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
: |6 k  M* j3 j# H5 fThe 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)
After convent to MPG(mile per gallon), the result I got is 26 MPG
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Official gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29
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6 u+ Z( |3 H+ T% ~Conversion:
9 i1 \2 e( d, M/ R5 e) N1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
) U8 I& b0 D8 a+ @- F* I/ q# _1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile

' y6 Q9 t+ f! s8 z; j! m) |& L1 {Fuel economy site recommended:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

+ C7 a& `1 Z0 m[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]