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) : ]" n* t( T6 h u% C! x* Q6 w
After convent to MPG(mile per gallon), the result I got is 26 MPG D% M/ M) }" W! B- w. s8 l1 r
Official gas mileage is MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29 - g# d1 e T2 c$ L9 H9 x+ ]" M; J: V- a8 O: K
Conversion: 7 Q& H: F1 ^1 P1 Litre = 0.264172 Gallon & X) K; k8 a1 o# J2 Y1 C1 Km = 0.62137 Mile / L8 t# U! m; y$ n7 D4 ? # C! P) j) u/ W) k1 t( y) l+ mFuel economy site recommended: 8 L0 l- \. C$ S' | ihttp://www.fueleconomy.gov/ % Y$ l- i/ a) p- H# G6 C8 c) ^0 k7 V0 s% p& l! ^0 E& |9 K
[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]