Are you one of those " I gotta top off my tank" people? When the pump stops I stop.

 

I have no idea what your point is. You're saying you used to have the same problem, but you took your car in and they did a software update and that fixed the problem, so your computer was off? So my computer may be off, and if I get it fixed it will be accurate? Which means my calculations are correct, so I really am getting below average mpg?

 

I never topped the tank off, I used to round up to the nearest 25 cent increment. But the last two tanks I let the floater stop it. And the last two tanks have shown worse mpg (29 and 28 respectively.)

 

these days, typically 275-285.

 

I have no problem resetting the average mpg display. Do you want me to do it right now? Or before I go on my trip, as was previously suggested?

 

No, the 09 Fits had a defect corrected by a software flash. Later years are accurate. My conclusion is your estimation for the amount of city driving you are doing is way off. Unless of course you don't know how to track your miles since the last fill; I normally CLEAR THE TRIP ODOMETER at fill up and let the car do it. Of course the odometer might be off </sarcasm>

 

How many gallons do you put in?

Both.

 

That's certainly true, I'm not sure if we have covered this. Whether the OP spends any time in the car not moving.

Other less obvious things could include, for example, having the vent setting in either of the defrost settings, which runs the AC by default even if the AC switch is not on. I used to have a car where this was not the case and I liked the air coming out near the windshield; but because this runs the AC in my car now, I don't do it!

Or "warming up" the car for a while before moving. Especially true if someone has an auto-start in the car; they turn it on and then later go out to the car.

And of course, since the car is being shared by two people there is the small possibility that the other driver is doing something strange that the OP doesn't know about. I once got a ride with a classmate who had the AC on during a day when it seemed unnecessary, I think he had the windows down, and when I pointed it out that he could turn it off, he just said .. "but why would I? then I'd have to turn it on later some time. no, I just leave it on permanently." Go figure.

Not saying any of this is happening, necessarily. Just, there's all sorts of weird stuff you never think people would do while driving. So you can consider and then reject each in turn if it doesn't apply.

 

Gas Mileage of 2010 Honda Fit

 

#3 for me! It's like having a brand new channel on the TV. And it's interactive!

I do try to be serious in all my comments but I don't think poor seb is going to be changing his mind about his Honda... ever ..

 

If I was using it around town ALL THE TIME, I would understand 28mpg, since that is the EPA city mileage estimate.
I'm not. At LEAST 70% or so of the mileage on this car is interstate.
I have been tracking mileage on my cars since I was 16. On most, like the Hondas I had before this one, I tracked it a few times, found that the numbers matched the EPA numbers, and just let it go. This one has no explanation. And yes obviously i reset the trip odometer every time I fill up.

 

However much it takes to fill it up again.


Ok... think about this carefully--what are you trying to prove from me doing this? If it comes out to be what I am seeing on my calculations, I was right. If it comes out to be way over, I'm still right--my numbers don't lie.

I'm fine with doing it- I just don't know what you hope to prove. That I don't know how to divide?

 

Not gonna try to help anymore lolololol

 

Really? Your answers are always so stupid. Is it 3 gallons? 12 gallons? 100 gallons?

Think carefully... you're stupit. Just sell it already.

 

Let's not call names, that's not going to help in any way. Seb has been trolling, or been trolled if you want, for a long time now here and has maintained a pretty level keep without getting unduly mad or upset at anyone. At least given his posts. Can't say what is going on at the other side of his screen.

But seriously it's 25 pages now. Even I might lose interest soon. What else is there to talk about? Have you listed the car yet? Any takers?

 

Oh I wanted to comment earlier on the EPA usefulness. I agree initially it seems useless that they say "your mileage may be completely different" and that it's only a comparison between cars, but really, it isn't useless.

First because you actually can use it as a comparison. If you were able to get 2mpg over the rated on an Accord, then if you buy a Santa Fe or something else you should be able to have some confidence that with your own driving style and route you should be able to slightly exceed the estimate there, too.

Second because if you think about it, it's not possible for the EPA, or anyone else, to estimate accurately in advance what sort of mpg you'll get. Because everyone drives differently and in different conditions! Just to keep it real, if I come on and say I'm getting 29mpg, what does that prove? Well nothing except that I myself am getting those mpg and probably will continue to, but it doesn't say anything about you.

That's my view .. I used to get all bent out of shape about the inaccurate EPA estimates but now I just get bent out of shape about people who cannot hit them ... like the guy at my train station who idles in his brand new Camaro every day while having the windows down and running the AC ... it's just the waste and the pollution that eat at me, specifically when it's being done for no goal at all ...

 

What's wrong with my car? Why is the car's computer showing 33 mpg average, but my own calculations show way less, which are based on real world numbers I see from the gas pump when I fill the car back up and the trip odometer mileage shown? Why am I getting barely city mileage estimate on this car when at least 70% of the driving I do is interstate?

You're probably right about me not changing my mind, since I have proven there is nothing I can personally do differently to get magically better numbers on this car, which means there's something wrong with the car, which no one wants to believe but yet can't give a reasonable explanation for the mileage I'm getting. It's pathetic and so we now have it for sale for $15,500.

 

Why? What is the point of you wanting me to reset the average mpg?
I'll do it- I just want to know what it's going to prove.

 

It's goddam different every time I fill it up. Its a 10.6 gallon gas tank. Sometimes its 9, sometimes 9.4, sometimes 10.3, sometimes whatever. What kind of a fucking stupid question is that??? You mean what was it last time i filled it up? You mean what has it been average in the last couple months?? Are you trying to equate it somehow with the 275-285 mileage answer I gave you previously? Do you want me to take a picture of the little piece of paper I have been writing all this down on??
Its a dumb freaking damn question because its a variable not a constant!

 

Why is getting substantially worse mpg than the car is supposed to give me and wanting to find out why "trolling?" This is a very serious question.