In a utopia, drivers never have to worry about maintenance. They can just back the car out of the garage every day, run it ragged, give it a wash every once in a while, and go about their lives.

The Honda Fit is getting discontinued in the U.S., alongside the Civic coupe and the manual Accord. Which has me, a Honda Fit owner, feeling a little emotional, so forgive me when I say get bent, ...