I drove almost 2600km since end of Jan. And I got mostly 390km per tank! Well, mine is an AT sport but 100km difference per tank is a lot. I'm kind of disappointed about my Fit's fuel economy.

 

In the city use the + paddle shifter to upshift gears, 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4 and 4 to 5, do quick clicks, never let the rpm go over 3K/gear... and do that while always in D, so for downshift you will not have to do it manually (S mode only)... if you let the traditional AT do its ritual in changing gears, besides it's slower than the paddle shifter, it will change each gear after it went up to 4K rpm/gear, unless you drive like a 80 yo granny and to reach the 5th gear will take you the whole summer... with the paddle shifter smart usage you should get about 450 kms in the city per tank... for the open road, use the cruise control and you should get about 7 L/100 km at 120 km/h cruising speed... better than that, city and hwy, I do not think it's possible with the AT unless, again, you drive like a mentally challenged individual, never exceeding 90 km/h on the hwy...
Bottom line, the lower the rpm, the better the gas mileage
Chris

 

Got the car in mid December
12,xxx Km on it

about 460-470 km per tank

 

If you wanna help, provide CLEAR details about your model, MT or AT Sport, city or highway, that's the only way people will understand you correctly!
Chris

 

i answered the original poster's questions
but thanks for your input

 

I have Lx , Mt mostly city driving for now!
I Have 750km right now. I have been gettin 350km per tank

 

450 kms/tank in the city (but using wisely the pedal shifters so the rpm never goes over 3K rpm) and 7L/100 km hwy using the cruise control on 120 km/h
Chris

 

I bought my car in February 2007, Storm Silver, 5MT with 6000km on it. I get 467km/tank. I always drive at the highest gear possible. The area I live in is still a developing area so it's like driving on highway.

 

Yeah, I guess depends on where you live too. Like if you live in Ottawa, where basically flat everywhere, you don't have to do too much up/down hill.

But for me, I drove up/down hill everyday, up the #1 cut in North Van, no wonder my fuel economy sucks. I will try more "simulated" MT.

 

Have 2300 km on my BOM MT, bought 02/13/07.
Get about 350 km/tank, 98% city driving so far- New West to East Van and back.
Am taking it on a road trip to Kamloops later this week, so will be interesting to see how she does mileage-wise .

 

wisely using the paddle shifters (the rpm never goes over 3K in the city), 430-450 Km/full tank, city only, open road about 7L/100 km with the cc on 120 km/h...
So far 38K Km since last August...
Chris

 

Am trying to correct my own post, not having much luck. Earlier post should have read "Get about 450 km/tank".
I'd be pretty p.o.'d if I were only getting 350!

 

No problem to do just 350 km/tank if you want the rpm to go close to the red zone on a regular basis... not your case nor mine
Chris

 

i shift between 2500 to 3000..almost never over 3500rpm.. I do however have to drive uphill everyday to get home

 

10700km april 13 2006 woots

 

Auto, DX, bought 1/25/07. Have 4850 kms. City driving. 1st full tank since I bought (I usually only put $25-$30 in tank per time so it never gets full, but that's all I've budgeted for). I'm at the almost 1/4 tank mark and it's at 297 kms. Hopefully, car will get 400kms per tank like my old civic. I'm a little disappointed that I don't get better gas mileage.

 

Got almost 5500km since Jan 2007. Oil life still 40%. Just wondering should I wait for oil life to drop to 15% or should change it at 6000km, or every 6 months?

First car with maintenance minder.

 

I just got my fit 4 days ago. Got 396kms on it and a little over half way through my first tank of gas the dealer gave me.

 

Got my fit today, and it had 24km on it?? Well seeing as it came all the way from Japan that's not bad, eh

 

Fit DX AT purchased 2006/07/01
145,000km mostly highway driven.

My wife knows I'm crazy because I've recorded every gas purchase onto a Excel spreadsheet to calculate the overall gas consumption as well as a running average of the last 10 fills.
Overall gas consumption is 6.9 liters/100 km (calculated by using total distance and total fuel ever used).
This is about 34.1 miles/US gallon
or 40.9 miles/imperial gallon.

My brother-in-law is using the same spreadsheet for his 2006 Corolla (MT, no air conditioning and very conservatively driven). I sure wish I could get his mileage!

We got 705,000 km from our previous Honda - love those Hondas!