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2438 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 1:51 PM
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I've had my new Fit exactly a week today and have 950 miles on it. First tank (dealer fill up) was 34.6 mpg (calculated) covering 40% city and 60% highway (200 miles round trip on tollway). 2nd tank was calculated at 40.7 mpg (car's computer said 42.3 mpg) and was all driving around home (live in the country) .... 7 miles to work on rural roads and 15 miles to town on rural roads and highway. I just put 250 miles on it today .. all highway miles with cruise control set at 65 mph and the mpgs look like they're going to be down from the 2nd tank as the car's computer is showing 39.4 mpg and I covered less miles on the first half tank of gas. I'm making the same round trip tomorrow and it will be interesting to compare the mpgs as I plan to not use the cruise tomorrow to see if it makes a difference. Mostly flat land here in Illinois, but some hills which made the AT shift down to 4th. Anyone else have opinion and/or experience on whether or not using cruise control effects mpg? I drove in the rain on the way home tonight and had to use the defrost setting to clear the inside of windshield. Would that effect mpg much as it causes compressor to work? |
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Replying to: baddog2 (Oct 23, 2008 7:31 pm) The last week or two, I've made two road trips from Houston to Austin. First one I got 44.38 mpg, and got 43.43 yesterday. I didnt think 40 mpg was possible in the car! Both trips only used 7-8 gallons, so I'm still shooting to break 40 over a full tank, maybe a trip to Dallas will do it.
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Replying to: guidedbyvoices (Oct 27, 2008 8:58 am)
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Replying to: boord1 (Oct 27, 2008 9:12 am) I bought it in Aug 2006, and it has 33,000 miles on it. |
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Replying to: boord1 (Oct 27, 2008 9:12 am) Did you check your tire pressure? I just bought my new Fit Sport auto for a week or so. After less than 200 miles the low tire pressure light came up. I checked all 4 and all of them had only 25 psi in it. Damn dealers! I was initially wondering why my mileage was so low - about 30 mpg in mostly stop and go local traffic (ok i know it's not too low and it's brand new but I was expecting better). I haven't driven enough after I fill up the air to factory recommended setting (33 psi) but I think my mileage should be normal now. |
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I have consistantly achieved 39 to 42 mpg. I do this by occasionally coasting down hills when the oppurtunity exists. I coast to many stop signs and red lights, again when oppurtunity exists. I keep my tire pressure up around 40 to 45 psi and regularly rotate the tires(about every 3000 to 4000 miles) I have 18k miles on the car. I always get 400 miles on the trip odometer prior to refueling, unless of coarse I have to get gas when available. When I fill up after 400 on the trip odometer I generally put in 10.03 gallons I change the oil, I put a Fujita cold air intake on and drive with a light foot 60 to 63 on the highway. Faster than that, mileage will go down. I'm happy with it. I recently have had the air bag SRS light on constantly. I will get it looked at when I'm back near the dealer. |
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| MPG in my 09 Sport Fit steadily decreased to an average of 34 mpg. After reading an earlier post, I finally checked the tire pressure: 27 psi on each tire! (no sensor warning). Amazingly, I didn't think about checking this earlier. It's too bad the Honda tire pressure sensors don't measure and display pressure. Imagine how much fuel could be saved if all cars had this. | |
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Not much action here of late. Anyone have an update on their '09 mileage?
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Replying to: tonyspumoni (Nov 07, 2008 7:58 pm) The Inconvenient Truth About Ethanol |
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I live in So Cal where, I think, all gas is now 10% EtOH. Lifetime mileage on my '04 Prius is somewhere around 44 mpg. I am swapping the Prius for an '09 Fit though this next week and now will not be so disappointed if I end up just hitting EPA. |
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