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
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
$ O/ u6 c9 f: I7 ?- `* Y! 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
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/ P7 O; T3 [, j/ t; hOfficial gas mileage is  MPG (City/Hwy) 4 cyl 24/33 v6 21/29

9 \7 ?2 ]% x4 DConversion:
% ~/ O! g7 d/ `" ~4 ~% c1 Litre =  0.264172 Gallon
  f) L* o1 X, I$ z# p1 K! i, c1 Km  =   0.62137 Mile
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Fuel economy site recommended:
9 y$ O0 V  L; |http://www.fueleconomy.gov/
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# V2 p  I8 A0 G4 K[ Last edited by kenx on 2005-9-4 at 12:11 PM ]