thank you Howie. that kind of affirms my concern about GDI and now i am going to avoid it. So that narrows my car choice down to just a few.
Things are turning better finance wise so i may be looking higher end. A 2016 Honda Civic EX-L is looking mighty nice and it is back on the list again.
I had considered a FIT but dropped it due to one, GDI and two it not that quiet a ride. I had been considering the Mazda 3 and i like that it has a real transmission but has GDI. The Civic 2.0L engine is multi-point injection. Just have to check the manufacture date. Ones made btwn Nov 15 - Feb 16 could blow up due to a wrist pin flaw on piston.