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
+ f4 i/ X" _* T, O4 u0 ~. ]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
, ?; U+ ~- A0 yThe gas mileage = (next time mileage - previous time mileage) /(next time filled gas volume)
# @! t3 C3 D! d( z; ^/ i% YAfter convent to MPG(mile per gallon), the result I got is 26 MPG
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3 T7 A& Y8 N0 zOfficial gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29

Conversion:
1 m+ G. C2 M8 _9 @1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile
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2 {7 a" ?4 A* PFuel economy site recommended:
  G5 d0 _3 H1 b, Rhttp://www.fueleconomy.gov/
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[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]