Thanks for the link, after digging around I found this link that may be closer:

タイプ・価格 | フィット | Honda

The way I look at it, the FF/CVT fit gets 21.4 KM/L which converts to approximately 50.34 MPG. That's pretty dang awesome.

 

What size engine, the gearing, the wheels/tires, a/c or not? You guys may well be comparing plums and apples.

 

It's the 1.5L RS model and it appears to have the same 16" wheels as the EX. No clue about the "Gearing" but it's the CVT model. For the MT, it's 19 KM/L

 

Mine has a red button on the dash. Put it in neutral and hit the button. You can keep listening to the radio. Be aware that it does take a moment to start and engage Drive.

 

Based on my own habits of doing that manually... 1-2MPG, depends. It's not really any hassle if it's automatic.

 

Yes, at the longer lights.

 

You're not kidding, and it seems to take even longer when the light is green and you're waiting for the CVT to engage and there's a car behind you.

 

We have construction nearby, and a two-lane road has been reduced to one lane for months. It has automatic traffic lights at both ends. The light stays red for 2 1/2 minutes, so I always shut down. If I see it turn red, I can time it. Otherwise, I wait till the oncoming traffic passes and start the engine a little while later. Of course, if I'm farther back in the line, there's no rush to start.

 

Got 36 mpg accordimg to my trip cpu going up hill 80% of the time for 60 miles.

Good or bad?

 

Uphill most of the time? Pretty good.

 

Good. Hills, uphill, short trips, and cold weather are mileage killers. Right now, I'm averaging about 37 mpg because of those conditions.

 

My MPG drops whenever the wife drives. She has no interest in hypermiling and drives the Fit as if it is just a fun little car!

 

I'm on the "flat' East Central Florida coast.
My daily 16 mile each way trip to work is a mix of 35/45 mph stop and go in town, and 60 mph highway.
I average right around 40 mpg doing so.
Today I took a 120 mile round trip, mostly steady state highway at 70 / 75 mph.
I averaged today 43.3 mpg according to the built in milage monitor.
I have noticed once you get above 65 mph, milage starts to drop, due to increasing wind drag on the Fit at higher speeds.
Gregg

 

Definitely! Even taking a route with lights and traffic gives me better mileage that cruising the Interstate at 70 mph.

 

My sister lives in Ft. Myers and drives an older Accord. I never heard her complain about her mileage ... like me, mostly short trips to the school where she teaches. The Accord was her son's before he went to Iraq.

 

People compare mileage to what they're expecting- either what they're used to, or what the commercials said it should get. If the Accord does better than what she had, she won't notice if it's not getting what it should.

Tank size matters here, too. My wife once said there was something wrong with her car because she couldn't even go three days without needing to fill up. It took her a while to notice that she was doing more driving and was getting the same number of miles per gallon as always. "I can go a week/two weeks on one tank" generally translates to "I get good mileage" whether or not it's really true.

 

Very true. The 1964 GTO had by today's standards a mammoth gas tank. The Civics hand around 13 gallon capacity. The Suzuki had a capacity of around 10.8 and life-time average of 24.4 mpg when traded. The Fit holds 10.3 and is delivering, under the same conditions, a little over 28 (yeah, very short trips with A/C on 95% of the time so far).

 

I'm only averaging 35 mpg in total car life so far (5,400 miles today), but the first 3,000+ miles were all across country (Interstate speeds suck for mpg) and through the Black Hills, Grand Tetons and into the Sierras so lots of mountains and high speeds. If you look at my average for the last few tanks, in CA, with traffic and all, not driving as nice as usual, it's closer to 40. Still hoping to bring that consistently above 40 in the long run.

 

On the bright side, think what your mileage would be driving a Chevy Suburban loaded with people.

 

I am still learning, but so far, I have seen my best results when I watch the RPMs instead of the MPHs. Observing the instantaneous MPG gauge reveals how to keep the car chugging along at maximum fuel economy. It has been stated here by others: "drive like you don't have any brakes".