I got my all time best MPG 31.93 (302/9.456) all city driving.
I didnt change my driving style just tried out 91 octane for a chance and what a boost it did. Of course all I have is a K&N Typhoon Intake and my Fit has about 94xx miles. Dont know what to say...

 

Aha, link - 2008 Fuel Economy Tests. It shows the old and new ratings!
EPA'08 for Fit A/T actually looks okay, best to worse averages for some A/T vehicles:

31 Yaris
30 Fit, xA
29 Civic, Corolla, Rio, Mini Cooper
28 Versa CVT, Accent, Sentra 2.0L, xB
27 Versa A/T, Matrix/Vibe
26 Aveo, Focus, Spectra, Mazda3 2.0L, Mini CooperS, Sentra 2.5L
25 Audi A3, GTI
24 Aerio, Mazda3 2.3L, tC
22 Rabbit, Jetta

I guess I should feel good averaging 32-34. I wonder if the Yaris, xA, Versa, etc forums also have lots of A/T owners complaining about not easily achieving EPA'07 numbers?

 

I'm averaging 29-30 mpg.........

Now.....that's more like it.

48 mpg.........

 

I got a Honda Fit about a month ago after researching very carefully. I like the car, my first Honda and it seems like it is driving okay, but the gas mileage has been lousy. I am driving it very gently, easy on accelerating, trying to keep it below 3,000 rpms, driving it like an old lady. I now have about 980 miles on the car and I keep waiting for the gas mileage to improve, but it hasn't. I am only getting 21-22 miles per gallon in the city. I am not hauling around a bunch of stuff. Most of the time it is just me in the car. I haven't had a chance to drive it for any serious amount of time on the highway, yet. Any ideas on what the problem could be? I am getting upset because the main reason I bought this car was to get good gas mileage, but it is not doing much better than my 12 year old Subaru Legacy wagon.

 

I get about the same results as you do driving in the city, but I have an automatic. On the highway, I get around 36 MPG. I've also had mine for a month.

As far as driving like an old lady ... I thought we bought these supposedly fuel-efficient yet fun Fits so we *wouldn't* have to drive like an old lady to save gas. So we could drive normally and still enjoy great fuel efficiency. It sort of takes the enjoyment out of driving to do the "old lady" thing, IMO.

 

Your derisive old lady comments give the impression that you are tired of driving like old ladies. Feather footing tells exactly what it is. If you are tired, you haven't been feather footing. Feather footing is easy on the gas pedal, easy on planet Earth, easy on your wallet, easy on yourself. Its a change in philosophy...Zen of the pedal, as one might say. You must love to drive, love to look at planet Earth, love the people along the route you travel, love to accomplish your purposes with less fuel. It is more than philosophy or Zen....it is Love.

 

... and drive like my granny heading to church on Sunday. No thank ye.

 

At least with a standard transmission, it's more efficient to floor it.

 

I am all in favor of having a feather foot. The problem is doing the feather foot thing is not improving my gas mileage. Yes, I have an automatic, but I think something is wrong with 21-22 miles per gallon in the city. I am definitely having buyer's remorse over my Honda Fit. I wanted a car that gets excellent gas mileage and so far I have been very disappointed. I mentioned that I am driving like an old lady, because people behind me are giving me a hard time, but I'll gladly be an "old lady driver" if It would give me good mileage, but so far that hasn't happened.

 

For what it is worth, I am a leadfoot, especially from a stop. I use mid-grade gasoline too. I average 33 MPG around town (haven't been on the highway much).

~Peace

 

Hi leadfoot who gets 33 miles per gallon in the city, do you have an automatic or a standard? If you say automatic, then I know there is something wrong with my car. If you have a standard, then I guess that would be like comparing apples and oranges. I need to hear from Fit drivers with automatics.

 

• Mileage reports: Automatic transmission
• Sport Auto Trans gas mileage
• Low MPG thread
• AT Fuel Economy Poll

Two of those are stickies.

 

It an automatic (check my sig). From what I have read on this board my MPG is pretty much typical. Maybe you could try not feather footing it as much and see what happens. What grade gas are you using?

Course what litesong said was profound but.....

 

I have an autoMATIC BOM! Turned over 600! Filled up, calculated, and am getting 38 mpg. My drive is Hwy. and I'm happy to be getting that! My old car was an Escort ZX2, which I really liked, but it was getting up in miles and had broken down on me 3x's. I Love My FIT!!!!

 

Sport AT here with 4000kms on the odometer. Driving like an old lady is more like this:

- Try managing the RPMs up to 2500 rather than 3000. Revving to 3000 is still too fast in my opinion. With 2500, you'll learn what being light with the gas pedal really means.
- If equipped, use paddle shifters.
- Don't tailgate. Leave plenty of space. Use your brake only to come to a complete stop....NOT to slow down because you're following too close.
- Stick to the speed limit regardless of faster traffic flow.
- Know your route = know your traffic lights. Learn when to speed up/slow down in order to avoid jack-rabbit start/stops.

 

My mileage pretty much sucked until I hit about 2-3000 miles on the engine... I changed the oil around 4500 and it got even better.

Now I get around 28-30 city (installed a CAI, which could knock me down a bit too) with a lead foot and 36-40 highway. And I have an MT.

 

My take on it is this -- stop babying it and just drive. You've got an engine that makes its peak torque at 4800 rpm. That's not a mistake on Honda's part, the engine was designed work better at higher revs, period. Constantly doping around at 2500-3000 rpm means you're never really getting into the engine's sweet spot and thus are actually making it work harder (especially in Pittsburgh w/ all the hills; hills and low revs=higher load and more gas burned than if you were in the revs where the engine makes power easily). The engine doesn't even really start to come alive until at least 3k and even then that's a bit low. You're past the 600 mile break-in, so there's no reason to not rev past 4k when the situation requires, and I guarantee that if you start to use the full range of the engine more you'll find the car easier to drive. I've got an MT so my figures can't compare, but still I get 28-29 mpg average in the city and that's with an intake and exhaust. You've been babying it and your mileage sucks, so try actually pushing it and see what happens -- it can't get any worse, and it'll probably get better.

 

Here's my sport a/t data for the year so far, odo approaching 19k:

 

There are many ways you can drive to save gas which do not involve driving slow! In fact, accelerating too slow lowers your mileage since it keeps you in lower gears. Just to name a few ways to increase mpg without driving slow: tires at 40 psi, tint, coasting much longer distances, picking spots near exits in parking lots. Hey with coasting, the faster you go the more mpg you get!

Since you like "fun" driving I'd add something I don't personally do: cornering with minimum brakes. Believe me, that's "fun".

 

OK, I've got to ask, how does tint increase your car's fuel efficiency?

Eric