I was just wondering if most people drive with the econ mode or button on or off. I keep mine off as I want the most air or heat when it is on and due not notice really any difference with gas or anything like that

 

On 90% of the time.

 

I use mine. There is a difference in mpg with it on. With it on I get an additional 1-2 mpg. So not really a big deal...but I find myself becoming obsessed with improving it so it stays on.

With it off the a/c is definitely better but I don't really feel like I am suffering with it on. Perhaps I will feel differently when the temp is consistently ~100 for a dew days.

 

Off for me. Having it ON when I drive only a short distance does nothing for better mileage. Even says so. Good for longer driving habits.

 

I used to leave it on but the car is so emasculated for 2 or 3 mpg. It's particularly frustrating in the stoplight to stoplight traffic SR45 and I have here. Seems like every vendor gives money off gas too. So I stopped.

 

Too sluggish for me around town/home. Only use it to eek out mpgs on trips. Just for fun, gas not to high right now.

 

Hoping that it would work for me, but exl500, thats the way it goes for us that drive little. Don't really care in my situation, I fill up once every two months or a tad less anyway

 

I only turn it on when I want to see how good I can get the MPG.

The funny thing is though that I got 44 without it, and 41 with it on. Now I just leave it off cause the car feels to slow with it on.

I do want to try and see if it helps in the city where I get the worst MPGs.

 

Off. One can learn to modulate the throttle for their needs depending on the situation. And in hot areas, which is 90% of what I drive, I need that a/c blowing as cold as it can be.

 

Haven't used the econ mode since I've owned my Fit. I suppose at some point I should try it just to see what difference it really makes.

 

I turned my on at the dealer when I purchased it and it hasn't been off since.

 

Respect...I made the mistake of turning mine off and now it's tough to turn it back on.

 

If I had a couple of extra cups of coffee, it would help even out the throttle foot, otherwise I do not use it because I like a responsive engine.

 

No such buttons for the Singapore version of Jazz.

 

No such button on the manual transmission version here, either.

 

i've also had the Eco button on since the dealership, other than few test runs with it turned off... i didn't notice enough performance impact to justify *not* keeping it turned on.

that said, i hit a long open stretch of road the other day & decided to see what kind of speed i could get without taking it out of Eco Mode.....

i topped-out at 100MPH.

... yeah, i don't think i need to take it off Eco Mode.

 

I'm assuming that you just quit at 100mph as opposed to the engine limiting your speed?

 

i don't think it would've gone a whole lot beyond that, this was also on an uphill grade, but yeah---once i hit that point i wasn't really comfortable going much higher! i do kind of wonder what it would max-out at without econ, but i suspect i'll probably never try to find out.

 

I don't think the Econ button limits maximum throttle speed. But yeah, probably a good idea you don't test it.

 

Gas mileage is one of the reasons I chose the Fit (LX automatic), so since picking it up a year ago, I drove in Econ Mode almost always (sometimes took it off for brief steep hill climbs). My mileage (rural roads and hiway, mostly) was in the 40mpg range (or 38-39 actual, per Fuelly). When it got really hot this summer, I decided to treat myself to better A/C, and turned the Econ Mode off. To my surprise, since then the mileage has been better (despite liberal use of A/C). Better by roughly 2 mpg (42 car-reported/40 Fuelly), consistent over 2-3 months of basically the same driving and many fuel-ups. This makes no sense to me, but at this point, I don't plan to turn the green leaf on again. Well, maybe I'll experiment again in the winter -- but as of now, I'm getting better mileage (plus good A/C) than I did for the 8 months of winter in Econ Mode.

Debbie L.