My 2009 Fit Base MT w/ 10,500 miles on it:



And sadly... the price of gas for those 25 fillups:



Best MPG was 47.4, worst was 32.9 when a friend drove a buddy and I camping for a weekend.


All while hauling:

Snow tires of course...



480 sq ft of laminate flooring:



King size memory foam mattress (145lbs!)...



Ikea King Sized bed frame...



2 large Ikea Armoires and shelving, plus GF in the back :




Just took off the Pirelli Winter 190 Snow Control winter tires on steel rims and put back on the OEM steel rims and OEM Dunlops aired to 49PSI (cold).

Nothing special other than trying to drive 50-55mph and basic hyper-miling techniques.

Looking fwd to new low-rolling-resistance tires when the OEMs run out.

I love this thing....for entirely different reasons than my old EVO IX or my Lotus 7 replica. So utilitarian and cost effective!

 

Wow you get way more than me. My best was 38mpg. I average about 32, and only 27 with roof rack with auto trans. I'll post some pics of my car loaded too

 

I was consistently averaging around 27 in my Fit, mostly city. But the automatic gets the same fuel economy as the manual... it's gotta be true, the window sticker says so!

My Fit came in very handy when I was moving my stuff out when my wife and I split. I used it to get the smaller items, and then borrowed a friend's tundra for the large hauling. The cargo area isn't nearly as useful as the Element I had, but the fuel economy was far better. The biggest downfall is the openings - the quasi-kammback shape to the rear necessitates a smallish opening. I could have fit a Papasan frame in it at Cost Plus World Market, but there was no opening that would actually accept it.

It doesn't have quite the cargo capacity of a compact SUV, but way better fuel economy figures! Pick your tradeoff.

 

Well at least u can buy a new Fit... can't do that with the Element.

 

HAH! Very true. Honda let it wither on the vine... once they'd sold everyone who wanted one an Element, perhaps a second if they put a lot of wear on it, there simply wasn't much draw left. On top of that, the mileage sucks in them for the size/style of vehicle, and they're a bit underpowered (*160 hp hauling 3600 lbs. 22.5 lbs/hp was fine in 1998, but not so great now... 20 lbs/hp seems to be the unofficial "this thing is weak" limit for all but the most fuel-miserly focused cars).

I moved a full sized upright freezer, bunk-bed set, couch, washer and dryer together. I don't have the source of the honey-do's now, so that kind of haulage just isn't a priority, and the once the novelty of driving a toaster wears off, the Element is pretty boring to drive. I took it down Big Sur and felt like I was driving a bread-truck.

 

I dug the Element's plastic/rubber flooring, wish my Fit had that. Dug the storage space, did not dig the MPG/aerodynamics. The power would of been fine to pull a small trailer for me.

 

Holy crap that's awesome MPG! What would you say is your city/highway ratio? I hope my 2011 can do that.

On a completely unrelated note - How are you liking the memory foam mattress?