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RedDevil · 02-23-2016, 07:16 AM

175/85/r15? Are you sure?
OEM should be 175/65/R15...

If you really are using 85's then your tires are 7 cm (almost 3 inch) taller than they should be, you'd get 10% more miles and speed than the car indicates.
Then you have already met your 40 mpg goal with room to spare!

Edit: Looking up the specs I see different tire sizes listed for the 2007 Fit model; some use 175/65/R14, some 175/65/R15 - which is an inch taller.
If yours is supposed to have the R14s your tires would be almost 4 inches tall...

Best to go by the manual...

02-23-2016, 07:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
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