GOOD-BYE YARIS, HELLO FIT!

[PaidTimeOff]

Originally Posted by nsmitchell

I have gotten great highway miles in my Yaris. Over 46MPG. You could see my posts except for the YW site crash. The only thing is my Fit got 46.6mpg on the highway using cruise control at 65MPH. My scanguage tells me that my Yaris just can't pull those numbers unless I'm hypermiling. If I hypermiled the Fit it would most likly get in the 50s, which I only got once in my Yaris, going 55MPH with cruise control on a fairly flat highway.

The Fit's 5 speed auto may be responsible for the great MPGs.

Just curious, were these numbers the ones posted on your FiT realtime mpg screen, actual fill-up calculation, or did you plug in your scanguage to test?

[roxy1]

if you look at the mileage forum for the new fit over at fit freak, youve got all kinds of folks sayin, "im happy, i got 42 mpg on my computer." from the looks of things, the fit computer mileage is way off (4 mpg for many of them). so, there arent that many of them actual breaking 40 mpg in real life. im not bashing the fit. it is a terrific car. i almost traded my yaris for one, but in the end went with the more sedate, comfortable (for me) ride of the corolla, with just as good, or better, mpg's from all the data i could find from real drivers and from my real life experience after 3 tanks. im just adding a little reality to the hyperbole.

[Bob_VT]

Originally Posted by roxy1

if you look at the mileage forum for the new fit over at fit freak, youve got all kinds of folks sayin, "im happy, i got 42 mpg on my computer." from the looks of things, the fit computer mileage is way off (4 mpg for many of them). so, there arent that many of them actual breaking 40 mpg in real life. im not bashing the fit. it is a terrific car. i almost traded my yaris for one, but in the end went with the more sedate, comfortable (for me) ride of the corolla, with just as good, or better, mpg's from all the data i could find from real drivers and from my real life experience after 3 tanks. im just adding a little reality to the hyperbole.

Yup honda is known for having accuracy problems. Remember when they got busted for having the odometers running too fast and making cars go out of warranty faster. They had to notify 6 million owners http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...ter-usat_x.htm Which makes people think they are getting better MPG.

[PetersRedYaris]

Originally Posted by Bob_VT

Yup honda is known for having accuracy problems. Remember when they got busted for having the odometers running too fast and making cars go out of warranty faster. They had to notify 6 million owners http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...ter-usat_x.htm Which makes people think they are getting better MPG.

This is true, I was notified about our 2006 Civic. But what's strange is the speed indicated on the digital speedometer (at interstate speeds) matches my Garmin GPS exactly. So my mileage was never off to begin with...

Also, mileage indicators in cars have always been known to be optimistic. What's really cool in the Fit though, is the immediate mileage indicator. Most people don't know how to drive their car to acheive maximum mileage, but this makes it fool proof. Every car should have one... Are you listening Toyota?

[nsmitchell]

Originally Posted by roxy1

if you look at the mileage forum for the new fit over at fit freak, youve got all kinds of folks sayin, "im happy, i got 42 mpg on my computer." from the looks of things, the fit computer mileage is way off (4 mpg for many of them). so, there arent that many of them actual breaking 40 mpg in real life. im not bashing the fit. it is a terrific car. i almost traded my yaris for one, but in the end went with the more sedate, comfortable (for me) ride of the corolla, with just as good, or better, mpg's from all the data i could find from real drivers and from my real life experience after 3 tanks. im just adding a little reality to the hyperbole.

Yep, that's a fact. The Fit's MPG computer is off. I don't know how it calculates but it needs work. The Scanguage can be tweaked each time you fill up, thus it can be very accurate. Mine is accurate to 1/10 of a gallon consistently. In my previous post my MPG calculator was actually under the real MPG number. Weird.

I can't wait to do another trip in the Fit. I may go to Charlottesville tomorrow, but that's only 130 miles round trip. My wife drives it most of the time! I wanna Fit!

[nsmitchell]

Originally Posted by PaidTimeOff

Just curious, were these numbers the ones posted on your FiT realtime mpg screen, actual fill-up calculation, or did you plug in your scanguage to test?

The 46.6 MPG was actual, at the pump, calculation. 242 miles using 5.2 gallons. 46.53 actually. My built in gauge showed 44 MPG. I didn't use my Scanguage, didn't need to since it's built in. Very Cool.

I can tell you the Fit will get better MPGs because I've done this same trip to Harrisonburg before and did't get 46.6 MPG in my Yaris. With cruise control my Yaris pulls about 40 to 42MPG on this trip. In the city I'm seeing roughly the same MPGs. Between 30-34MPG in both the Fit and the Yaris.

[bobby]

I LOVE MY PHIT MORE & MORE EACH DAY.

I made a gooooooood choice!

[nsmitchell]

Originally Posted by bobby

I LOVE MY PHIT MORE & MORE EACH DAY.

I made a gooooooood choice!

You are one crazy guy! Crazy like a fox!