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
2 @# B, d  @/ j/ D7 w  {( XThe 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
. P7 w0 N% P7 k1 U+ j* YThe 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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/ j0 Y7 B3 q9 n( ^" _# A1 H" LOfficial gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29

1 G2 S7 o8 ~1 p2 b+ m9 OConversion:
1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile

5 q9 o$ O. A, gFuel economy site recommended:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

& ?# l: @/ w! v/ Q2 o1 z[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]