So I finally got to cycle through practically an entire tank with nothing but freeway driving (with a couple of small exceptions).

At any rate, driving between 60 and 65 mph, but with some upgrades and downgrades, I ended up with 40.4 mpg.

One thing I think works, is to NOT use cruise control. That way, when you're going uphill, you're not trying to accelerate. By letting the speed bleed off and maintaining constant pressure on the accelerator pedal, you don't get penalized quite as hard.

 

nice mileage dude! I wish i got near 40 mpg...i'm stuck at like 31 for now <_>

 

hahaha i could do that too but i cant controll myself 65 is just to slow for me congrats on good mpg

 

i get about 30 mpg.....about 300 miles per a tank......

but i'm usually 80 mph+ on the freeway.......

 

See, I used to do that all the time. But that was when I owned cars specifically for 80mph being a light cruising speed.

In fact, I would often cruise at 110mph or so in the old air-cooled Porsche. In my old GTI, I even managed 137mph with a full load of passengers and luggage. All time record was about 154ish in a Mercedes C-Class while living in Germany.

That being said, with gas prices being so high, it's just not as much fun anymore. Maybe someday I'll have a sports car specifically for high speed driving. In the meantime, if I have a car that has good mileage as a selling point, I'm going to try to max it out.

 

woah impressive...mine best was like 7.5l/100km or around 32mpg

 

I cant drive 60mph in my Fit. Thats what I do on city roads normally. If Im on the freeway/highway and Im at 60mph the car pushes me to get to 70-80mph. Plus the car easies to higher speeds once above 60mph.

Anytime Im on the freeway for a longer time I can see my gas gauge slowly dropping.
I did manage 38mpg city once. I jumped with gleeeeeee

 

WOW 40 MPG!! Thats awesome man, i wish mine could acheive that.
I just cant roll 60-65 on the freeway. Id get pushed off the road around here.

Tyler

 

Wow, congrats on the 40 mpg range. It makes me wanna try it now, but I have no road trips planned. Also I've noticed that the Cruise Control likes to pound on the gas until it gets to the right speed and feels very different from pedaling lightly.

 

Yah, the Fit's cruise control logic for hills sucks. Letting the speed bleed a little and pick it back up on the other side is the best. Constant speed is next. But the Fit falls behind and then smashes the throttle, and then overshoots the speed to boot!

 

I have to call BS to that.

CA-4E to 680N to 80E to 50E to Bus-80 to 80W to 680S to CA-4W was the first loop.

CA-4E to 680S to 101S and then 101N to 680N to CA-4W was the second trip.

Not once did I exceed 67 mph.

You won't get pushed off the road. It's called getting in the right lane, and not letting other people try to intimidate you. You should move to NJ where it's a requirement that you not let other people push you around in a car.

 

I'm on my second tank of gas and got a mileage of 41,9. I hope it stays that way. I go mostly short distances, and a lot of city driving...

 

how many miles do u have on ur car?

 

A bit over 500, I bought it with 121 miles on it. But I think the mileage will go down a bit as time goes by

 

lol, i dont know man. Mine went up as my mileage increased. Who knows you might be super lucky and continue getting great mileage results. Keep us posted

 

.....ditto

 

fitftw, I hope I'm one of the lucky ones I think the secret is NOT to let my husband drive too much *lol* He has a fast car and might try to drive the Fit fast, too..

 

Okay, I'm going to make a wild guess: does someone in your household work at the BMW factory that just so happens to be in your town?

 

Good guess No, my husband works for a BMW supplier here in the area. I work for Honda *lol*

 

Close enough!