I just drove a round=trip, 90 miles each way, and I averaged only 41.0 going and 42.1 returning. I was driving 65 - 80 going, and a steady 65 coming home. In the summer, that would have been in the upper 40's. The temperature was in the high 30's, but I think the winter blend of gas plays a big part in the reduction.

If I got an engine block heater and left it on all night, the engine would warm up faster, and I'd get better mileage, but I'd have a bigger electric bill.

 

Actually from what I recall block heaters reach optimum engine temperature after about 4 hours. Longer than that and you're just wasting electricity. That's why where I am most people use outdoor timers to turn the block heater on just a few hours before they go to work. I used to have one too and used it to turn on a block heater, battery blanket and interior heater about 3 hours before going outside and starting the car. And yeah, where I am it's sub zero cold in the winter.

 

I had an old Mercedes diesel years ago, and I got a tank-type electric water heater. It was great. It connected to a heater hose and heated the water. Since some of the water was hotter, it would circulate through the engine and heater core. The car had a mechanical temp gauge, so when I got in the car in the morning, the gauge would be moved over toward normal. It was very easy to start.

Have you ever tried a dipstick heater? Many cars no longer have dipsticks, though, except maybe behind the wheel.

 

I use a magnetic "stick-on" heater on the sump of my 1950 Ford 8N tractor in the winter so it starts easy (6 volt, still) and the hydraulics work quickly when I need to plow the driveway (snow).

My 1970s vintage AC 190 tractor has the in-line radiator hose heater, which works pretty good - too. It needs about 20-30 minutes lead time to get things warm enough for an easy start (straight six gas engine).

My '99 F-250 Powerstroke has a factory block heater, and as noted above, it really wants a couple hours or more to get things really good and warm. 30-60 minutes will do if it's not horribly cold out, though (say above 0°F).

I had a glue-on oil pan heater on my '00 New Beetle TDI, but the elements burned out after a few years, and I never replaced it. It was a little slow starting in -15° but as long as I parked it in the barn out of the wind, it also did fine. Fuel gelling was the bigger worry!

Finally, my former '13 Beetle TDi had no block heater and started like a gas engine at -24° last winter. No gelling issues, either.

All that to say, I would not expect to need any kind of heater on my Fit. I'd be parking in the machine shed out of the wind, tho!

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I finally have space cleared so both cars can be garaged. That'll make a huge difference in the winter.

 

Hurts, doesn't it? I'm getting about 5 below what my average used to be too. Instead of a heater, I'm looking at blocking the lower grille and putting a CR-Z belly pan on. Maybe the faster warmups and better aero will claw some of that mileage back.

 

I have 1504 Smiles on my 2015 LX CVT and the MPG gauge seems to be about 6-8% optimistic.

My most recent fill up was 6.0 gals. for 236.4 miles or 39.4 MPG...the gauge said I was getting 42MPG.

I am very pleased with the overall MPG, I just don't understand why the fuel gauge is so optimistic.

I've been averaging 36.7 mpg according to Fuelly (actual), mostly lots of short stop and go trips so I'm very happy with my LX CVT

 

Do you stop pumping as soon as the pump clicks off? Getting a few more clicks out of it would make the mileage look lower. When you fill the tank, that's all you're doing. You're not measuring the amount of gas you burned since the last fill up.

 

With all of these odd and wild MPG numbers and amount of fuel left in the tank does it even have a traditional floater in the tank???

 

If only a shop manual were available.

 

I am sure it does otherwise we would have to mandatory fill up the car every time. Or punch in the gallons pumped in the radio head unit.

Still odd with these MPG numbers and gallons left.

 

I just filled it today. When the pump stopped, I ran it for one more click-off. The car showed 42.4 mpg, and my calculator showed 42.57 mpg. That's pretty close.

 

I just filled up my car today with 93 stuff at Shell's so we'll see how the MPG goes. Stopped at second click.

 

What was the price/gal? Regular is $2.79 here (Upstate NY).

 

My question is dose the fit hold 10.5 gal?

The pump usually stops at like 8.5 or 9 gals when lights on , but today it was 1/4 full put 20 bucks in and the pump stopped with 5 buck left so i kept pumping click a few more then pumped the rest in slow I have went 65mile and the gauge is still on full first time for to get this good of millage.

Dose any one know how many mile can be drove once gas light come on ?

I am wondering if the click off of the pump is more of a safety feature and the fit can hold that other 1.5 gals to make it 10.5

 

I'll have to check, but I think my light came on with two bars showing, and it took 8 gal, so I could have driven over fifty miles.

 

1. Most likely. They say my 13 has a 10.6 gallon tank, and I go past 10 gallons regularly- two days ago I put in 10.4.

2. That's a very dangerous question. It's not about How far can I go once the empty light comes on? What matters is How much gas do I have left when the empty light comes on? Once that happens you know how much gas is remaining and you have to decide what kind of mileage you're going to get in the conditions you're facing and decide when to get gas. Mileage varies widely: you can't say My car gets 30/40/50 mpg, I can go this far, because real life has a way of nit-picking the details. Going up a hill, letting your car sit to warm up or trying to drive near a mall in late December are all going to burn a lot more gas than what your car "normally" does. Forget about normal and worry about the specific miles you're going to be driving with the actual gas you have left. If you're not going to do that, just fill the tank when the car tells you to.

I don't know when the light comes on in my car because I use an UltraGauge. It tells me my mileage at the moment, for the current trip and over the whole tank. It shows distance to empty (assuming the tank mileage stays the same) and fuel remaining. I've got an empty light shaped blind spot because that light tells me nothing.

 

I've done alot of research ever since I've stumbled across this thread. I believe 10.6 gals is total compacity so I usually stop at second click at the pump. Yes I too have noticed wild variance of MPG and gals used. Not sure what to think of it so I just find gas station soon as the light comes on.

Some swear can pump in 11+ gals which isn't possible since that excess gas went outside the car or back into the station pump. So just wasting money. I used to click like 5 times thinking getting more gas in the car as I hate stopping for gas.

I think all of us here wish the 2015 Fit had a bigger gas tank. But gas adds weight to the car so it hurts MPG. So it's a trade off.

 

I always stop refueling at the first click. It gives me "some" degree of consistency for gas mileage computations. My fill up on 12/20 was for $1.95 per gallon in St. Louis area MO.
My MPG for this fill up was my lowest, 34.28 MPG.

 

$1.95 per gallon?? Damn..wish I see that around here. lol