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
( ?* k" K# M8 QThe 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
/ r  ^! i0 [+ o" f* p8 Z; P, ^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
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Official gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29
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Conversion:
7 Q& H: F1 ^1 P1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
& X) K; k8 a1 o# J2 Y1 C1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile
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# C! P) j) u/ W) k1 t( y) l+ mFuel economy site recommended:
8 L0 l- \. C$ S' |  ihttp://www.fueleconomy.gov/
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[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]