Lovin' my Fit!

 

Congrats! Looks sharp. Might want to consider tints for that LV sun.

 

For sure! I can't take it! You should have seen my left arm after a trip to Laguna Beach, very tan!

 

Real MPG numbers, or from the cluster display?

 

Hand calculated. The on-board was conservative.

 

Looks great! The mpg is awesome as well. Definitely do the tints.

I know you can get those numbers. My last 3 fill ups have been 36 mpg each. That's rush hour driving. I can't wait to take mine on our trip to SE GA later this month and see what it does on the highway.

 

Nice numbers! Sometimes I wish I had a MT so I can hypermill like the MT guys. But again Im too lazy to drive MT

 

Nice looking, wish we could have color, FL sun would burn our butts after parking just for a short time shopping. Your color looks even better with tints, white will be tinted and sun blocked as we find the right deal. First order will be for window rain visors. Our first trip tomorrow will be interesting to see how it does, I asked the dealer why the mpg ave on the odometer was 24 and he didn't know it had one.
115 miles when we bought, they had to sell it as a used car and give extra year of warranty;-) turned back in by 77yr old, she thought it was too small and traded for a civic.

 

Reminds me of the two days I spent in LV... almost got burned, just walking from the car to the door at an In&Out. It was ridiculously hot.

 

That's insane! I get no where near your numbers on 2010 manual. How soon are you shifting?

 

Not terribly soon but I accelerate concervatively which helps. I drove it aggressively with mixed driving and just returned a 36.85 mpg.

 

You have to consider that you live in SF and '12Fit lives in Las Vegas, which is considerably flatter. Mid to high 30's would be respectable in The City; I recommend shifting when you hit 4k RPM, and keep the engine above 3k. On freeway trips, keep your cruise set at 60-65, and you'll get mid 40's. My best tank was 49.5, driving 55-60 in the central valley (and tailgating lots of trucks, only recommended as an experiment); I routinely get 40+ driving in Los Angeles at 62mph.
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Barry, '08 BBP Fit Sport MT

 

I just achieved the same with my '12 Fit Sport using the above. 40.1 indicated, 43.6 mpg calculated. Using Mobil 1 0w20 Advanced Fuel Economy, no other mods. Pretty cool

 

dude.. is something wrong with my fit. I couldn't hit those numbers if i was going downhill for a full tank.. extreme exaggeration.. but as you can see, my numbers suck

 

I usually hit 28 city/37 highway (MT). Hitting into the 40s is rare. And I drive like a granny (except on the tanks where I don't care and floor it).

 

37 mpg 95% of the time freeway from San Bernardino to Downey. Cruise control is set @70mph.

 

That's about what I get on the highway. Mine is an Auto though. Geared differently. Here's how I understand it:

In the CITY it is much easier to get higher MPG with the manual. Compared to the auto, you can control not only the throttle but also the gear you're in, whether the torque converter is locked (because MT doesn't have one!), and make decisions based on upcoming events (a stop light, a hill which you will shortly reach the top of) that the Auto transmission can't see.

On the HIGHWAY the Auto gets better mpg simply due to taller gearing. At 70mpg I'm at 2000 rpm or so. The manual I expect you are at nearly 3500 at that speed.

Put another way, I have to work like mad to get TWENTY-seven mpg in the city. But hitting 42 on the highway just happens naturally.

Now, if they made a car with a manual, but a very tall top gear, you could do both. This used to be actually how they geared manuals, but now mostly they gear them for sporty drivers's needs (ie shorter for better accel). Something like the Civic HF or Cruze Eco might fit this description though.



Last, hills? Yeah, huge difference. In my experience, living somewhere hilly, you can actually expect anywhere from 1/3 to 1/2 of your MPG to disappear. I know this sounds like crazy talk but it's my personal experience when I spent two years splitting my time between Boston (some amount of hills, but not too bad) and a small town in NH (all hills). Those wide open (boring, ahem) places out west are perfect for getting max fuel economy. Try pushing your car by foot, on a flat surface and then on a 1-degree slope - THEN it will be instantly clear

 

Well I get 25 mpg....sometimes 26 used to get 28 when I first had the car and drove regularly.

Now I drive like 300-500 miles a week, multiple stops for my job, lots of city driving. I was pissed for awhile about it but then I rented an elantra, known for its boasts of 40 hwy mpg and mixed 27mpg......

in the elantra I got 18-20mpg doing exactly the same driving though if I kept it highway the average went much higher faster (got 29 mpg when I took my cousin to college in PA taking full advantage of the rental's unlimited mileage)

so going back to my gas guzzling fit is an improvement.

 

My F!t is also automatic. In the city good grief the mpg sucks it's about 25-27. But overall i'm spending about 65-70 bucks a week, compared to the 130-150 a week in my old CTS. I was able to squeeze about 375 miles out of a tank of gas on my F!t more than a couple of times.

 

If you just use the 10.5 gal of the tank capacity, it calculates to 35.7mpg, but no one would drive to the last drop, would they?
Has anyone checked to see exactly how much fuel Fit holds including the fill pipe to the top?