I think you've made the right choice going for the Honda! Regarding the whole choice of manual/automatic transmission thing, myself and shoe__gal had both a manual and an automatic car in the UK, and I would drive both. I wouldn't bother buying a manual transmission car these days, as driving the automatic is so much easier, especially in the stop sign obsessed, and traffic lights on quiet side roads that really don't need them obsessed, US towns and cities. Plus, some automatics these days are electronically controlled rather than full belt systems, so basically they are manual transmission gearboxes but the clutch and gear changes are controlled by little computer operated electronic switches (is this the case with your Honda Fit? It might be given the flappy paddle gear changes). The result is that they are (slightly) more fuel efficient that both the full manual, and the traditional automatic...with the caveat that that is what the manufactures claim.

And on the navigation...my (very least) favourite is the Hertz Neverlost system, or Alwayslost as we call it. Have you ever had the pleasure of trying this? When you put in your destination it then highlight a route, but puts the starting point a few blocks aways from your current position, and announces "Proceed to the highlighted route". Of course, by the time you work out how to get to the highlighted route, it recalculates the route just before you get there, and gives you a new highlighted route. The Hertz Alwayslost system - with inbuilt inability to actually calculate your cars location until you arrive at the predetermined point where it thinks you should be.