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)
After convent to MPG(mile per gallon), the result I got is 26 MPG

Official gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29

$ z& s$ Y- y9 j" X$ PConversion:
1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
2 M9 `- D" K" d- k0 U0 T1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile
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Fuel economy site recommended:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/
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[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]