Just bought my new 2009 Fit Sport VSA and drove it from Oakland to San Diego right out of the box. Highway driving at 75-80mph yielded 32.5MPG on my first tank. I could tell the engine was working for it at that speed which would definitely have reduced efficiency.

 

2009 Black Fit Sport (5sp MT), mpg tracked using Gas Cubby on iPod Touch
So far, the EPA ratings of 27/33 have turned out to be relatively conservative

1st tank: 36.6 mpg
2nd tank: 34.2 mpg
3rd tank: 35.6 mpg
4th tank: 36.2 mpg

 

I'm at 3900 miles so far on my 09, and my mileage indicator says 37.4, which seems realistically more like 33-34 from my rough calculations; that's mixed highway (65-75mph) and city (St. Louis streets are terrible).
My question is about mileage and tire pressure, will that make a significant difference? What level pressure is ideal for mileage on the Fit? Thanks.

 

Reading these posts really angers me over the mileage I am receiving. I purchased my 2008 Fit, Sport, Automatic June 2008. I currently have 12,911 miles ( just checked). If I am lucky I get 24.7 mpg in the city which is most of my driving. On the highway, the best I have received is 35.6. This is a FAR cry from the 37 city and 45 highway that I had with my 2002 Honda Civic (some jerk rear ended me and totaled my beautiful car). I have talked to other Fit owners locally and they have all told me they get, 32+ city. I have talked to the local dealership and I was told: You have to wait until the engine "breaks in" about 5,000 miles. At 5000 miles, it was no, closer to 7,500 miles, then it was no 10,000 miles. Then it was well there are no dash lights on, so there is nothing wrong, then it was you need to make sure you use the synthetic oil (I do, my son changes the oil for me he works at a local oil change place and since I don't have to pay for it, we always use the synthetic).

Is it me? Is my FIT a piece of crap? I get close to the same mileage in my husbands 1997 Ford F150. I am so frustrated at this.

To check my mileage, I fill up my tank. Reset the trip odometer. The next time I fill up I divide the miles by the number of gallons it took me to fill up. The very best i have received was 35.6 and that was a mix of highway/city driving (80/20). When I was looking to buy a new car, I told them I wanted something where I would get the same mileage as my Civic. They assured me that the FIT would get BETTER mileage than my Civic. I am really beginning to wish I would have gotten something else. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

That's a bummer. I could say it's your driving habits but sounds like you were driving the Civic well. Something on the car is reducing efficiency. I would try to find a mechanic who is an expert at optimizing drive-trains for fuel efficiency and maybe he could find what's wrong.

 

TamTam -

I would have to say technique. You may not realize that you are driving your Fit different than your civic. They are completely different cars, therefore, handling different. Don't do jackrabbit starts and learn or use better fuel efficient techniques like DWB and go the speed limit. Do you haul around a lot of stuff, run the A/C excessively, idle a lot? What is your tire pressure(check that monthly), you might want to increase your tire pressure to 40psig which is a very safe pressure to start with(mine is at 75psig).

With that said, I can drive like a jackass and still get 36-39mpg in my MT Fit. The worst I ever achieved was 31.5mpg where I drove like a jackass with a lot of city traffic.

good luck

 

Hi PB & H, what's DWB?

 

Speaking of driving like a nut. Sinus infection last two weeks and broke down and used AC on this tank oooh aha
No P&G or FAS but did limit speed to 55 or less and did all the Driving Without Brakes (DWB) I could.

321 miles 7.31 gals (US)
43.91 eeewwweee stinky

DWB uses engine braking and you have to time your needed stops avoiding real brakes. Just a matter of looking far ahead. The FIT uses ZERO fuel when decelerating in gear to almost 20mph

 

just wondering what happend after 1000 posts

 

I've had mine since February '09, and in town averaged 38 mpg until the heat hit and I needed to use the A/C Now it has dropped to 35 mpg.
Hyper-miling is too much trouble, and with this good a mileage, why bother. I drive it normally. Good car.

 

so what happened after 1000 posts?


A/C does kill the mpg. I had to use it because of the wife on a road trip to the mountains(no hypermiling) and round trip I only got 38.9mpg but I was driving 65-75mph using A/C and Cruise control.

 

2009 Base 5 sp. The first 500 miles of easy driving 32.5 MPG average.
If I drive any slower, I risk getting hit from behind. Hoping mileage will improve.

 

Guess you get transformed into "Someone that spends his life on FitFreak.net"

 

The mileage in this thread is somewhat disappointing. I average 29-30 mpg in my 2007 Civic SI, easily hitting 32 mpg if driven easily, 27-28 when driven hard.

 

Why is it disappointing?

The Civic and Fit's weights aren't that different. Similar sized engines but the Si revs much higher. I average 34-36 in my Fit in normal driving. I get 38-39 on the highway while averaging 75-80mph. That's at least 5mpg above your numbers without any sci-fi technology or ultra-low displacement engine. Imagine if it had a three-cylinder 1liter turbo-charged motor.

 

I have 102.9 on my odometer from my last fill up and the fuel gauge needle hasn't budged and the A/C was on.

 

09 Sport MT
1st tank, filled by dealer, so not sure just *how* full, returned 30+MPG.
2nd tank, filled by me, to the point where it was sitting right at the base of the fill opening, netted a much more pleasing 40.4MPG!! And that included a road trip and air con, as well as a week of to and from work.

I'm happy!

I don't go over 60 unless I'm getting a reading on the MPG monitor that shows high 40's or above, and I don't pull fast starts or rapid accelerations when not necessary. I keep an eye on the monitor and adjust accordingly, but I don't obsess about it. It's a good reminder to keep the foot out of the gas tank.

Added: Hubby did check the tire pressure shortly after the second fill-up, and added a bit to bring them up to recommended level. Seems like that must have helped.

 

You will be getting a lot better mileage after it is broke in and has some good synthetic oil in it...That is great mileage for a new one, congratulations.

 

It's disappointing because if you have driven both cars, you'd expect the fit to be able to oust the SI by more than ~5 mpg. Just my opinion, of course.

 

On my last two tanks I averaged between 41 and 42mpg. That's not going off the meter which read between 45 and 46mpg.

So, I'm pretty happy with that. It's mainly highway, but definitely some city driving in there. I do drive pretty gently though which is probably what renders such great mileage