2002-04-15 Very simple! I wanted too.
What puzzles me is why it bothers you so much? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-04-15 18:09 Subject: [USMA:19453] Re: Fwd: fuel economy site > I'm puzzled as to why you found it necessary to send us all an HTML message, > containing the web page, when M R had already given us a link to it. > > Possibly you think that nobody else on this list is capable of clicking on a > URL. However, to use your own words, I guess you don't care. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > kilopascal > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 14:54 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:19452] Re: Fwd: fuel economy site > > > It say's nothing about converting to US customary units. It just says that > 0/89 L/100 km is the same as 264 mpg. But, unless you convert to mpg > yourself, you have no clue if the mpg is US or imperial. I have no > intention of checking it out, because I don't care. But, you have to be > very careful when quoting FFU, as you never know what version is being used. > > John > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, 2002-04-15 16:52 > Subject: [USMA:19450] Fwd: fuel economy site > > > > Volkswagen has got a vehicle that gives > > 0.89 l / 100 km. Convert it to US Customary > > unit and it is 264 miles / gallon. > > US automakers will be sad to read this. > > > > > http://www.evworld.com/databases/shownews.cfm?pageid=news150402-01&category1 > =evindustry > > > > Madan > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Jim Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 13:12:25 -0700 > > > From: Jim Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: [USMA:19426] fuel economy site > > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Go to http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm > > > and enter a car. > > > Then click on "Switch to metric units" and > > > everything on the page > > > changes including price of gas. Sure, I'd like to > > > see the mtric > > > version be the default, but... > > > > > > Engine size is in liters even when you're on the > > > "English units" page. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > >
