General Fit Talk General Discussion on the Honda Fit/Jazz.

How do you fill up?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Oct 22, 2008 | 03:42 PM
  #1  
Pacedog's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 58
From: MILTON
How do you fill up?

a. stop at the first click

b. pause a minute at the first click and then keep filling until next click

c. try and slam it full of gas past 2,3 and 4 clicks and rock the car to make sure the air is sufficiently out to put more gas in

I am a "C" choice guy myself.
 
Old Oct 22, 2008 | 03:46 PM
  #2  
JamesBizzle's Avatar
Member
5 Year Member
iTrader: (13)
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,982
From: Cerritos, Ca
umm. First click, but I set the pump on the slowest setting (you know the little thing that holds the trigger down) while fueling. I've herd that if you do this, along with getting gas when it's cold out. you'll get more gas in your tank cause fuel's more dense. and you're not over filling.

Note: This is what I heard
 
Old Oct 22, 2008 | 03:50 PM
  #3  
JDMxGE8's Avatar
Member
5 Year Member
iTrader: (6)
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 5,658
From: Temple City, CA
Why didn't you just make this into a poll? I usually stop at the first click.
 
Old Oct 22, 2008 | 04:00 PM
  #4  
Mela_SC's Avatar
Member
5 Year Member
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 231
From: Greer, SC
a, since I wanted to put some more in after the first click the other day and I had gasoline all over the side of my car
Plus I don't have a minute to wait I'm in a hurry. ALWAYS.
 
Old Oct 22, 2008 | 06:34 PM
  #5  
Fa1's Avatar
Fa1
Member
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 710
From: San Francisco, CA
Temp really doesn't matter much when you're filling up. The station's tanks are deep underground will little temp change. The only variable is your warm gas tank, but I doubt that changes how much you can fill up.
 
Old Oct 22, 2008 | 06:49 PM
  #6  
vintagesierra's Avatar
Member
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 85
From: Kenton, Ohio
I usually go to first click but then pump it a bit more to get an even number, don't really know why since I pay with a debit card but hey!
 
Old Oct 22, 2008 | 07:06 PM
  #7  
shazaam's Avatar
Member
5 Year Member
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,013
From: ND
first click and on first/slowest setting unless I can't for some odd reason spare 30se then I guess I'll rock it on the fastest n yea.
crap part is, going on teh slowest setting makes it seem like you're putting in 15gallons or somethin when most fillups for me are 6-9gal.
 
Old Oct 22, 2008 | 07:19 PM
  #8  
enjoito's Avatar
Member
iTrader: (12)
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,391
From: 808 state
after the first click i reset it and wait till it stops dripping
 
Old Oct 23, 2008 | 09:26 PM
  #9  
pcs0snq's Avatar
Member
5 Year Member
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,049
From: lake worth FL
You did not mention this method.

I'm not recommending this, but have done it a few times.

After the 1st click, pull the nozzle almost out, so you can see the gas flow out of it and into the filler neck. The tip is still well in the filler neck. Some pumps you will need to pull back the fumes collar on the pump.

Now slowly add the fuel. This can take as long as 5 min, but you will find you can add 2.5 to 3 gals till you can see it in the neck. At that point, you can say it's topped off.

Thats how I got an easy 700 mile tank
 
Old Oct 23, 2008 | 09:48 PM
  #10  
Super Mario's Avatar
Member
5 Year Member
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,625
From: San Diego, CA
Stop at first click so that I can get an accurate MPG calculation on my following fill up.
 
Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:49 PM
  #11  
feddup's Avatar
Member
iTrader: (1)
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,155
From: Kansas City
Shove?

Man if you want objective MPG data then you'll try to remove the human element! I know about how much gas my car needs. If it needs 9 gallons then after I've put in 4 then I back off to the slowest notch, setting whatever and allow the tank to fill slowly so as to allow air to dissipate. I hope most fit freaks are aware the gas tank is under the front seat and that makes the filler "tube" longer than usual.
 
Old Oct 24, 2008 | 04:51 PM
  #12  
Rockrover's Avatar
Member
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 128
From: Santa Fe
Fast setting to first click...Wait 5 seconds hit it again until second click. Done.

My mpg plot's look like a pogo stick competition, but overall it's about the average over many tanks...Not just about one trip or tank.

--D
 
Old Oct 24, 2008 | 10:04 PM
  #13  
solbrothers's Avatar
Member
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 7,343
From: Vallejo, Ca
5 Year Member
more gas = more weight = less mpg.

i stop at the first click
 
Old Oct 24, 2008 | 10:23 PM
  #14  
07fitsport's Avatar
Member
5 Year Member
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 959
From: louisiana
go to first click then add about another 1/2 to 1 gallon and get better mpg and miles out of my FIT ...so i dont believe that more weight = less mpg
 
Old Oct 24, 2008 | 10:31 PM
  #15  
solbrothers's Avatar
Member
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 7,343
From: Vallejo, Ca
5 Year Member
Originally Posted by 07fitsport
go to first click then add about another 1/2 to 1 gallon and get better mpg and miles out of my FIT ...so i dont believe that more weight = less mpg
how does more gas = better mpg?
 
Old Oct 27, 2008 | 12:45 AM
  #16  
SeniorsFit's Avatar
New Member
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 6
From: Irwin, Ca
I've heard poeple say that you better gas mileage /w your tank full, but common sense says you would get better mpg /w the tank empty because of weight.... any comments?
 
Old Oct 29, 2008 | 05:03 PM
  #17  
cleco's Avatar
New Member
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 2
From: USA
I do first click.

I used to just fill up to the nearest dollar but realized that it was never the same so it always gave me different MPG caculations

So now I just fill to the first click so now I have less chance of getting too many variables
 
Old Oct 29, 2008 | 05:24 PM
  #18  
gimme's Avatar
Master FitFreaker
iTrader: (13)
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 4,253
From: Phoenix
5 Year Member
Originally Posted by solbrothers
more gas = more weight = less mpg.

i stop at the first click
i have to agree with this
 
Old Oct 29, 2008 | 06:34 PM
  #19  
Scratch&Dent's Avatar
Member
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 542
From: Northeast GA
5 Year Member
I fill with 11 gallons, but rounded to the nearest dollar. That way I know what I need to do to get over 40 MPG.
 
Old Oct 29, 2008 | 06:48 PM
  #20  
pcs0snq's Avatar
Member
5 Year Member
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,049
From: lake worth FL
Not advocating a full fill as stated before, but re/ cost.

I'd be willing to bet the reduced trips with the extra 100 miles worth of fuel will be more $$$ saved then the cost of reduced FE with the extra 12 to 18lbs the 2 to 3 gals has.

I fill with 11 gallons, but rounded to the nearest dollar.
are you saying you can fill 11 gals into your 2007 Fit?
 



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:05 PM.