Recently I began to monitor the gas mileage of my 90 Chevy Corsica,V6/3.1L 3speed automatic transmision. Curb weight about 2885 lb ' l. S# p" b$ Q( J: _8 [* I9 iThe 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 " m2 Y- y3 C- aThe gas mileage = (next time mileage - previous time mileage) /(next time filled gas volume) 3 U x8 v5 q. m2 rAfter convent to MPG(mile per gallon), the result I got is 26 MPG . h8 {; I( r. x$ N) o/ _ / i/ l2 G+ `- J7 [* GOfficial gas mileage is MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29 6 b: A9 [) i# O h& ^0 D( P# Q; z& ?9 H* ~
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1 Litre = 0.264172 Gallon' G! u3 p( j; z* N5 ]' s8 ^7 Q
1 Km = 0.62137 Mile+ ]& ]8 Y$ U1 |% z" k D% y& ]: `
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Fuel economy site recommended:3 N; x& ?5 y- |+ e$ e' @% z1 E http://www.fueleconomy.gov/- Y. o- f' q! [ W) K1 n
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