Hey guys.. I have a 2015 honda fit LX
And i'm not hitting the mpg ratings that i'm suppose to get.. My current is 24mpg and thats way lower than the ratings, i have watch on youtube on how I can increase my mpg, all the tire pressure is in the right PSI.. I don't know what else to do to hit my mpg
Hope you guys can help.. I mostly drive around new york, where is mostly city driving.. But i should still get atleast 29mpg.. Any suggestion of what i can do to increase gas mileage?

 

Umm, perhaps drive it somewhere other than NYC?

 

In that traffic? I'm surprised you get that much. All the time you sit at a light or sit in traffic, your car is running and burning gas. That will skew your mpg.

 

Yes, i hit alot of stop lights.. But still below 25mpg is horrible.. And i drive highway aswell and i still get below 25mpg..

 

Yeah maybe i should try that..

 

Short trips, especially within the city, kill fuel economy.

Is your car CVT or 6MT?

 

Well most of my trips are 20+ minutes long.. And yes its a CVT..

 

Location: Queens Village, New York

If you spend half your time getting 50 mpg on the highway and half your time getting 0 mpg sitting at stoplights you should see ~25 mpg.

There is city driving and then there is new york city driving. I don't think the EPA tests do a good job of differentiating the two.

Case close

 

 

reset... my initial mpg was about that #. reset, getting 30+

 

How do you reset?

 

Yes, but keep in mind that a 20 minute drive in NYC is probably a very short trip in terms of miles driven. There is a huge difference between driving 20 minutes on a highway and 20 minutes in NYC. You will never see the high mpg numbers with your driving conditions, so its probably not you.

To reset: push and hold the little black stalk (for 2-3 seconds) that sits above your mileage gauge while the gauge shows Trip A MPG (you can also do this for Trip B).

 

Ok will do.. Thanks alot!

 

What car did you have before the fit and what mpg were you getting in that?

 

There are plenty of other ways. You could drive it only in the middle of the night. Or just on holidays.

 

NYC driving is not just about traffic, but also aggressiveness (assertiveness). To get the MPG up, you have do less acceleration followed by breaking at each light. More gradual engine breaking before each light to avoid unnecessary gas and speed to go one or two blocks. But other drivers may hate you ;-)

 

Most of my NYC driving is in Manhattan. Quite an exciting place to drive, not for the faint of heart or those who want to save gas: efficiency there isn't a matter of miles per gallon.

The trip mileage really just serves to quantify how bad the conditions there are. About the only nice thing I can say for the City is it makes conditions on Long Island look good.

 

This is my first car...

 

There you go. Now you are going to learn a lesson about MPG. Everyone will be a little different. Weather/Driving habits/Traffic Lights/Long or short drives/how many people in the car or what you have in it will all effect MPG. Manufactures will get their numbers optimizing their driving, which will be different than ours. Take it with a grain of salt.

 

Thats not exactly true. EPA numbers are suppose to be based on some formula. Optimizing driving will result in the EPA cracking down on them and forcing them to hand out gas cards (its happened...recently). Now a manufacturer will certainly make a car with the EPA formula in mind to help with MPG numbers that they will post.

I've heard that the Mitsubishi Mirage can get ~70 mpg depending on your driving habits. But you wont see the manufacturer post that number on the sticker they put on the car on the lots.