I forgot to mention something... if you drive in D. Pedal as light as you can and if the RPM meter passes 3, it means you're pedaling too hard. It's one of those gas pedal positions that's hard to find, but I think you'll notice it if you give it a try. This usually happens because the shifting paterns depend on the gas pedals when driving in D. Press the gas half way, and you'll see your RPM meter go to 4K once in awhile.

 

I get like 27city during normal driving.
When i drive like a grandma and try to get good MPG i can do 32-33city.
Highway i can get 37-40mpg pretty easily. It just has to do with your right foot more then anything i think.

 

My wife cruises 130kph and our Fit takes 10L per 100km. I cruise 105 and get 6.6L per 100km. I would cruise 98 and probably get 5.7L per hundred Km but my wife would explode and I would need a new wife. City mileage is really quite acceptable (half that of my 6cyl minivan). Don't be too slow in the city and generate road rage.

 

I'm in NYC. Drive as same as you. I got the same #mpg, ~26mpg. Never got above 28mpg. I love my matrix over the Fit. My 03 matrix XRS AT got better mpg and much more power. 29-30mpg.

 

werd. i lub cruise control

 

When you drive in traffic with lots of stop and go mileage will be seriously degraded. The harder acceleration between stops hurts more. And you might try using the paddles; i get better mpg using paddles than auto. i shift at lower rpm's than auto but not below 1500. And many times the paddles in s[port mode delay downshifts to lower gears and higher rpm.
Look of it this way you could be driving a Hummer and getting 3 mpg as one or cohorts managed in a non-freeway trip across Raleigh and back, a total of 7o some miles. But he wanted to see just hoe bad it could be.

 

I get 30-31 mpg driving 100% in the city. I have a MT base, and i always shift from 2.5k-3.2k rpm(but including the occasionally spirited driving). Its probably due to the AT tranny driving in the city.

 

I have driven a manual 08 for a week and compared to my auto I get about 3 mpg less with the Auto than the manual. my driving is about 40% city and 60% rural but not interstates.

 

The other night, I just sat in the car with the engine running, fiddling with the radio to put in some stations that I would like. Lost one mpg by doing that. And it can't be gained back.

Unless I want to drive only downhill in some Escher-like roadway.

By the way, I don't remember how the salesman got the radio to say "Classical" or "Jazz" or "Rock" which is sort of a built-in equalizer. And I don't see anything off-hand in the manual.

I have an 09. Where do I look for the instructions on that part, anyone know?

 

oh yeah, i also read somewhere how idling(warming up the car) takes a hit on your mpg also. You really don't HAVE to idle the car until the little temperature icon goes away. Now I only idle for a minute at the most, and just take it easy on the throttle until the light goes away.

 

I like to accelerate hard too from stops in my auto and shift up and down with the paddles. Keep the car in automatic and not in S. Auto shifts at lower RPM's and the comp takes in fuel economy more than us humans do.... however it is not as fun. You can override auto with the paddles if you need to keep the RPM high around a corner. But if you want to get that high MPG keep your auto out of S!

 

on the issue with the Equalizer push up and down on the buttons around the volume knob and it will change the Equalizer

 

I test drove a Fit Sport with a manual the other day. The drive was probably about 10 miles long or so. I drive pretty casually so I get decent mileage whatever I drive.

But I was impressed. I reset the mileage trip meter and started driving like normal. About half freeway, half roadway. Kept it at 60 on the highway. Shifted early on the road...say at around 2.5K or so.

Got a very very impressive 49.2 MPG. I was truly impressed.

I'd buy one right now if it weren't for one thing...I really do want a hybrid. Or at least a car that has a start/stop system. It bugs the piss out of me that I have to sit idle at a stop light these days...totally unnecessary.

One thing I noticed about the Fit that was a little annoying was that it revs rather high at freeway speeds...it could have done with a 6 speed tranny or a taller 5th gear. No reason why not.

Also, given such a frugal engine that scores well in GHG scores (an 8 out of 10), it's average in SMOG emissions scores (5/10). To me that's a letdown given that VW's 2L turbo with 80 more HO has 0.09 levels of emission for 2009 (which suggests a 0.37 average for SMOG emissions). The Fit comes in at 0.39. Not sure why but I think they could have cleaned it up a bit more.

Other than that, it's a nice car.

 

as others say, your driving style has a lot to do with it.
One thing you can try is changing your gasoline station. Valero sounds like a convenience store gas and they're not known for having the best gas, energy-wise. (number of Btu's obtained from burning, which of course relates to your mpg). Try a major brand that has a lot of customers for a few weeks and see what happens.