Real world gas mileage post

kenx

Recently I began to monitor the gas mileage of my 90 Chevy Corsica,V6/3.1L 3speed automatic transmision. Curb weight about 2885 lb
The 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
The gas mileage = (next time mileage - previous time mileage) /(next time filled gas volume)
" _3 w0 q; R+ \! `; Q; WAfter convent to MPG(mile per gallon), the result I got is 26 MPG

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* F" H+ C& a# ~+ a/ `  g; V8 BConversion:
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1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile
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+ z& t1 V2 j' bFuel economy site recommended:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/
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& N+ {" c: K+ v' q8 y[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]