Recently I began to monitor the gas mileage of my 90 Chevy Corsica,V6/3.1L 3speed automatic transmision. Curb weight about 2885 lb ) V. P- f2 I* o4 _% Z; A# d6 aThe 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. S; `' f4 ~) S4 r) ] E
The gas mileage = (next time mileage - previous time mileage) /(next time filled gas volume) 3 Y4 v7 E2 N% a8 x2 W# i; vAfter convent to MPG(mile per gallon), the result I got is 26 MPG - w1 y* [0 y! V0 L' L' P$ Q% T# l( o; @+ a. Q: L5 f
Official gas mileage is MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29 + G% J. x# e( N7 g0 w# [ 1 u' g. R: y( b! E$ A# X wConversion: 2 a5 Q4 [0 \7 `5 \7 a8 Z; j4 }+ s1 Litre = 0.264172 Gallon* K' k$ o" R ^! A9 X
1 Km = 0.62137 Mile 7 t. A D( S& X8 t 5 B& x2 a P* `$ _4 S" A8 [Fuel economy site recommended:0 F* F$ r6 }# I' \* Y http://www.fueleconomy.gov/ 6 T( B- G1 c2 V# E " J: x, m% o+ c. x# W5 ~/ g$ }[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]