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Old 05-31-2011, 10:17 AM   #211 (permalink)
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Al the Third, year four - '13 Honda Fit Base
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Now that was a good morning commute. I got in the car this morning and there were a little over 300 miles on the tank, with the car reading 27.9 MPG so far (all the Massholes had to clog our roads on Friday night). Since I'm going on a trip tomorrow I've got the big roof box on and I was dreading what I'd see on the gauges. Compounding that was the late start that I got.

The box isn't too bad for normal driving. Pre-hypermiling I figured it cost me 1 MPG or so, pretty impressive for something that large. I figured it would have a worse effect now, especially since I was in a rush but I was wrong. After just under 45 miles this morning the car's back up to showing 28.5 for the tank! Pre-hypermiling with last friday's traffic and this morning's sprint with the box I'd be lucky to have 19 MPG on this tank. Of course a "sprint" today tops out where "regular commute with the cruise on" used to stay.

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Originally Posted by sheepdog44 View Post
Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%

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