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
2 P7 K. @* g- W* XThe 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)
$ j7 H, l3 o: ^& u6 TAfter convent to MPG(mile per gallon), the result I got is 26 MPG
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1 f# t( @, t5 l5 t8 DOfficial gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29
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4 @! a" s  I& n$ I6 b( F0 FConversion:
/ x4 f& Z4 K9 o/ ^1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
, r$ {8 g5 h6 m( Q3 E9 u1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile
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+ H5 C* t$ X7 T' U3 h  {6 cFuel economy site recommended:
. {4 V6 n/ n3 ehttp://www.fueleconomy.gov/
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[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]