09 Honda Fit floor mat anchors (aka floor mat clips)

Discussion in 'Fit' started by c, Feb 16, 2009.

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    c Guest

    I'm baffled at how bad Honda botched this.

    Apparently, to keep the drivers side floor mat from slipping you can
    use clips/anchors supplied by Honda. They are little plastic things
    with a stub that fits through the holes on the mat, and the bottom has
    a clip.

    Get this, they expect us to cut slits in the carpet so that the
    anchors stay on the floor!

    I found that there are two indentations on the carpet where you need
    to cut slits. Also found two slits in the plastic square (non carpeted
    part of the floor) but they don't seem to be in the right place.
    Almost as if it was a design mistake.

    So I THINK I am supposed to cut slit in the indentations, then another
    slit right near the plastic part of floor, then slide the thing
    through both slits and clamp it. With only one slit you cannot clamp
    the darned things.

    End result is crappy, half assed looking floor mat attachment. Many
    years of use are SURE to tear the carpet.

    Anyone have better luck with this? Also wondered if maybe I should
    slide the entire anchor under the carpet, and instead use the clamp
    part to clamp insulation????

    thanks.
    c
     
    c, Feb 16, 2009
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    c Guest

    Asked the dealer for install instructions and sure enough, they DO
    expect us to cut 2 slits in the floor carpet for each anchor (4 total
    for driver side)!

    What a shabby design. So far, my only complaint with 09 Fit.

    c
     
    c, Feb 19, 2009
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    Dillon Pyron Guest

    I followed the instructions exactly as written for my 08 and the
    results look fine.
    --

    - dillon I am not invalid

    Hi, I'm Michael Phelps and Olympic Gold isn't the only
    Gold I'm thinking of.

    Hi, I'm Michael Phelps and when I'm on Maui, Wowwie.
     
    Dillon Pyron, Feb 20, 2009
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    Tegger Guest



    Getting TOTALLY off-topic here..

    Did you hear about that guy in Holland (where pot is legal), who was
    arrested recently while smoking a joint in a pot bar?

    It seems he had mixed a bit of tobacco in with his marijuana. Somebody
    smelled the tobacco and ratted on him to the smoke cops: He had violated
    Holland's law on tobacco smoking in the workplace. I kid you not. Is this
    world nuts or what?
     
    Tegger, Feb 21, 2009
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  5. I can't resist:

    Dave Barry was alerted by a reader to the existence of Luwak coffee,
    supposedly the most expensive coffee in the world. The difference is that
    Luwak coffee berries are swallowed by Luwak weasels living on Pacific
    islands and the hard inner beans are passed through (ahem) the weasel. The
    droppings are collected, washed, and sold for hundreds of dollars per pound.
    Dave Barry bought a sample and noticed they looked like any other coffee
    beans. First he wondered if he was being ripped off, then he wondered "what
    kind of world is this that I would be afraid I was being ripped off being
    sold coffee beans that *weren't* pooped out by a weasel?"

    Mike
     
    Michael Pardee, Feb 21, 2009
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    Dillon Pyron Guest

    I can actually believe it. I'd have to Snopes it first.
    --

    - dillon I am not invalid

    Hi, I'm Michael Phelps and Olympic Gold isn't the only
    Gold I'm thinking of.

    Hi, I'm Michael Phelps and when I'm on Maui, Wowwie.
     
    Dillon Pyron, Feb 22, 2009
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    Dillon Pyron Guest

    I don't remember the name of the coffee, but the critter is a civit
    (NOT Civic). Sometimes, incorrectly, called a civit cat. (NOT Civic
    car).
    --

    - dillon I am not invalid

    Hi, I'm Michael Phelps and Olympic Gold isn't the only
    Gold I'm thinking of.

    Hi, I'm Michael Phelps and when I'm on Maui, Wowwie.
     
    Dillon Pyron, Feb 22, 2009
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    Tegger Guest



    You mean "civet cat" (with an "e", not an "i").

    <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=civet+cat&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=>
    Sixth entry down is the one about the coffee.
     
    Tegger, Feb 22, 2009
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  9. Wikipedia explains the confusion in the first paragraph of
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak
    Looking that up gets interesting in itself; the civet is neither a cat nor a
    weasel, but a viverrid. And although they are classified under the order
    Carnivorae they are mostly or wholly herbivorous. Huh.

    So... how are those Honda Fit floor mat anchors coming along ;-)

    Mike
     
    Michael Pardee, Feb 22, 2009
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    Dillon Pyron Guest

    Jeez. Next thing you'll tell me is that I've been spelling Handa all
    wrong. :)
    --

    - dillon I am not invalid

    Hi, I'm Michael Phelps and Olympic Gold isn't the only
    Gold I'm thinking of.

    Hi, I'm Michael Phelps and when I'm on Maui, Wowwie.
     
    Dillon Pyron, Feb 23, 2009
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    dgk Guest

    Similarly, my cousin once got arrested in Morocco (circa 1975) because
    they were using unlicensed tobacco with their hash in a chillum. No
    problem with the hash but tobacco was apparently a state monopoly.

    I wouldn't smoke it that way either, because I refused to smoke
    tobacco. I'd just put the hash in a hashpipe like God intended. So,
    yes, I believe the Holland story could be true.
     
    dgk, Feb 23, 2009
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