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Now I am even more bummed with these recent high-mileage posts. I have about 1900 miles on my base AT, and I am still only getting 26mpg at best, lowest was 22. Admittedly, A/C is always on (live in Tucson, it is 110 degrees here daily) and mostly city, but I was really hoping to get better than EPA estimates based on this board.  To those who got significantly better mileage after break-in, at what mileage did you "break-in"?
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Replying to: tlylejeep (Jun 30, 2008 9:01 am) If normal is 32-35, you may get premature wear in the center of the tire. |
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| I am not worried about tire wear, on all of my last few vehicle's I have always exceeded the manufacturer's recommendations but never what the tire maker recommends and have never had a problem with abnormal tire wear. The easier your car rolls the better the mileage you will receive. I will monitor the tire wear and let you know if they start to wear in the center but I do not expect it. | |
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Replying to: bfleming1 (Apr 23, 2006 10:05 am)  I hope next will give me better millage.I'm driving 99% in city, I'm not speeding so I don't know what a hell  I've got Fit Sport 08' AT |
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This is a great forum, and objective compared to some of the forums I've seen that are full of annoying petty arguments. Although I'm retired and don't drive many miles, I plan to buy a base 5-speed 2009 Fit not so much for fuel economy, but because it appeals to me - including the fact that it did so well in the Car & Driver lane change test (beating Ferrari, Corvette). Its power-to-weight ratio (the '09 has 120 h.p.) is not shabby. I'll install 17" Kosei racing wheels with 215 Kumho sport tires left over from the 2004 Civic I owned before our 2007 SE Accord. My contribution to this forum is to check your odometer's accuracy and adjust your calculations before believing your mpg. You can do this by finding a section of highway with several measured mile signs, or by imaginative use of your Garmin/Magellan/TomTom, etc., GPS. Some lawyers got together and sued Honda a year or so ago because of the odometers reading more miles than actual (affecting car lease terms). The odometers are not at fault; it has to do with the tire diameter.
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Replying to: andysd (Jul 01, 2008 5:10 am) You are absolutely right though; the difference just isn't that great.
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Love this thread, just spent several hours going thru it. I drive a 1990 Nissan pickup truck, bought it new and has gone over 200k miles, still going strong. My nissan averages about 23mpg combined hwy/city but pure hwy driving at 55 mph it will get 35mpg.. if I speed up to 60 mph then it drops down to 24-25mpg.. makes a tremendous difference. Why?, because of air drag.. the Fit is a lot more aerodynamic than my pickup but dont forget speed kills your gas mileage. I get better gas mileage driving manually than if I use the cruise control because it is always trying to compensate for slight hills, wind gusts ect.. drive smoothly if you want gas economy. I have a stick shift and a 2.4liter 4 cylinder engine. It is hard to drive at 55mph, you have to concentrate but after a while you go into a zen like state and you relax.. I find it keeps me awake. I was a big fanatic about fuel economy in the late 70's, grew up to see the gas lines from the first gas embargo. I remember from way back then an article that stated that every extra 70lbs of excess weight in the car would cost you 1mpg (city driving, not hwy), so keep all the junk out of the car and leave it at home. Regarding tires.. tires pressure should be measured COLD, before you have driven the car, driving will heat up the tires as it flexes.. tires should be inflated to the maximun pressure listed on the tire itself, not what the car manufacturer recommends.. it is safer that way, tires overheat and explode if kept under-inflated, modern radial tires will wear evenly if kept at the maximum pressure, they will still wear evenly at lower pressures so it is not an issue. This is not the case with old style bias-ply non-radials, not sure if you can still buy those. Yes your ride will be harsh at maximun pressure but your economy and safety will be maximized. Do not economize on tires, buy premium.. make sure when you replace the tires in your Fit to use low rolling resistance tires (like Hoda did), it will be worth 10-15% in gas economy so dont be penny smart and pound foolish. If the tire dealer does not have those special high gas economy tires go someplace else. From reading all these threads I see the Fit is very sensitive regarding gas mileage.. I believe that the engine is too small for the weight of the car, and so if you are a bit agressive then that will kill your mileage.. so it would actually get better gas mileage if it had a bigger engine.. you could accelerate up to speed quicker, get off the gas pedal and settle down to cruise. The Fit is about 2400lbs, my old 1985 Honda Civic Si was 1800lbs.. big difference. |
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Replying to: marytrary5 (Jun 30, 2008 10:00 am)
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Replying to: goose (Jul 01, 2008 6:24 pm) 
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Replying to: marytrary5 (Jul 02, 2008 6:04 am) Till I finally read something on how to get more miles per gallon. I haven't done much, other than the ol' coast to a stop when you see it red up ahead (or traffic stopped), more gradual starts (keeping my rpms at 2000 or less, and using the paddle shifters every once in a while to shift to 5th when the car wants to stay in 4th at those RPMs, helps get my speed up quicker). In the city I keep my RPMs between 1500 and 2000, and highway under 2500 RPMs (about 72 mph I think). On my city only tanks, I got two tanks of 29mpg and one of 31.5mpg. And I just took a road trip, loaded down with lots of beer and coolers and ice, suitcases, etc, and finally broke the 40mpg wall - 42.83 mpg!!! Almost got more than 400 miles out of the one tank, but I wasnt sure when the next gas station would be, and ended up only needing a little over 9 gallons. I'd gotten close to 40mpg before - a few 200 mile trips that were 39.5mpg, so I was thrilled with 40+. And that's not being too conservative on speed that I felt like I was crawling. I really think RPM is the key factor to getting better mileage, and I'd never heard that before. I just keep an eye on my RPM gauge, and let that dictate how quickly I accelerate.
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