Honda FIT Delivers Great MPG on Fishing Trip

Here at University Honda we have discovered many of our staff members have a soft spot for fishing. So we organized a Newport OR fishing trip last weekend, and took two new 2009 Honda FITs: both sport models, one with automatic transmission and the other with a manual 5-speed stick. Armed with an onslaught of favorite fishing lures, secret spots and arguments over line weight, we set out to prove our angling ability.

Before we left, both ‘09 Honda FIT odometers were set to monitor the FIT’s fuel-efficiency. The new FIT makes this easy by having a built in trip computer that monitors fuel performance in real time, and reports average miles per gallon achieved over the entire trip. We were also curious to see if there was a difference between an automatic transmission car, and my 5-speed manual.

Once our variables were set, we were off to do a little trout fishing at Big Creek Reservoir, (just north of Newport off hwy 101). It’s a very beautiful place to fish for stocked trout. You’re surrounded buy tall trees, diving ospreys, screaming bald eagles and herons that remind you or terradactyl dinosaurs. It has multiple lakes with plenty of parking and private fishing sports to discover.

Our fishing success was better than we thought it would be. Most of us caught our limit, and really enjoyed the beautiful coastal weather. But the trout weren’t the only thing that performed better than expected. the FIT’s fuel economy exceeded all of our expectations! 41 MPG on the 5-speed and 43 MPH on the automatic. The EPA rates this car at 27 MPG in the city, and 33 MPG on the highway. This means that we were able to get roughly 30% higher fuel economy than what the car is rated at. We were just driving normally (cause there are state police out there). However, it seems to be a common theme when talking with customers who are already proud owners of a new FIT. Many people have boasted about MPG numbers in the low 40’s when they bring their cars in for service.