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
' d2 ~7 y9 ~' t6 k. y! CThe 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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( S9 s5 R0 b$ W: o6 H! G0 uOfficial gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29

Conversion:
1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
4 `  Q# u9 E' q% b! O8 r- u4 H1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile
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) V+ D& b  L9 C0 w, i2 z, [  |$ ^3 zFuel economy site recommended:
2 ~! R) x; r% e2 m+ K1 Mhttp://www.fueleconomy.gov/

# H! i) o9 m$ }' E5 F& |[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]