Recently I began to monitor the gas mileage of my 90 Chevy Corsica,V6/3.1L 3speed automatic transmision. Curb weight about 2885 lb7 F! W! Q! Y. k" q5 n7 V7 u6 j
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* T7 G% T1 R; I
The gas mileage = (next time mileage - previous time mileage) /(next time filled gas volume) 8 ^1 m: `( o# Q% ^3 R6 sAfter convent to MPG(mile per gallon), the result I got is 26 MPG & d9 I1 E$ w% ]6 [3 Q8 m2 S6 g2 o) }7 c9 g) H! X
Official gas mileage is MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29 1 V! Q; u: ?4 w" ~% M6 s7 W. _- n5 A; T$ T
Conversion: * c; |8 Z/ ?9 o) _1 Litre = 0.264172 Gallon; T* O# O4 V8 G! d
1 Km = 0.62137 Mile : K0 z0 N* t' U5 J S* @8 y- Z) m% U+ h
Fuel economy site recommended:" W' C3 C8 p# B8 @8 ~; b# q* G' o5 p http://www.fueleconomy.gov/3 o$ r% ?6 |5 [9 B7 p! r
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[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]