New owner, 2010 sport manual.
OK, so around town in the first week I was happy to get about 32.5-33 mpg in my first couple tanks of gas, this is better by almsot 8 mpg than I got in city driving in my Cooper S (supercharged model) and I don't have to spend the $.30 a gallon more for premium fuel in the Fit.

We did a trip to Memphis last weekend to drop the kids off with grandparents for a couple weeks, I actually got 36.4 mpg on one tank, that was with the wife and I and our 3 kids in the back seat along with a cargo area full of there stuff and I pretty much kept it pegged at 70 mph, I do not use cruise control, ever.

On the return trip it was the wife and I, driving the same speed, but with a dresser, power washer, weed eater, and a few other things in the hatch area, half a tank of highway driving and the rest was city driving to work and back 2 days, and when I filled up last night I got 33.4 mpg.

I'm very happy with this, I was shocked that I actually got higher than the EPA highway rating on out road trip, never expected that.

When I run a spread sheet comparing the Fit to the Mini, factoring in the premium cost for 93 Octane over what I need in the Fit as well as mpg difference based on commuting driving, I will save just under $1k a year in fuel cost. Factory that with the $40 a month less payment and I'm saving $120 a month over driving the Mini.

One thing I was shocked to see was that the Fit insurance premium went up a few bucks a month, I never expected that, not that its a big deal as a married homeowner in the burbs in his late 30's has crazy cheap insurance anyway.

 

Good write up. I bet you couldn't have "fit" all that stuff you hauled, in your Mini S. Thanks for sharing. Happy Fit motoring!

 

Absolutely, I couldn't have had me the wife and the 3 kids in the Mini, it only had 2 across seating.
We also have a Mazda5 which is like a mini-mini-van. It has dual sliding doors and a 3rd row but the center seats are split and the rear only seats 2 so its only a 6 seater and if you have the 3rd row up for seating the 3rd kid the cargo space is half the size of the Fit, seriously.

2 adults and 3 small kids can travel with mroe cargo in the Fit than can travel in the 2006+ Mazda5, thats crazy, and the Mazda gets 27mpg on the highway.

 

The Fit is competitive with the Mazda 5? go figure. What about FPG (kids Fighting Per Gallon)? That must be higher with them squished together in the back.

 

Thanks for sharing with my first week of owning the Fit Sport in Auto, I get about 280 miles-300 miles on a full tank...I wish the tank was bigger so it would last longer before fill up. Still a great car to get around in and very versatile.

 

The last couple of tanks of daily driving, commuting/city driving, I'm consistenetly getting mileage in the mid-33 mpg range, I'm very happy to get that with regular grade fuel.

 

Now that I have a couple weeks of driving to benchmark average mpg based on a normal week to run comparisons to the Mini I did a spreadsheet that gives a cost savings based on car payment changes and cost savings on fuel based on the difference in mpg and cost of premium to regular.
I had a note on the Mini and when I combine the monthly payment difference and the gas difference based on the 17k mile per year I currently average I am saving $119 a month compared to the Mini, thats nice!

If anyone would like a copy of the excel spreadsheet to use for future car purchase comparisons please feel free to PM me your e-mail address. It has calcs on it where you can even get your car payment based on the months, interest rate, and amount financed so it serves a few functions.

 

The neat thing is that your mileage is going to improve as it accumulates more miles... At about 18000 miles you will have it fully broken in..