Just wondering about experiences with fuel, are you folks treating your Fit to the regular unleaded, the middle one or the Super? Any problems or issues using the regular unleaded over the long term?

I've been arguing with my wife over the fact that we should probably put the Super in (long term), once we buy our Fit.

 

there are a lot of other post's out about what fuel to use but in my findings there is really no reason to use anything but 87 (which honda recomends) unless you have a bunch of power add on's. i have used 93 twice and didnt see any difference in mileage or performance so i am sticking with 87.

 

usually 87 but once in a while ill put 91

 

87 no point in using anything higher on a stock fit.

 

Use what the manual tells you to use. *puts on glasses* Page 136 in the Honda Fit manual says:

 

for the NOOBIE that can't be bothered to SEARCH a nice small 5,000+ post thread to answer your question. We sure don't need ANOTHER octane post. Your WIFE knows more about cars than you there is no benefit to using super and wasting all that extra money.

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...ghlight=octane

 

Ugh...MTBE. Saw a documentary on it earlier this year. It said that MTBE cannot be broken down naturally. The grossest thing I learned is that the underground gas tanks at gas stations would leak and the fuel will get mixed into ground water and sewage. Currently there's no water filtration process that can filter these additives. In fact, City of Santa Monica sued the petrol companies that use MTBE and won. With that money they're putting it into a new filtration plant that could remove this harmful substance. That's why I now longer drink was from the tap. I only bottled water here in Santa Monica. It's upsetting because the companies can easily use ethonal as an additive, which is much cleaner and breaks down but the process is more expensive so they choose the cheaper MTBE because it's readily available. It's a byproduct of processed crude oil.

It's ironic how new EPA laws are meant to help the environment one way but it is negated by destroying it in another. We get clean air with MTBE but we poison our bodies and environment with it. Sorry for the side track, just thought you guys should know.

 

I've always noticed a slight amount of performance when using a higher octane...When i went on a road trip i used premium and noticed 2-3 extra mpg difference (highway)

People have always told me that the fuel pre detonates and yada yada its bad for the engine but...all of my cars i've been doing this with for a while and have never noticed anything but extra mpg gains. Correct me if i'm wrong...but i've always used premium at chevron...and i've never had a catastrophic engine failure yet lol~

 

i use the regular unleaded here in california. i think it's like 87 or something, i don't really pay attention but i know it's fine. just use regular and don't worry about it. my family's had a couple of accords with 200k+ miles on them. just sold them but the motors were perfectly fine, always passed smog never had any motor problems, and we always used regular unleaded. also used fram filters 100% of the time, even though everybody says they're really horrible. but they were fine on our cars so i don't know.

i guess what i'm trying to say is just don't worry about using higher octane you'll be alright with regular! (thumbs up)

 

Hey, just use regular and your Fit will love it! I put Super in a few weeks after I bought the car and it hated that gas. Did not run as smoothly - I ran it out and filled with 87 and it purred like a
kitten

Cat :x

 

Regular, name-brand gas is good. BP/Amoco, Chevron/Texaco, even the Citgo from Mr. Hate's country (Venezuela).
I did have one BAD tankful of cheapass gas. I was almost out of gas, and bought it at a no-name station near my house. I usually get 34MPG on name-brand regular, but got only 21 with that gas. Next time I need gas in that neighborhood, I will take my chances on running out.