I have had a 2008 Fit Sport AT for about a month. I love everything about it but the gas mileage. I'm averaging 17 miles per gallon, which is way below what it should be.
I have a five minute commute to work, city driving (Los Angeles). What can I do to get the mileage where it should be? I'm very, very disappointed with this mileage.
Just curious, what kind of car did you have before the Fit, did you drive it on the same route to work as you do today, and what was the fuel economy?
17 mpg is pretty poor, but maybe not unreasonable for a five-minute commute to work in LA. Probably slow speed, lot of stops? Remember that while the car is still, the mpg is zero.
I had a 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse with a manual transmission, and I think the mileage was about the same. The Eclipse may have even been a little better.
Yes, my commute speed is pretty slow - about 30 mph. And there are some traffic lights, as well as a couple small hills.
Look at the first three fuel economy tips tested. The biggest factor is you.
Most of the time when I'm driving my 2008 Fit Sport AT, I'm on cruise control at 60 mph (the speed limit on my commute). Otherwise, I'm taking it easy. I very seldom drepress the accelerator more than a tad bit. My last three tanks are all 35 mpg or above, and I feel good about tomorrow's fill up (today it's at 250 miles, 1/4 tank left).
If by changing your habits you could improve your mpg by 30%, then you'd be right there.
With such a short drive, and a stop and go one at that, I think your mileage is darn good. Your car will use extra fuel trying to warm to normal operating temperature; it is probably done doing that about the time you get to work, which means you will never get the great mileage you are looking for unless you end up with a longer commute. This will be the case for any car you drive, not just the Honda; that is unless you get a Hybrid which can run on electric only in city driving.
This is not a problem with your car; its a problem with your commute - and an unavoidable one at that. I have to ask: living so close to work, and in sunny Vegas, is biking/walking to work an option?
I had the very same thing going on after I got up to 800 miles mpg jumped up to like 24 mpg then when I got up to 1700 miles it jumped to 27mpg now 2900 miles getting 29.7 mpg last 2 tanks good luck
Filled up on Sunday, and again on Friday after work, so it was mostly used for the commute (more highway driving this tank )
Date......Gallons....Miles......MPG 26-Mar...6.128......195.3......31.870 2-Apr.....9.846......313.8......31.871 7-Apr.....7.615......285.6......37.505 (Shell gas from here on..) 14-Apr...9.324......333.4......35.757 20-Apr...9.386......330.6......35.223 25-Apr...7.833......297.6......37.993
....................total..35.034 mpg ........last 4 fill ups..36.513 mpg
LOL ....I got behind some doof in his Fit this afternoon and I swear he had it floored every time he took off from a stoplight. Wonder what his mileage is....? :confuse:
I only have 1.6K miles on my AT base Fit and have been getting 32 mpg up until the last tank (I put the 15" Sport wheels on my base Fit about 2 weeks ago). Many posters with 07 Fits note the mileage improves over the first 6-8K miles. Many also report mpg in the 38-40 range after that. I have yet to see anything that high but I'm just getting started.
Just turned 10,000 miles on my 07 FIT sport manual. Most driving done in conservative style in Boulder/Longmont area of Colorado. Overall average since day one has been 38.0 mpg. Worst tank was 34.0 mpg during winter with Ethanol laced gas and lots of city driving. Best tank was 46.8 mpg during an extended summer trip in the mountains. Love the car!!
Great point, I wish I could ride my bike to work! Get off you lazy tush and ride that bike. I live in the northeast and have to deal with winter, you guys in Califorina, and Florida brag about the great weather, well take advantage of it and ride, walk, or jog to work, I do in the summer.
Gertting a very consistent 34 MPG here in ABQ,NM. 100 percent city driving. Manual sport. Love the car. 8000 miles on it. Also, the Fit and myself both HATE ethanol.
Might not be a bad idea to take a 1 gallon gas can and fill it with exactly 1 gallon of water. Do that with a common kitchen measuring cup for accuracy. .
Then mark the outside of the gas container with a magic marker, at exactly the correct 1 gallon level. (Some cans have a mark already). Dry it out real good and take it next time you gas up. Pump exactly 1 gallon of fuel into the tank according to your mark. Does the pump quantity and price agree?
Seem like a lot of trouble for nothing?
A few weeks ago the fuel light came on in our 03 Pilot. The needle was where it was supposed to be. All the other times when this has happened it took about 17 gallons to refill. So the tank has about 2.3 gallons reserve when the light comes on. This time I was about 2 miles from the station. Therefore very little gas was burned getting there. It took 18.7 or so to refill, and the normal 17-18 mpg, I usually calculate, dropped to barely 15 mpg. Something definitely wrong.
I deliberately let the fuel level drop enough to turn on the light again this time. It took 17.1 gallons to refill, and the mileage figured to the normal 17.8 mpg.
It only makes sense that the fillup in question was due to a faulty pump.
How can this happen? Aren't these things regulated and inspected by someone from a government agency. Yes they are, but read the link. It might be real beneficiary to do the gas can test and change pumps or stations if necessary.
I didn't post this question to get berated for not riding for walking to work (which, if you must know, i actually do when I am able - I didn't mention that because that wasn't part of my question.) I posted to try and get some inkling as to why my mileage is low.
I have the 2007 honds fit sport. I get around 235 miles per tank. Can anyone advise me how to increase it.??? I commute to work everyday and maintain speed at around 55 to 60 with cruse with very few stops.
How much fuel are you pumping on average? A very conservative driver might be filling up when he sees 1/4 tank remaining on the indicator, and actually filling only 7 gallons or so. In that case he is getting pretty good fuel efficiency but just filling up more frequently than absolutely necessary. If driving to the point where the reserve light comes on makes you nervous, or is too risky because you live in an area where the next station might be much too far away, then you probably can't increase your range very much.
Your tank is specified as having a 10.8 gallon capacity. You should still have between one and two gallons remaining when the reserve light comes on, and you can gauge that level more precisely by recording how far you drive after the light comes on and then how much fuel you pump. If you stop at the first automatic shutoff, as many do, then your tank has a reduced capacity of about 10-10.3 gallons. If you never want to have less than 1/2 gallon left in reserve, then consider 9.5 gallons as the practical capacity. You can now calculate what range to expect. Once you determine your "predictable" mpg, multiply it by 9.5. That's what I would do. If I were getting 33 mpg I would expect my range to be 313 miles, and I would expect to have a safe margin of at least 1/2 gallon remaining, and after filling I would expect to have left at least 1/2 gallon of unfilled space. The interesting part would be to observe how far you get toward that 313 mile range before the reserve light comes on.
For that example I assumed the car is giving 33 mpg. Your results might vary considerably depending on type of terrain, amount of traffic, average and steady speeds, driving style, etc etc etc.
I have two 08 Fit Sports, both automatic. One thing my son and I both do on our cars is try to keep the airflow switch set on the far left setting (vents), because in this position the A/C compressor never comes on, which adds a little drag on the engine and seems to lower gas mileage by about 1 mpg without the A/C switch on and about 2 mpg with the A/C switch on. Depending on where you live, there may be days when you have to have the airflow switch set on defrost position, such as in winter (if you live where there is winter) or in real humid/foggy conditions.
It sounds like you are driving the car conservatively, and I'm assuming you have an automatic transmission, not a manual. My son (age 21) and I (age 53) drive differently; he's kind of a leadfoot and I'm more conservative. We don't measure how many miles per tank, but go with miles-per-gallon to measure our economy. He has gotten anywhere from 25-31 MPG and I am consistently getting 30-33 MPG. We drive in-town and on the city Interstate/freeway, and neither of us have taken our Fits on a road trip (> 50 miles). However, since the 08 EPA rating for the Fit Sport are 28 city and 32 highway, you can't expect to get much better MPG on an Interstate road trip. If a person does a lot of Interstate and road trips they'd be better off with a Honda Civic; for example, the EPA 08 ratings for the Civic LX Sedan with Auto Trans are 25 in town (less than the Fit) and 35 on the highway (more than the Fit).
Good luck with your Fit. Right now I'm trying to private-party sale my wife's 07 Ford Focus SES (sort of a "grandma" car) and buy her a new Fit (much more sporty and fun-to-drive), too.
As long as the A/C isn't being used, it doesn't matter which setting you choose (vent, floor, vent/floor) or fresh/recirculate, the compressor will not come on and youre mileage won't drop off.
I have seen a few posts by other Fit drivers who indicated they were getting better gas mileage by using 100% unleaded instead of ethanol, which typically is 85-90% Unleaded + 10-15% Ethanol?
My son and I each have an 08 Fit Sport automatic, and we have been using the Ethanol gas, because it's typically 10 cents/gallon cheaper than pure unleaded here in Nebraska. Am considering running several tankfulls of pure unleaded in each car and compare MPG readings for each car. Right now my son (21) is averaging 27-30 and I am averaging 30-33. It would be interesting to do this test and see if there is an improvement in MPG that more than offsets the higher cost of the 100% unleaded.
If there is anyone out there who has already done this, it would be interesting to hear the results you got.
E10 or whatever the ethanol content is where you are definitely hurts your mileage. In some places, such as Minnesota where I live, we do not have a choice, as all regular unleaded here is an ethanol blend (E10). And given all things equal, I am getting a lower mileage in our Fit in Minnesota than driving in a location where there is no ethanol blend. This is not a perception - it's a fact.
Ethanol containes less energy per same fluid weight than non-ethanol-blended gasoline. So if you can avoid the "E," by all means do so.
Now with 1000 miles on my 2008 Sport Fit auto and my 4th refill I got 33 mpg. Using the paddle shift and driving conservable short trips on the freeway with lots of east Ky. hills and country roads. Ranging in speed between 40 & 65 MPH. Tires at 35 psi. 50/50 AC running.
The first tank was 28 mpg 2nd I forgot to check 3rd 30 MPG and 4th 33 MPG So its improving as its getting broken in with it and me adjusting to each other. My lead foot wife is still getting better MPG on her Civic bought the same day
Well they had my car for 3 day's this time had some one drive it on the highway 100 miles they got 29.23 mpg ( SO IT IS NOT MY DRIVING NOT THE GAS I BUY ) AND THE DEALER SAID WELL29.23 was within the factory specks sound like bull to me it looks like I just got one of the 50% bad cars oh well 3500 miles guess time to trade it alway traded in 2000 Toyota Corrola 150,000 miles and it got 42 on the highway all day long live a learn
but my car was very very dirty when I got it back took picture's sent to the manager never hurd a thing from him tell you what they will never work on any of my cars again come on Toyota
the 1st time they had my car about 800 miles on it it was getiing 17-18 mpg on the highway said it need's break in time LOL I see other people brand new getting 38-42 mpg on the highway
To be fair, broken-in cars do get better mileage (my Accord went from 28 or so when new to 30 after a few thousand miles, and highway mileage went from 36 at 75 MPH to 39.
About 80-90% hwy driving on this tank and got 36.7mpg (370 miles on this tank), so it seems to be getting better in the summer.
If you look at fueleconomy.gov, you'll see the Fit owners are averaging about 32mpg over about 150 vehicles reporting, which is about what my average tends to be at 50/50 city/highway.
On a side note, if you look up the Civic, you'll find that it's about the same as the Fit, and the Corolla is probably closer to 33mpg average.
So based on my experience and from the hundreds of folks reporting on fueleconomy.com, the Fit's MPG is right there with the Corolla and Civic; however, like the Civic and Corolla, you'll have SOME people getting a lot better then the average (some 27mpg averages for the Civic and Corolla) and some getting way better than the average.
I've been averaging 27.5 in mostly city driving. (25% hwy / 75% city). This is in a 08 Sport AT first 2000 mi. At first, I was disappointed and started to feel a bit of buyers remorse thinking I could have purchased a larger more comfortable vehicle getting the same mpg. Recently I went on a 680 mi round trip. I got 36.5 mpg going 72 mph with the AC on and 20 mph cross winds. Coming back I got 38.4 mpg going 72 mph AC on and a light rain. The ride was surprisingly smooth and fairly comfortable. I was expecting a more jarring jittery ride instead the suspension soaks up the bumps well and the steering requires some attention but is not tiring. I think these Fit ATs really like the hwy. With less than 3000 on the odometer this car is not completely broken in and my city mpg should improve. I'm thinking 40 mpg is possible on the hwy. Once again I'm a happy camper. :shades:
"As long as the A/C isn't being used, it doesn't matter which setting you choose (vent, floor, vent/floor) or fresh/recirculate, the compressor will not come on and youre mileage won't drop off."
I believe that defrost or defrost/floor will automatically run the compressor?
"I see other people brand new getting 38-42 mpg on the highway "
I don't think that is typical. But, I do think the Fit AT is efficient on the highway. It seems that the stick is better for city driving.
I think that driving styles could very well determine whether you get 30 mpg or 36 mpg on the highway.
I feel that the more that I drive with fuel efficiency in mind, the better I get at it. It takes some adjusting. I mostly use the Fit to commute to work. I try to cruise control at 60 mph. I am now anticipating where to click the cruise off so it doesn't downshift up an incline. I am learning to coast more - when that light turns red up ahead I let off the gas pedal. I know when I can let off the gas at highway exits and coast all the way up the ramp.
I swore that I wouldn't get too hyper-milage crazy, but I find myself following trucks sometimes.
Here's what I think helps the most, this is from hypermilage.com but the same advice is on many other sites.
- Drive smoothly. Avoid heavy acceleration or braking. Speeding, rapid acceleration and braking can lower your gasoline mileage by 5 percent at lower speeds around town, and by 33 percent at higher highway speeds.
- Use cruise control on major roads and in free-flowing traffic. Maintaining a constant speed can improve gasoline mileage.
- Avoid higher speeds. Gasoline mileage usually decreases when driving at speeds over 60 mph.
See if you can cruise control at 60 mph for a few tanks. What have you got to lose?
What rpm is the FIT auto running at 60 MPH? Same question for the manual tranny. I bought myself a Civic in 2006 and the drove a/t and m/t to see if there was a difference. 06 Civic a/t runs about 62-63 mph at 2000 rpm, the manual trans is only doing about 50 mph ( if i remember correctly). My daughter's 2004 Civc coupe a/t runs 50 mph @ 2000 rpm as well. Is the fit the same? I'm thinking about a Fit for my wife in the next year or so.
In my 2006 Civic there is a programming trick to allow you to use the defrost and not have a/c on, you can select either. I found the trick on 8th genereation Civic website and it works. Can't remember the procedure, but it was using the a/c controls in a certain pattern.
I'm seeing more and more Fits in the Atlanta metro area, but still nothing like CBS news is reporting (they say Fit sales are up 54%!). Yesterday I was behind a snazzy white Fit, and the driver looked too big for the car. It was funny, and it made me think of how weight affects mileage performance. He also had a passenger, and he was driving really fast, much faster than the 45 mph speed limit, maybe up to 60, while I hung back and drove much slower.
I couldn't help but wonder what sort of mileage he gets, with the extra weight (I'm only 110 lbs and I always drive alone in my car, carry no extra weight in the car with me), and the fast driving. Obviously I couldn't know what transmission he had, but I thought of the people here in this forum who are complaining about their mileage, and wondered if he is one.
My '07 Sport MT is still holding steady at an average of 36 mpg, my last two tanks up at 38 mpg. The last time I filled up I bought the "up to" 10% ethanol regular for the first time, so we'll see if that makes a difference. I feel like I'm getting less mpg this tank, just watching the fuel gauge compared to the trip meter.
To stop the defrost from automatically turning on with certain vent positions, remove the cover under the A/C controls and disconnect the yellow/black wire over on the right under the vent position knob. Just leave it hanging.
...and wait for the accident to happen because you can't see out of your fogged up windshield! Pretty sill idea to me just to increase the MPG by one or two just during the time when you're using the defroster. Plus the AC doesn't come on when the temp is below freezing.
Welcome to my world I know have 3600 miles drive 90% highway and have never got 30 mpg one time not even on a straight no stop trip of 300 miles got 29.23 this is a very bad joke 2008 sport auto trans Oh YES ONE OF THING CARS IS ALOMOST 3 MONTHS OLD AND IT HAS MORE PAINT CHIPS THEN MY 8 YEAR OLD CAR I TRADED IN HUMMMM STRANGE
Oh, dear, this is not encouraging at all! We have a Kia Rondo (which we love), which gets 18-24 mpg city, and up to 35 mpg highway. We were planning on trading our '97 Odyssey (18 mpg no matter city or highway) in for a Fit, but it sounds like we might end up with no better mileage than our Kia. Our Kia was only a couple of thousand more expensive than a Fit, and with way more space (3rd row seats!), and a way better warranty.
I used to have a 1992 Civic Si, which I adored, and in its prime, it got 40 mpg on the highway (51 mpg across Indiana, but that's flat as a pancake), How can there be Fits that get lower mileage than my old Civic Si????
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I have a five minute commute to work, city driving (Los Angeles). What can I do to get the mileage where it should be? I'm very, very disappointed with this mileage.
17 mpg is pretty poor, but maybe not unreasonable for a five-minute commute to work in LA. Probably slow speed, lot of stops? Remember that while the car is still, the mpg is zero.
Yes, my commute speed is pretty slow - about 30 mph. And there are some traffic lights, as well as a couple small hills.
Lower speeds save gas. See right here on this site!
Look at the first three fuel economy tips tested. The biggest factor is you.
Most of the time when I'm driving my 2008 Fit Sport AT, I'm on cruise control at 60 mph (the speed limit on my commute). Otherwise, I'm taking it easy. I very seldom drepress the accelerator more than a tad bit. My last three tanks are all 35 mpg or above, and I feel good about tomorrow's fill up (today it's at 250 miles, 1/4 tank left).
If by changing your habits you could improve your mpg by 30%, then you'd be right there.
This is not a problem with your car; its a problem with your commute - and an unavoidable one at that. I have to ask: living so close to work, and in sunny Vegas, is biking/walking to work an option?
Filled up on Sunday, and again on Friday after work, so it was mostly used for the commute (more highway driving this tank )
Date......Gallons....Miles......MPG
26-Mar...6.128......195.3......31.870
2-Apr.....9.846......313.8......31.871
7-Apr.....7.615......285.6......37.505 (Shell gas from here on..)
14-Apr...9.324......333.4......35.757
20-Apr...9.386......330.6......35.223
25-Apr...7.833......297.6......37.993
....................total..35.034 mpg
........last 4 fill ups..36.513 mpg
Then mark the outside of the gas container with a magic marker, at exactly the correct 1 gallon level. (Some cans have a mark already). Dry it out real good and take it next time you gas up. Pump exactly 1 gallon of fuel into the tank according to your mark. Does the pump quantity and price agree?
Seem like a lot of trouble for nothing?
A few weeks ago the fuel light came on in our 03 Pilot. The needle was where it was supposed to be. All the other times when this has happened it took about 17 gallons to refill. So the tank has about 2.3 gallons reserve when the light comes on. This time I was about 2 miles from the station. Therefore very little gas was burned getting there. It took 18.7 or so to refill, and the normal 17-18 mpg, I usually calculate, dropped to barely 15 mpg. Something definitely wrong.
I deliberately let the fuel level drop enough to turn on the light again this time. It took 17.1 gallons to refill, and the mileage figured to the normal 17.8 mpg.
It only makes sense that the fillup in question was due to a faulty pump.
How can this happen? Aren't these things regulated and inspected by someone from a government agency. Yes they are, but read the link. It might be real beneficiary to do the gas can test and change pumps or stations if necessary.
http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/finance/2008/04/26/Bad.Gas.Pumps/
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I have the 2007 honds fit sport. I get around 235 miles per tank. Can anyone advise me how to increase it.??? I commute to work everyday and maintain speed at around 55 to 60 with cruse with very few stops.
Please advise..
Your tank is specified as having a 10.8 gallon capacity. You should still have between one and two gallons remaining when the reserve light comes on, and you can gauge that level more precisely by recording how far you drive after the light comes on and then how much fuel you pump. If you stop at the first automatic shutoff, as many do, then your tank has a reduced capacity of about 10-10.3 gallons. If you never want to have less than 1/2 gallon left in reserve, then consider 9.5 gallons as the practical capacity. You can now calculate what range to expect. Once you determine your "predictable" mpg, multiply it by 9.5. That's what I would do. If I were getting 33 mpg I would expect my range to be 313 miles, and I would expect to have a safe margin of at least 1/2 gallon remaining, and after filling I would expect to have left at least 1/2 gallon of unfilled space. The interesting part would be to observe how far you get toward that 313 mile range before the reserve light comes on.
For that example I assumed the car is giving 33 mpg. Your results might vary considerably depending on type of terrain, amount of traffic, average and steady speeds, driving style, etc etc etc.
I hope that helps.
It sounds like you are driving the car conservatively, and I'm assuming you have an automatic transmission, not a manual. My son (age 21) and I (age 53) drive differently; he's kind of a leadfoot and I'm more conservative. We don't measure how many miles per tank, but go with miles-per-gallon to measure our economy. He has gotten anywhere from 25-31 MPG and I am consistently getting 30-33 MPG. We drive in-town and on the city Interstate/freeway, and neither of us have taken our Fits on a road trip (> 50 miles). However, since the 08 EPA rating for the Fit Sport are 28 city and 32 highway, you can't expect to get much better MPG on an Interstate road trip. If a person does a lot of Interstate and road trips they'd be better off with a Honda Civic; for example, the EPA 08 ratings for the Civic LX Sedan with Auto Trans are 25 in town (less than the Fit) and 35 on the highway (more than the Fit).
Good luck with your Fit. Right now I'm trying to private-party sale my wife's 07 Ford Focus SES (sort of a "grandma" car) and buy her a new Fit (much more sporty and fun-to-drive), too.
My son and I each have an 08 Fit Sport automatic, and we have been using the Ethanol gas, because it's typically 10 cents/gallon cheaper than pure unleaded here in Nebraska. Am considering running several tankfulls of pure unleaded in each car and compare MPG readings for each car. Right now my son (21) is averaging 27-30 and I am averaging 30-33. It would be interesting to do this test and see if there is an improvement in MPG that more than offsets the higher cost of the 100% unleaded.
If there is anyone out there who has already done this, it would be interesting to hear the results you got.
Ethanol containes less energy per same fluid weight than non-ethanol-blended gasoline. So if you can avoid the "E," by all means do so.
About 40,000 miles on my 2007 Sport AT, almost all freeway 65-75mph, getting 36.5 MPG. Of course, that's with the pre-corrected inaccurate odometer.
The first tank was 28 mpg
2nd I forgot to check
3rd 30 MPG
and 4th 33 MPG
So its improving as its getting broken in with it and me adjusting to each other. My lead foot wife is still getting better MPG on her Civic bought the same day
If you look at fueleconomy.gov, you'll see the Fit owners are averaging about 32mpg over about 150 vehicles reporting, which is about what my average tends to be at 50/50 city/highway.
On a side note, if you look up the Civic, you'll find that it's about the same as the Fit, and the Corolla is probably closer to 33mpg average.
So based on my experience and from the hundreds of folks reporting on fueleconomy.com, the Fit's MPG is right there with the Corolla and Civic; however, like the Civic and Corolla, you'll have SOME people getting a lot better then the average (some 27mpg averages for the Civic and Corolla) and some getting way better than the average.
I believe that defrost or defrost/floor will automatically run the compressor?
...but you can press the 'AC' button to turn it off.
I don't think that is typical. But, I do think the Fit AT is efficient on the highway. It seems that the stick is better for city driving.
I think that driving styles could very well determine whether you get 30 mpg or 36 mpg on the highway.
I feel that the more that I drive with fuel efficiency in mind, the better I get at it. It takes some adjusting. I mostly use the Fit to commute to work. I try to cruise control at 60 mph. I am now anticipating where to click the cruise off so it doesn't downshift up an incline. I am learning to coast more - when that light turns red up ahead I let off the gas pedal. I know when I can let off the gas at highway exits and coast all the way up the ramp.
I swore that I wouldn't get too hyper-milage crazy, but I find myself following trucks sometimes.
Here's what I think helps the most, this is from hypermilage.com but the same advice is on many other sites.
- Drive smoothly. Avoid heavy acceleration or braking. Speeding, rapid acceleration and braking can lower your gasoline mileage by 5 percent at lower speeds around town, and by 33 percent at higher highway speeds.
- Use cruise control on major roads and in free-flowing traffic. Maintaining a constant speed can improve gasoline mileage.
- Avoid higher speeds. Gasoline mileage usually decreases when driving at speeds over 60 mph.
See if you can cruise control at 60 mph for a few tanks. What have you got to lose?
Good luck!
Thanks for clarifying that for me!
Is the fit the same? I'm thinking about a Fit for my wife in the next year or so.
I couldn't help but wonder what sort of mileage he gets, with the extra weight (I'm only 110 lbs and I always drive alone in my car, carry no extra weight in the car with me), and the fast driving. Obviously I couldn't know what transmission he had, but I thought of the people here in this forum who are complaining about their mileage, and wondered if he is one.
My '07 Sport MT is still holding steady at an average of 36 mpg, my last two tanks up at 38 mpg. The last time I filled up I bought the "up to" 10% ethanol regular for the first time, so we'll see if that makes a difference. I feel like I'm getting less mpg this tank, just watching the fuel gauge compared to the trip meter.
I used to have a 1992 Civic Si, which I adored, and in its prime, it got 40 mpg on the highway (51 mpg across Indiana, but that's flat as a pancake), How can there be Fits that get lower mileage than my old Civic Si????
Any thoughts?