replaced in the cars life, because well, just take a look!
Mitch and Noah put a few videos together to get the Fit road and track ready, it needed some suspension, the headlights were terrible, and they had a great time working on it.
- Almost making it drive (This is where the photo of the clutch is from!)
- Actually making it drive
- Track Prep!
Finally to the actual track days, what FitFrens is about, as you know Noah has done a few, but Mitch has done none up to this point. Hello New York Safety Track and Highline’s Track Day. The Video is aptly named ‘2 Fits 1 Track‘. (Noah, you disgust me <3) I did not go because my BMW wasn’t ready and I’m glad I didn’t because I would’ve been fined for coolant on the track as my radiator left the chat like the EXACT day after they were there.
From an outside perspective it’s fun to see a more experienced driver (Noah) against a driver who is just learning their car on a track (Mitch). It’s also really fun to see people get utterly demolished by a Honda Fit with 114 horsepower and less torque than a child. I’m looking at you Corvette in the video.
Noah nearly sends himself and Mitch’s girlfriend to the shadow realm.
Their second track day together: Watkins Glen. In the rain. (Again.) which made Noah sad but he was also sad because the store was closed.
Mitch, you killed it! Wild that you’re able to function on such little sleep. Here’s his video! (Also PLEASE sleep more.)
Noah, you MONSTER. This is our second time here, and our second time in the rain. You knew the wet line, and you know how to huck this car. Here’s the video. This is the beginning of Noah and I’s road trip to Laguna (Which will be another post. Haha more clicks! All part of my devious plan for dopamine.)
Both of you also love to get these cars sideways. I felt like I was going to die at Noah’s hands at Watkins Glen but that’s all part of the fun. Have some Youtube Shorts.
So funny thing is, DIRECTLY after the first race day Mitch messages me saying he want’s a 3 series and I was like “A 3 series you say?!?!?” That’s a death sentence because I proceeded to ask him his budget and send him every 3 series I found in the range of that. Whoops, I like shopping for people and helping them spend their money. The search and car is another story altogether.
Mitch sold the fit and you’ll see the 328i he bought in the upcoming videos! (Our group chat is now named 1 Fit, No Fit, BMW Coupe, BMW sedan.)
They’ll be posting video’s through the winter and having other projects posted on there. You might even see some posts on here from them. (Wink Wink)
Please be sure to take a look at their Youtube Channel and give them a Sub! FitFrensOfficial
- Vince
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