You lucky son of a B. I wish i got 40. I live in San francisco, full of hills. Glad to hear from another hapy fit owner. What always impresses me is it can get its mileage, and is pretty fast.

 

Doc,

My results on the first tank with my AT Sport were similar (39 mpg), but never equaled in the next 8 months of driving. Probably due to delivery dealer filling the tank COMPLETELY, and the average gas pump clicking off before complete filling is achieved. There are several threads on tank filling technique vs. accurate mpg calculations. I hope that you will see similar results in the future, but I doubt that you will.

 

So has anyone been able to verify if damage is done when over filling? I like the idea of getting 400 miles before filling up again, guess i am lazy,

Utnorris

 

Filling technique should not effect MPG calculations at all... you just need to be consistent about how YOU fill it. On the first tank, it will not be 100% accurate, since you did not fill it up, you don't know how much they did or did not squeze in. Each fuel pump may vary slightly about when it clicks off, but we're talking a fraction of a MPG. The filler neck on a Fit is really long, probably a gallon or more... so it could have a major impact on calculations if you are not consistent about it. (400mi/10ga (not filling the neck) = 40MPG. 400mi/11gal (filling the neck) = 36.6MPG)

 

Filling technique affects mpg calculations if it isn't always filled, or is never filled, or anywhere in between. As you said, consistency is key to accuracy in calculations.

 

One thing you have to realize is I am in Colorado and this was going through a pass and through mountain twisties. I am highly impressed with this car.

 

Actually I topped the tank off after I ran the dealer fillup down to 3/4 tank and then started calculating my mileage

 

359miles and 8.6gl to fill = 41.7mpg

 

Sweet, I'm on target for around that on my 2nd tank

 

So the first tank was not a fluke.

2nd fillup was 38.78mpg. This was very mountainous terrain a/c on and varied city driving. I expected to get much less and was super surprised!!!

Overall average is close to 41mpg on 2 tanks.

 

2nd tank of gas= 375 miles took 8.7 gallons = 43.1 mpg

 

My Running average is 36.6 mpg
(76.93 gallons, 2811.6 miles)

 

I made a trip from Dallas to tallahassee, Fl last week and this what I got.
Going down and driving at an average speed of 75+ I got roughly 33mpg. Coming back I decided I would try something different. I drove at 65 mph or less and got roughly 38.5 mpg on the first tank. I decided I needed to make up some time so I drove at a higher speed after that. So my conclusion is that if you can drive at 65 mph or less you should be able to get at least 38mpg. I have not tried this in city driving, but I will do this in this upcoming week to see if I can get better gas mileage. Also, I asked the service tech at the dealership about topping off the tank and he said it wouldn't do any harm. I figure he should know if it would or not. At 38mpg this would allow me to get roughly 450 miles out of each tank before having to refuel which is pretty sweet if you ask me. Anyway, thought everyone might be interested. In the future please post your driving speed with your mpg average. I am curious if it is just me that is getting these results.
Thank you,
Utnorris

 

Yahoo autos states that the civic in general gets better overall mileage with a larger 1.8L engine, Automatic transmission being the higher @ 40Mpg. The Fit gets clocked in at 38Mpg with a Manual. Does anyone own an 06-07 civic? I want to know if it's true that.

 

Lots of highway driving at 60 to 75 mph and commuting.

 

I had an '06 Civic and saw a consistent 27mpg (between 26 and 28) in the city and about 38-39mpg for the few all-highway trips I took.



First tank on my MT Fit = 29.5mpg! Not bad for a newbie stickshifter driving all city miles.

 

Im averaging around 35-38mpg for my manual tranny. Very nice I must say.

 

I average about 38-40 MPG. Running at about 65-70 MPH. Less of course running around 85-90 MPH. I love this car, worth the money!!!!

 

First tank of gas from the dealer, don't know the brand, or how they filled it (topped off or not). Got 34.7 with about 60% freeway @ 80 mph and 40% mountain roads.

 

Second tank got 37.7 mpg ...