So I finished my first tank, and averaged 31mpg.

This includes:

About 2/3s of the time driving with a passenger.
Mixed in-town driving with stoplights and stop signs, and freeway driving.
Average freeway speeds between 70 and 80 mph.
80% of the time shifting at the speeds specificed in the owner's manual.


So does that sound about right for a first tank, given the above parameters?

 

thats really good. There is a huge efficiency drop off after about 70mph plus with in town thats really good.

 

im guessing im net'ing about 29-30mpg. i really dont care about fuel
economy on a smallblock running factory map (saves a lot of gas
anyways vs V6) so i've been slightly pushing it more while im in the
final phase of break in (over 800miles now).

 

Yupp that sounds like the right number under those conditions.

Tyler

 

I think thats pretty good for your "new" fit. yeah it sounds right but its still nice.

I have been keeping a log of my notes on mileage, mpg, and conditions.
hopefully I will post it in a while (I am only at 1300miles right now so its a bit early to post)
I got 27.3 my first half tank with 100% city (and short drives) and being light on the pedal and keeping low rpm's.
And 29.9mpg (yes .9 why...because I can) my second half tank being light on the pedal and keeping low rpm's (almost exactly the same as the first half tank) with again 100% city driving (and short drives)

Its especially good since you had a passenger and were not traveling slow!

In CA I am impressed with anyone getting in the 30's! either our traffic/conditions suck or our emissions controls, gas, and or sins(haahaa) are getting the better of our car. I Think CA has the lowest mpg's for the Fit.

 

I am quite sure NYC drivers would beg to differ.
100% city NYC winter driving gets me 18.4 MPG (at around 700 miles)
BEAT THAT!

 

Both NYC and Ca suck, because your air so polluted, your engines get no clean air lol. And getting run off the road by Soccer moms in urban assault vehicles must not be any fun.


Although here in almost heaven WV you get the wonderful country road drives, ohhhh the fit on country roads is awesome.

 

WV pluses: cheap skiing that's not too bad for the east coast, and I actually had a cop let me out of a 20mph speeding ticket with a warning when headed back to DC from Caanan Valley.

WV minuses: lousy pizza and everything seems to be named for Robert Byrd, who somehow gets a free ride from the press and public for his time spent as a Klansman.

Net result: certainly worth visiting if you're within driving distance.

 

Don't ski and don't care much about Robert Byrd.
is WV a E10 state? We only get E10 up here in NYC. MPG is made extra lousy with it. Any thing that would make it worth the 12 hour drive down from NYC?

 

I assume your talking about sirianna's, yeah it kinda sucks. But if your in the area you have got to get the beanu burrito at the purple fiddle. Also where I live the pizza is amazing.

Also its hardly ever crowded. Heavenly is always packed. And squaw (idk if its in cali or Nevada, srry if in Nevada) was still pretty crowded too when i went.[/quote]

Were you still in Wv? No cop would ever do that in Wv, lol.

HE doesn't get a free ride because of that, he gets a free ride because he's run the state since its birth, in 1863

 

Indeed. Driving an Acura with NJ plates with a foreign woman in the car to whom I was neither married nor related.

 

HAAHAAAAAAAHahahaaaaa

YOU WIN!!!!................although I didnt want to win it one of the few things that I wouldnt.....Still funny as hell though....

 

yeh... It's hilarious... I bought the car hoping to save on gas... so far i'm not impressed. knowing that i am driving in the worst possible condition (winter, E10, stoooooooop-n-go-n-stooooooooop some more traffic, a brand-spankin'-new car), though, gives me a little hope that comes spring (or when I move to a warmer state where they get pure gasoline (is that still around?)) the MPG might pick up....

 

if gas prices really have got you down soo much, and you live in NYC try the subway and buses. Public transportation is a very cool thing. Unfortunately my city a whopping 30,000 people public transportation is not very available.

 

the price of public transportation isn't exactly cheap. I would pay about the same buying gas as I would buying a monthly metrocard (for riding bus and subway), plus, I get to drive the FIT and save a heck lot of time and stress (from the bus and subway rides)

 

Parking in Nyc has gotta be a nightmare to.

 

My first THREE tanks have all been 31mpg. We have E10 here in CT as well.

 

You live in a city that probably has THE most extensive public transportation in the entire country. You really should use it more.

If the cost is about the same, then why not use a little less gas and make use of the transportation system that your tax dollars are paying for? Call it socially responsible, environmentally responsible, or just flipping the middle finger to the oil companies and the countries in the middle east that hate the western world... no matter how you slice it, it's better to save the Fit for when you legitimately need the car. Less wear and tear on it, AND you'll be doing the right thing.

 

I understand what you're saying, and trust me, if I had 36 hours in a day instead of 24, I would be using public transportation (better yet, I'd probably be biking everywhere, if they had a shower stall at work). I must also qualify my response with the information that I live in New York City METRO, not in Manhattan, which is referred to as "the city". Out where I live (Queens, NY) As extensive as the public transportation system is, to commute to and from exact locations can be very time consuming. For example, my work is only about 2 1/2 miles away from home. Driving my FIT there takes 10 minutes. On the subway/bus/foot it takes me close to an hour. Given the facts, I don't feel environmentally guilty at all for driving to work everyday instead of using the public transportation when I know that at the end of the day I have an extra hour~hour and a half to spend with my family.
other facts: monthly MetroCard (for riding the subway) will soon be $81.
my commute is 5 miles a day, which means on a average working month of 22 days, I'll commute for about 110 miles, which in the worst case (at 18 mpg) requires about 6 gallons of gas. 6 x $3.3 (regular gas price) = $20
I save 60 bucks a month PLUS almost 30 hours of my time by driving to work instead of taking buses and subway...
It's a no brainer...

 

You can bike 2 1/2 miles in 10-12 minutes easily :-)