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
$ ]) L" Y2 C7 X! d9 RThe 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
. h+ w2 w, l% gThe 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

Official gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29
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  p/ {/ i1 ~" e3 v$ O) j7 s( BConversion:
1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
  Z7 ~2 D/ v  W8 M# D+ F1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile
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Fuel economy site recommended:
/ x/ ]7 F0 V% `$ n6 s/ \http://www.fueleconomy.gov/
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  I! U$ \$ u% H/ C$ g" V[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]