From: Carter, Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: July 11, 2001 14:33 Subject: [USMA:14321] RE: mi/gal >100 km/l. Is this correct? I use L/100 km. Perhaps, at some enlightened time, fuel usage will come to be expressed as L/Mm. Simple, (and except for motor scooters) minimizes necessity for numbers after the decimal point. Duncan > >Baron Carter > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ma Be [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, 11 July, 2001 13:26 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:14320] mi/gal > > >On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 01:11:58 > kilopascal wrote: >>2001-07-11 >>... >>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... > >True, however, I do calculate my fuel consumption all the time to make sure >my car is in good running condition. Since I always fill it up, it's easier >for me to do it via km/l, instead of 100 km/l. I take my odometer >kilometerage and divide that by the number of liters I put in the gas tank. >Most of the time I don't even use a calculator and obtain a good >approximation by fiddling with the numbers so that my mental calc can be >easier. Example, if my reading is 548.7, I just adjust that to 550. Then >if my liter value was 33.1 I just take 100/3 and get the final result as >16.5 km/l! ;-) > >Marcus > > >Get 250 color business cards for FREE! >http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/ >
