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
- d. w7 i- V+ N3 @The 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
8 _; u- ?5 _9 T$ A( U! p! RThe gas mileage = (next time mileage - previous time mileage) /(next time filled gas volume)
. S6 {: b8 @, nAfter convent to MPG(mile per gallon), the result I got is 26 MPG
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( u8 r5 X. ^2 J: z" P3 G# {' BOfficial gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29
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% L' C& J1 g6 E: x: {9 rConversion:
3 v9 K6 [( O7 \0 g' P* s- d1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
# H$ H, I' v7 K4 s& J, U1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile
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Fuel economy site recommended:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/
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. d( O- |4 P' ^; d6 s" r[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]