Eco FITFit for Fuel! Got the low mileage blues? Care to share a 40+mpg tale? Automatic vs. Manual? Come here to discuss topics on fuel efficiency and other Green Topics
I curently drive an automatic fit that just turned 10,000 miles. I mostly drive around town with short trips on the freeway. I average 28 mpg. My best for this car is 38.
ok cool, that's what the wife's car is getting too under the same conditions. glad to hear it actually. i was starting to think i had a low milage fit or something.
Just filled up yesterday, got 30. Not bad, but not as good as i want...This next tank ill be going for MPG!
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I have been going to Shell and Exxon for my first 4 or 5 fillups but I am thinking about just going to the cheaper ones like Valero, Racetrac and 7 Eleven. Do you think my gas mileage will go down any with non-major brands like these?
Last edited by mdanderson; 01-26-2008 at 10:26 PM.
Got 1100 total miles so far. Fit Sport AT. Stock everything and mostly 1 to 3 people.
Mixed city and highway with some heavy traffic. Some short trips.
23 mpg (my worst vs 25 mpg in my first fill up)
Speed limit is 45 to 55 on the highway.
I think the urban traffic and crawling along isn't agreeing with my Fit.
My other small car that gave me bad mpg was my 1979 Chevy Chevette AT
Really poor performance and 20 mpg. But it was good at hauling stuff, 4 door hatchback.
Just did a round trip from Orlando to Jax and back. I was in search of 40 mpg but didn't even come close i only got 34.5 mpg. I cruised at 75 mpg the whole way, with the windows up AC off on the way there but AC on on the way back. Had one passenger in the car.
I don't understand I went to Naples and back and got 35 mpg with four people in the car, luggage and A/C on the whole time and was cruisin at 80 mph???
I guess to get 40 mpg you got to be cruisin at 50 mph AC off and windows up with no one else in the car
Nah, you canget 40 mpg at a steady 62/63 mph. 70 mph nets 38 once warmed up. AC off and lots of air in the tires.
I have been going to Shell and Exxon for my first 4 or 5 fillups but I am thinking about just going to the cheaper ones like Valero, Racetrac and 7 Eleven. Do you think my gas mileage will go down any with non-major brands like these?
Try it and let us know. Your mileage is high as compared to most. We'd be interested in your results. Also, please describe your driving habits - granny starts, driving in neutral down hills, 20 in a 30, 65 top speed, etc.
Try it and let us know. Your mileage is high as compared to most. We'd be interested in your results. Also, please describe your driving habits - granny starts, driving in neutral down hills, 20 in a 30, 65 top speed, etc.
I checked my tire pressure. I bought the Fit in mid December and it's only about a month old. I checked pressure before but now it's down to 26 psi front and rear. Temperatures this month are about the same. 32 psi is recommended- it's likely my low mpg was related to low tire pressure (mostly my son drives it).
Want better mpg? Then:
Don't brake hard at stops- be smooth and coast to stops
Don't accelerate hard from stops and corners- be smooth
Use the cruise control when traffic allows- from 35 mph and up
Stay off the brake
Keep to a gear that allows for about 2000 rpm or a little less at constant speed
Coast downhill when possible- not in heavy traffic
Keep tire pressures up about 34 psi is fine (less rolling resistance)
Take out extra weight- less people/cargo helps more than you appreciate
Make sure your air filter is clean
Use Top Tier gasoline 87 octane is fine (premium not needed)
Use tires that are more narrow than not- stock 195 is ok but wider tires will increase weight and rolling resistance
Constant speed when you can 35 to 60 mph. 40-55 is good. Slower than 30 isn't really that efficient and faster than 65 requires much effort to fight wind resistance.
I like a clean exterior to cut drag (ha!)
Be patient, the Fit is not an S2000 with two extra doors and a rear hatch.
I'm trying Mobil now. I was going to try Exxon, but I couldn't find one nearby and I was getting too low for comfort. When I checked the web on Mobil, it looks like Mobil and Exxon have merged. Is this true? If so, then I'm using Exxon as planned!
"Average gas mileage from use of cleaner-burning gasoline was 1 percent less than from oxygenated gasoline currently used statewide, and 3 percent less than non-oxygenated gas available in northern and central California as late as October 1995. Because oxygenated fuel is now widespread in the state, the average expected change in gas mileage with cleaner-burning gasoline is 1 percent."
Depending on where you are in the states, each area runs different types of fuel. There's CBG, CA CBG, CA OXY CBG, oxygenated, conventional, RFG, RVP, etc. The oxygenated and RFG fuels use ethanol or MTBG to introduce more O2 to burn more cleanly. CBG is Clean Burning Gasoline, which is a mix of whatever with results as shown above. Check out Mobil's website for the us fuel map - FAQ
So, depending on where you are in Texas, you could be either using conventional gas, RVP, or RFG.
I just checked i'm getting around 25.9MPG. Not as bad as I thought, but still not as good as I would have hoped.. My car is only 800 miles in so I'm hoping it'll get better overtime.
"Coasting" in an AT is NOT recommended, and by coasting i mean putting the gear selector in the N position while moving. It is ONLY OK if your transmission is the double-clutch type, such as VWs DSG or Ferraris gearbox, but not on an automatic transmission with a torque converter, as there will be no fluid pressure and you will end up breaking and or overheating something. It's not worth it to have to replace an entire transmission... besides, when you let off the gas in D in our cars, fuel stops squirting into the motor according to Honda, so putting it in N would make the engine idle, thus using fuel!
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besides, when you let off the gas in D in our cars, fuel stops squirting into the motor according to Honda, so putting it in N would make the engine idle, thus using fuel!
Honda said that? I'm surprised since the engine is still running, the spark plugs are still firing, etc. With the throttle almost shut (can't shut them all the way), just a little bit of air will be squeaking in, but the engine will still require a stoichometrically correct mixture to avoid a lean condition which could burn up pistons and valves. When the engine becomes the load, such as going down hill or taking your foot off of the pedal, it will still be coupled to the tranny (especially in a MT car) and will still spin at whatever the tranny is spinning at minus the stall speed of the converter. The engine should still be burning fuel.
Less MPG
(my worst vs 25 mpg in my first fill up)
i only got 34.5 mpg. I cruised at 75 mpg the whole way, with the windows up AC off on the way there but AC on on the way back. Had one passenger in the car. 
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