Actually, the new car brochures [and other sources] rate fuel consumption in L/100 km. The "miles per gallon" gig is mostly bad habit. Partly though, it can be attributed to 'snow birds' who winter in the U.S. south [there's an irony here - we don't have miles in Canada anymore AND the gallon is U.S.!] Duncan -----Original Message----- From: kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: July 11, 2001 01:09 Subject: Re: [USMA:14268] RE: Imperial Knowledge. >2001-07-11 > > >> It is nothing short of amazing (to me) the number of Canadians who, have >> been buying gasoline by the litre for years and have had SI odometers in >> their cars even longer, still struggle to keep track of their fuel usage >in >> miles per gallon!!! >> Duncan > > >It isn't that amazing when you realize no one actually measures their fuel >consumption. They just go by some figure that was parrotted to they by some >auto salesman or someone else. The next time a Canadian tells you his fuel >economy in miles per gallon, ask him how he calculated it. What conversion >factor did he use to get from litres per hundred kilometres to miles per >gallon. He just might change the subject or fill your ear with a mouthfull >of four letter words for having the audacity of asking such an insulting >question. > >John
