Never seen more than 36 mpg, and even that didn't last long. Maybe they accidentally put a civic si engine in my car.

 

I prob passed this up while reading, but what tire pressure is everyone running? I heard the stock tires suck on the GD, not sure whats on the GE. I bought my car used w/ 69k on it so i'm sure the tires are not the stock ones or at least replaced w/ stock from Honda. There the Falken Ziex 912's. Is that stock on these guys?

 

36psi all around, all year round.

 

The Falkens are not stock.

I've got Falken 512s usually sitting around 32psi. Crappy tires but better than the OEM Base tires.

 

Got a new high of 40.5, can't wait until summer to see what kind of numbers I can pull down then

 

I got 40mpg consistently if I was easy on the gas cruising around 65 mph on the highways. combo averages around 35mpg with 50 50 local and highway traffics.

 

I use to run high psi on my civic like 38-40psi. When I checked it the other day it was around 32psi. Seems low to me. I just put it around 40psi to see how it rides. Feels good. I swear the gas gauge hasn't moved as quick.

 

Ohhhh, I broke 34mpg for a tank for the first time and boy did I have to baby it to get that.

 

Summertime, long highway trip- I get 40mpg avg. And that's starting at 32 around town. More than once I belived if I had longer to drive on the highway, it would just keep ticking up past 40 and beyond. If you get that avg gauge hovering on at least 40, the mpg's WILL keep climbing.

 

I concur with Silverbullet. Calculating MPG's at the pump is more accurate and more realistic.

 

Hmmm, not sure if the counter is right but even on a long drive (going from NorCal to SoCal) - couldn't break 36 MPG..

 

If you are on the highway at 70+mph, you likely won't see above 36. The Fit is subjective to drag (seemingly on an exponential level above 65mph) that economy also depends on driving style (and the 65/70mphg border where economy begins to go down depends on head/tailwind conditions). If you are heading down to SoCal at 80mph like most people do on those highways, you won't see a huge return unless you get in behind some trucks and do a little bit of drafting.

~SB

 

Yes, i'll go 65-70 and get 40 mpg or 80 and i'll get 36 on this exact trip up/down the 5. I don't usually do any drafting or anything though.

SF to LA will be a little bit better because it's more downhill.

 

The Fit, for most drivers, isn't a 40 mpg car. We've seen 40 mpg out of ours on long highway trips setting the cruise control at 65 mph. Most of the time we see 30-33 mpg.

Our other car IS a 40 mpg car. So when we need 40 mpg, we take it. When we need cargo space, we take the Fit.

 

I'm seeing 30-34 avg in Jan , hope for an improvement comes spring.

 

I have hit 40 once when I was driving from home to Fredricksburg, Va by keeping it on cruise control at the speed limit, before the mods. I think I can do better than that if I tries it once again.

 

I'd rather get crappy gas mileage than drive behind trucks. Hello rock in windshield. I avoid trucks like the plague. Rock spewing windhshield cracking machines.

 

Agreed. I've lived in VT [where there is no glass coverage available] for 7 years now and have repaired 4 chips and replaced 3 or 4 windshields. I've found however that that the majority of rocks come from oncoming traffic kicking rocks down the road towards you. That said, I don't hang close behind trucks as it just isn't safe. You can also draft behind other cars (again not too close). If you get in among a few minivans or pickup trucks, (or even just in a line of cars,) you'll see an increase in economy if the "Pack" is moving smoothly. Took a trip to one of the branch offices this past week up and over the mountains here in VT and still averaged beter than what my regular 6 mile commute to work. The Fit likes a warm engine for economy.

~SB

 

True, but it sure feels nice when you see a nice high number on the dash. I was indicating 99.9 coming out of San Berardino one day. Yeah, downhill, but it sure looked good!

 

Yes. And good driving habits with the gas pedal. And a big one- uninterrupted movement. I used to say, shall we go out for a drive? Now I say, shall we go out for a stop! Unless you're on the parkway or highway around here, before or after rush hour, you get stopped every 1,000' or so for either a stop sign or red light. Or at least it seems that way. Not much chance of good mpg's when you're stopping all the time.




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