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Replying to: kipk (Dec 19, 2008 5:15 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 3:32 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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Replying to: wistlo (Dec 24, 2008 7:49 am) 
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Replying to: ohthelawd (Dec 30, 2008 2:21 pm) |
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| Our '07 Fit Sport (AT) has just recorded 26.7 MPG, which is the worst mileage this car has seen in 52,000 miles of driving. Not too bad, really. For this tank It was 90/10 city/highway, most days with a below zero temperature, snow, and with all the slipping, sliding, and stopping and going associated with this kind of weather. The overall average for the life of the car is currently just a tad below 33 MPG, with a nice and even 50/50 city/highway split. | |
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Replying to: damian1962 (Dec 03, 2008 6:02 am) I wouldn't be so dismissive, for a car with such low mileage. My mileage in city was about 27 also, but I saw gradual improvement all the way to 10,000 miles. It's now about 30. There are so many factors, as you say, that there's no way you can be so sure.
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The MPG guage in my 09 Fit registers 10-15% higher than the computed mileage (dividing odometer trip miles by the number of gallons delivered by the gas pump for each fillup). I trust the odometer more than the fuel flow meter. (Is the guage really driven by a fuel flow meter?) The dash MPG guage has to display the computed MPG based on the distance traveled (the odometer - and anti-lock brakes - work off of digital messages from the wheel) and some proxy for the flow of fuel. I assume that there is a fuel flow meter, but a vacuum reading might be used instead. How can I adjust the calculation of MPG to be closer to reality?
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Replying to: Sylvia (Apr 22, 2006 8:32 pm) |
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