People may not look at the actual amount of litres they put in, but they
notice the unit price which is litre based. Someone not used to litre
pricing would notice and be a bit apprehensive at first.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, 2005-06-25 10:45
Subject: [USMA:33384] Re: Where are you from?
Probably nothing considering people *actually* fill their car up in
moneys-worth.
He was more than likely doing a quick conversion in his head between US
and Canadian dollars.
You see, in the real world people fill their cars up with petrol (gas)
rather than measures.
It's hard to tell nowadays what people do. With self service petrol pumps
and extensive use of credit cards rather than cash who knows? It's
difficult to tell even from the pump display given the speed of delivery
which makes it difficult to put in exact amounts.
Logically, if someone is continually using their car on a daily basis they
might as well tank up (or nearly so to avoid spillage). Else what's the
point in having to go buy petrol more frequently than you have to. It all
costs just the same.
In my case I tend to put in enough to meet my journey requirements for the
week (typically 25 L) allowing a more or less routine visit to the
station. Cost you can't do anything about so why bother. It helps when it
comes to assessing the cost of running a car of course and we should be
conscious of these things.
The real importance of measurement is, as always, that fuel stations price
in the same units. It's easy to see then how they compare. After all you
get more for your ten quid at 79.9p/L than 81.9p/L if that's the way you
buy it.
Phil Hall
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