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Re: OT - Fuel mileage north of the border
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Posted by Michael Soldan on December 31, 2005 at 12:03:21 from (24.235.41.226):
In Reply to: OT - Fuel mileage north of the border posted by haymeadow52 on December 30, 2005 at 19:44:50:
Yes folks its S.I. System International which is the metric system and it was sold to Canadians in the early 70's as the coming age of international trade throughout the world. It has always been used in labratories and in the scientific community and it was not that difficult to learn, however I always convert back to Miles per gallon. So here goes...There are 4.55 liters in an imperial gallon, or 4 liters in a US gallon. So your calculations can go either way here. Next a kilometer is 5/8ths of a mile, the mile being standard. So if I drove 800 kilometers I would multiply by 5/8ths so thats 500 miles. Then I take the number of liters I used, lets say 80. 80 liters divided by 4.55 = 17.58 gallons(imperial)...so 500 miles ,using 17.58 gallons...500 divide by 17.58= 28.44 MPG in imperial. If I was driving in the States I would divide the US gallon into 500 (or 4 liters) so 20 US gallons divide into 500 =25 MPG US Gallon..thus I can take mileage either way by imperial or US gallons..imperial sounds like better mileage only because it is a bigger volume and Like Quebes Red says..it doesn't make the fuel cheaper or the tank any bigger..its just a way for gasoline companies to really rip us off. Gasoline is 93.7 per liter here this morning..thats $3.74 8/10ths a US gallon,convert our money at .83 US or 17% difference and you get $3.10 a US gallon...are we getting ripped off???? ......Mike in Exeter Ontario
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