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!