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 ~  x5 R1 I9 R7 i  \9 dThe 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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) l4 x' y) I/ wOfficial gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29
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, E, ]" T* u7 e, ~1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
1 y9 M2 }7 n( P1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile

2 u, W! ^- c% L! Y( s7 ?Fuel economy site recommended:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

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