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More times than not I purchase gas at the same station and wait until the low fuel light is about to come on or just turns on and fill it up until the auto shut off then give it one more squeeze. I accelerate slowly and try to use the brakes as little as possible but make it a point not to irritate other drivers. My last car a Ford Probe 4 cylinder
I drove about the same and got about 15 MPG less.
The Fit in my opinion is probably very sensitive to driving habits and perhaps the type of gas you use. I am still very happy with my decision to buy this car.
If you think that is bad, think about the buyers of the Toyota Prius. The old numbers that were pasted on the car window were 60 city and 51 HWY. The new numbers for the 2007 Prius are 48 city and 41 HWY.
I am personally getting 31 to 33 in the city. I have the air conditioner going all the time. I have not driven on the highway much yet.
Best milage was 41.4, average about 38. As I stated long ago, the car's computer sets itself to you recent past driving habits. First two tanks was 32-34. Then i got better. since I am back home, the milage will reduce to 32-34 over the next couple tanks. I fill my tank each time to the very top. I have put in 12.4 gallons once, and normally put in 10 to 11.5 gallons. My light will not come on unless I neeed 12 gallons to fill. The last TWO gallons you have to spoon feed it, getting only .1 to .15 gallons
each time it shuts off. I did get 480 miles on one tank!
I try to drive with rpm's 2400 to 2600, do not get over 3500
at any time if I can help it. Part of this trip (900 miles)I was towing a small trailer also! Try to keep away from any ethanol in the fuel-it hurts milage
BTW...have you ever had any spill-overs while spoon feeding?
Most new cars have computers that continually adjust data based on recent previous driving style, speed etc. It take a while to get them fully adjusted when you have a major change in driving criteria. That is why it usualluy take me at least one tank when changing from "at home" driving to "road trips" to get best MPG. likewise, when I get home, I continue to get better milage for about 1 tank. I do not understand why the computer cannot allow us the better milage all the time! I have a 1997 diesel that does the same thing. On it, whenever the batteries re disconnected,
my computer loses all the "learning " it has achieved, and it takes a while to again optimize performance.
Next: I am careful and normally do not get spills when I spoonfeed. Even when I do, I overfill(to where it runs over) by probably less than one ounce. I like the ability to drive longer distances without a fill up. It is also easier to get a full tank if at the station where you fill
the cement tilts to the passenger side. I have one station like that and it fills much easier. remember the tank is a long ways from the filler.
Anyone have any experiance with after market tires? My fronts are wearing thin after 26,000 miles. I could have gotten better from them but did not rotate.
You are on your way to flooding and ruining your emissions system at the top of your gas tank by filling so far past the first click. I let the pump click, then click one more time, to make sure it wasn't a fluke. Beyond that, you are just BEGGING for a check engine light with an emissions system problem (if the Fit is like most Hondas there is an emissions "canister" of sorts near the top of the filler neck; it shouldn't be flooded or it will malfunction. Do yourself a favor, don't put in the extra 1/3rd of a gallon, drive ten miles less on that tank and fill up with less "spoon" feeding. You'll save some heartache later.
computers dont 'allow' anything. they report what happens. and these are called trip computers and NO not your or anyone else's honda fit in the U.S. has a standard factory trip computer, so basically all of this isn't true.
even if you did have a trip computer, it wouldn't 'learn' your driving style, it would just tell you what you average.
the only thing a car can 'learn' is a cvt transmission, in which it starts to remember your driving habits and makes adjustments accoringly. Do you have the cvt equipped fit? if you do, you live in another country and therefore cant make comment that says that your fit has a computer that adjusts data to calculate mpg.
and if you keep filling up the way you do, the only thing your car is going to tell you is that its broken. :sick:
PS: It is a Fit AT Sport.
I agree, this is poor mileage, but if someone drives 1 mile to work or sits still for long periods of time, you won't see much better than this in anything but a hybrid that can run on pure electric.
LET ME ADD ONE MORE QUESTION
Have you taken a highway trip of considerable length (200 miles or more?) If so, what mileage did that trip yield?
Unfortunately, if did not make that mistake there probably is something wrong with your Fit.
The reason I asked about the transmission is that both automatic and manual are 5-speeds now.
Suffice it to say, I think 20 MPG is a little low, but such a low-mileage commute (how long does that 3 miles take you?) means your low-mileage actually makes sense to me.
There is a reason that on smog-alert days the government reccomends combining all of your short trips into one; it's because shorter trips are less efficient than long ones.
The fact that over a longer trip you were in the 30s tells me that your car isn't really the problem. And, if the dealer filled that tank (the one you took the trip on), it likely wasn't COMPLETELY full (my lowest MPG EVER came on my first tank of gas in my Accord).
There is someone in the midsize sedans forum who owns a Ford Fusion. He gets around 14 MPG, despite mileage ratings which average in the 20s. He was concerned, until he told us about his short trips (he has less than 6,000 miles in one year, I think).
I don't know if this makes you feel any better, but this is my moderately educated guess as to what the problem is: short trips.
~16,000 miles
40+ mile commute each way
Mostly highway, some city
Fit Sport Automatic
I'm going to try slowing down a bit on my commute to work next week and see if I can break 40. That would make me really happy :shades:
what should i do?
You should stop measuring your fuel with the gauge and actually do some calculations yourself.
Let me tell ya what could be a HUGE part of your problem.
In my Accord, when my gauge reads empty (needle lined up with the red line), I still have more than 2 gallons in my tank (close to 3). This means that if I drove 300 miles and considered it a "full tank of gas used" I'd come up with 18 MPG, when I actually used less than 15 gallons, which would raise my MPG to over 20 MPG.
If you have only been calculating mileage by "tank" you aren't actually calculating anything unless you are running your car completely out of fuel every time.
To calculate MPG, fill your tank full. Reset Trip Meter before pulling away from the pump. Drive until your fuel is looking low (where you'd normally fill up). Divide miles driven by gallons of gas pumped (you aren't pumping 10.7 gallons like you say unless you are running your tank dry).
Do you understand what I am saying? For example, on a calculator, for example, 240 miles / 8 gallons = 30MPG.
I found that if you have the vent setting on defrost (either of the 2 right most setting) even if the air conditioner is turned off and temperature setting to max heat :confuse: Right now I have the vent setting to the lower vent to stop the air conditioner compressor from turning on to max my mileage!
Any help would be most appreciated bud!
Thegrad
1) With vehicle on, push the airflow button for "top vent".
2) Shut car off.
3) Turn temp knob to the coldest setting
4) Turn fan off
5) How down both "Air Recirculation" button and "AC" button. With both buttons depressed, turn key to "ON" position. (don't need to actually start the car) Keep holding the buttons down for at least 7 seconds.
6) The AC and Air Recirculation lights will light up and flash at different points during the 7 second hold-down.
7) When the air recirculation light stops flashing, release the two buttons.
Now you have full control over the AC. When you hit the Defog button, the AC light will now illuminate. You can now shut it off if you so desire and get Defog air without AC!
Not trying to hijack this thread - my mother is looking at a Fit right now for zipping around town in without using too much gas.
Anybody try it on a Fit?
dudleyr, "Honda Accord Climate Control Questions" #45, 8 Oct 2007 9:02 am!keywords=
My wife an i took a cruise to mexico this last weekend and we had to drive down to Miami, Fl (we live in NC) so Jaime got to stretch his legs.
My worst tank was 30mpg, mostly because of the zips to 'almost'100mph against a 40 year old in his awd Volvo s60R. It was quite funny. But horrendoulsy irresponsible.
The best tanks i got yielded 39mpg. (about 360 miles on about 9.1 gallons of gas.)
Needless to say, i'm thrilled. This was with mostly cruise on and averaging about 70-75mpg, with some stretches of 65.
Under these conditions, i'm betting i could have gone a little further than 360 miles with the rabbit, but it would have cost us significantly more to fill up, as it usually took around 12 or 13 gallons.
We are both very happy!
Do mpg figures tend to improve as you break the car in? I've heard that after a while there's a decline.
Also, people often interpret "city" differently. When I say city, for instance, it is pure city, and it is impossible in my "city" to get above 40 MPH, unless I am trying to kill myself or others. Many people interpret suburban driving as city driving, but that would be apples and oranges, since some suburban driving is virtually highway, except for occasional slowdowns. In my definition, if you can drive a mile without stopping, that is not city. But many people define city as "Not Highway," which can make comparisons tough.