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
1 w4 n$ H4 `3 `2 ZThe 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
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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4 R% Y$ U( l0 U) h3 cOfficial gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29
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2 J5 g; E4 h% L7 G8 OConversion:
; q+ u# ~4 V8 T4 t1 B) w1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile
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7 K. ~( B. X" c  u) GFuel economy site recommended:
! s1 u8 l3 M) ohttp://www.fueleconomy.gov/
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8 v2 O5 c8 A+ h1 }0 r[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]