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
, z) }2 H; Y3 m+ m5 q1 {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
6 j1 j  Q. `- |3 X4 z- i# u% A* qThe 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

& d8 u2 Y! }, ]Official gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29

# S- c4 s  V7 d) Y- y8 E% G6 W# aConversion:
1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
( q- p1 f/ y) ^. U, y1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile
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* u* P& g' T$ M  P: _- ]; {5 f& R. CFuel economy site recommended:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]