Recently I began to monitor the gas mileage of my 90 Chevy Corsica,V6/3.1L 3speed automatic transmision. Curb weight about 2885 lb ' X6 i5 x7 N+ [% `/ _7 m: LThe gas mileage measure method I got from a local friend is that fullfill the gas tank each time, put down the mileage and gas volume(litre) filled in, then- q' G% ~8 o: N! Y: H) H
The gas mileage = (next time mileage - previous time mileage) /(next time filled gas volume) 4 {3 y: [& f/ n( ]$ x9 q' y. PAfter convent to MPG(mile per gallon), the result I got is 26 MPG3 x) n" d l4 V1 K1 d3 A9 S
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Official gas mileage is MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29 ! T+ f5 f5 G5 e" `4 G # ^! ]2 f2 v( N) v+ QConversion:# p6 H( e: w3 A: q! z
1 Litre = 0.264172 Gallon 2 R) a6 m* \4 _: c8 Q% i7 P W J1 Km = 0.62137 Mile7 h! g3 r/ \ @% S# _& F
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Fuel economy site recommended:& Y# \( [. A8 @5 Y/ m: M http://www.fueleconomy.gov/! S" u9 W% F/ o# c4 a8 G! C
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[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]