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
" ?  O5 Z# y, C* CThe 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
/ |- e7 y5 h1 h3 e+ P+ t; vThe gas mileage = (next time mileage - previous time mileage) /(next time filled gas volume)
* _) }" U1 _( T$ y! E! U" {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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& F) Q- j! z( j* z6 u/ ~$ @1 mConversion:
1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
# j! T4 S. Q1 A  ^: a) n. r1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile

8 ^# t$ U8 ?; ?+ PFuel economy site recommended:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/
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[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]