I registered there as well, same username. It's a great website.

 

great I'll look for your results.

Anyone have a feel for how much (if any) my mpg will improve as the car "breaks in"? I'm at 900 total miles now.

 

it's funny to me that when i tell people i drive "granny style", it's actually called hypermiling!!! haha.

i did drive like that for quite a while, just to challenge my fit to get the best mileage. when i got 42 mpg on 2 consecutive tanks, i felt i reached my limit. now i gun it like a maniac-much more fun

 

From everything I've read on here it seems 6000 is a magic number, when everyone seems to start showing improved mileage. I have not yet reached that, but fuel economy is always logged so it will be charted.

 

I tried P&G today and for my commute it's no good for me. Worse than that, after maybe 20 stop/starts the mpg on the scanner was 34avg for this normal commute that gets 36+ with a steady 19 miles at 65mph.

That said, I need to call the scanner folks today and ask some questions. When I shut the eng off I did turn the ign back to on, so other than some brief total off times driving and maybe 4 total off times when stopped at a light and the brief time when rolling doing the P&G, I can't explain why around 2 miles are missing from my normal 26 mile ride as reported on the scanner. I plan to look closer at this.

 

I believe the scanner has a "hybrid mode" you have to put it in, otherwise it will stop processing data if the engine is not running...

 

You must of never tried P&G Pules and Glide , one of the basic hypermilling Techniques. You would wreck if you goofed off for more than 10'. It's a great deal of work and I tried it today for the 1st time. It's no good on any street with med to heavy traffic. It invites road rage when slow under the limit and your blocked when going over by traffic.

 

Thanks Rich. It will be to hard for me to P&G in my location and my feeling is the small gain is not worth the risks with all the actions or the additional ware and tear on the car with the constant stopping and starting. I was surprised how fast a Fit will coast down from 65 to 55 adding to the fun with the fast frequency of the cycle....

I need to try some of the other Advance tech for sure.

 

I did some 1 sec drafting in the 65mph range. Large truck with containers. This was on about 70% of my normal 19mile drive on the free-way part of my commute. I entered the road at 36mpg on my scanner and when I exited it was over 43. I have never seenn that kind of MPG to data and of all the techniques like this one the best. Availability of the target truck is the real issue of course...

 

Yesterday / last night I went to the parents house - 160 mile round trip. Rather than torturing the car with a lot of pulse and glide, I tried to drive steady at the average speed it would amount to: about 52.5, and only gliding in sections I know would last for 20+ seconds. Sure enough I was up to about 230 miles before the fuel gauge went below half - about the same as with pulse and gliding the entire trip. I'll see how this translates next time I get gas (which might be a while).

 

Congrats. I think if you factor in the danger of the P&G and the toll on your FIT, it's a no brainer.

I wish I could travel at 50 or 55.
It's just not possible in SE Fla.
@ 65 I'm already putting my Fit and self at risk for Road Rage catalyst by 18 wheelers, SUV's and Red Necks.

 

Yeah I wouldn't be doing 52 during a weekday, but weekend evenings seem to work out. I was even playing pied piper to a corolla and a prius for a few segments.