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How fit is the Fit?

September 20th, 2007

Last year around May, my husband and I purchased a 2007 Honda Fit. We were among the very first Fit owners — I signed up for the mailing list, and we emailed the dealer as soon as we saw they were available. We got the lowest email quote (by a good bit) from Ed Voyles Honda, and wound up buying there. We are very happy with it. We love the blue color (which was decided because I was the winner of a round of mini-golf — John wanted red at first, but now he likes the blue.) We love the way the seats fold up and down and how much space there is. We love how it handles and feels and everything. We love the plug-in for our MP3 player. Etc, etc, etc.

Anyways, people always ask what kind of gas mileage it gets. And I always make up some number between about 25 and 50 mpg depending on how good of a mood I’m in. But now we’re going to find out what gas mileage it reeeealllly gets!

Well, sort of. My tracking system isn’t the best. I don’t record what kind of driving I was doing at the time, and I don’t always record anything if we forget to reset the trip meter. But otherwise I write the mileage on my gas receipt and stuff it in the glove compartment. So I decided it was time to empty the glove compartment.

Here’s a graph of the MPG data. The average of this data is 27.2 MPG.

Here is the original data:

So, how does this compare with the published stats?

On Honda’s website, the posted mileage for the 2008 model given the new 2008 EPA mileage estimates is 27/33/29 (City/Highway/Combined).

I’d say that’s pretty close (assuming the 2007 and 2008 Fits have comparable gas mileage), especially since I live 5 miles from work, and most of my driving is not highway driving. Kudos to the EPA for enforcing some reasonable standard, I guess!

The stats for the 2007 model before the 2008 EPA standards, according to Edmunds was 33/38 (City/Highway). Which is… ah… optimistic, shall we say.

So anyways, my conclusion is that the Fit is pretty fit. Although on a somewhat related note, I read a cool interview regarding the Volt and the possible rebirth of the Electric Car. Yay, fuel economy!

Tagged: Fit, mini-golf, mpg