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2394 messages, Last post on Jul 03, 2009 at 6:05 PM
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I've got an 09 Fit Sport AT. When I drove it back to Oklahoma from Fayetteville I was not impressed with the highway mileage, only 28mpg, which I calculated manually. The Fit seems to struggle when I drive it above 70 miles per hour. We were trying to keep it at 80 mph but it would always downshift, which of course is going to use more gas. It seems to lose mpg efficiency above 70 miles per hour. I need to take a trip to CA this summer but am not impressed with Fit's open road capabilities. Any thoughts?
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Replying to: ryan28 (Dec 11, 2008 1:57 pm) Yeah....Slow down! The Fit wasn't designed to be an open road speedster. It is more of a commute and "scoot around" vehicle. Although it does quite well at posted speed limits. Do yourself a favor and read several pages of this forum, and you will learn how speed kills mileage. Those that go fast have to buy the gas!  Kip |
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| I could get 35 MPG for a whole tank doing 80 the whole time. 07 sport AT. Just under 3000rpm at 80 mph. | |
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Replying to: fitman548 (Dec 18, 2008 12:58 pm) |
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Replying to: fitman548 (Dec 18, 2008 12:58 pm) 
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Replying to: kipk (Dec 19, 2008 6:15 am) 
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Replying to: kipk (Dec 19, 2008 6:15 am) It's 80 for half the commute, 72 for the other half. Get to ~190 miles on the half tank line. refill around 330 miles, when the light comes on, about 9.4 gallons on fill up. Consistently since purchase. I've never ever gotten below 33 MPG in any scenario (stop and go, lon climb up north, aggresive driving). I think there's some turth to the good batch/bad batch. |
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So far I've had a best of 27 mpg and the car is now at 1,000 miles. No way is it fuel efficient. My 2008 Civic Si with snow tires never dropped below 28 mpg even in the city. My wife loves driving the car and it's ok in the snow with the stock tires but next year we will be getting either an AWD or a 4WD vehicle. We just get too much snow and ice for me to be comfortable with the Fit as our only car for winter use. SUV's might get poor economy but they will get you there in the winter over unplowed roads. We have a lot of hills and a lot of snow and this year a LOT of ice. I didn't want an SUV but might have no choice. The Fit is not as economical to run as the Civic but it is considerably more versatile.
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Replying to: tiff_c (Dec 23, 2008 4:32 pm) |
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First tank with highway miles for me was 34.2 MPG. Average indicated on gauge was 37.1. This from Birmingham AL to Slidell LA, all Interstate except for about 30 miles on rolling hill side road (US 11 in MS). Speed varied between 65 and 80, 50-75% of time at 70 with cruise. No A/C. This is a *new* car (a Christmas present that Santa will bring from its hiding place across town, tomorrow). Car was delivered with a 32 miles and a "full" tank. I don't know if the dealer actually topped it before handing it over. If the full tank started at 0 miles, then mileage would be 37.6. I will post again as I accumulate mileage.
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