cjmillsnun
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I have managed it. But you need long journeys to do so.MPG is rubbish anyway, never had a car which made anything like the manufacturer's quoted figure. And i drive like a vicar.
I have managed it. But you need long journeys to do so.MPG is rubbish anyway, never had a car which made anything like the manufacturer's quoted figure. And i drive like a vicar.
And nor does any motorist need to, oil, fuel and water volumes are entirely metricated in the road vehicle domain.Which just shows how stupid using mpg is. Many drivers today probably don't know how many litres to a gallon...
I don't worry about mpg. I just put diesel in and drive. I put an amount in money in. Not litres. I think this is usual behaviour.And nor does any motorist need to, oil, fuel and water volumes are entirely metricated in the road vehicle domain.
And to drive a bit slower...I have managed it. But you need long journeys to do so.
and yet fuel economy is in imperial.And nor does any motorist need to, oil, fuel and water volumes are entirely metricated in the road vehicle domain.
Sorry, but fuel economy is an important factor to decide if I drive my own vehicle compared to using public transport when I own a vehicle. The deciding factor will be if the fuel cost is less than the fare, along with the time taken.It doesn't matter though, it's only really ever used for comparison, not strictly for measurement. The vast majority of drivers know that 50 mpg is good and 10 is bad. I would bet anyone who wants to work out costs in fuel knows how to convert gallons to litres (they will need to after all). It's not much different to pints of beer, it's not being used for anything very scientific so it doesn't have much bearing on anything.
I think that's the standard European measurement (litres per 100km)When, many years ago, I lived in Switzerland, the yardstick (if you'll excuse the expression) wasn't kms to the litre, but how many litres it took to cover 100 kms. Whether this is still the case I don't know, and I don't know whether this is universal across the Continent or unique to Switzerland.
Heights in double decker buses.All this is clearly nonsense, we need to move to the universally understood measurements of Olympic swimming pools and football pitches...
... and for large areas, Wales.All this is clearly nonsense, we need to move to the universally understood measurements of Olympic swimming pools and football pitches...
All this is clearly nonsense, we need to move to the universally understood measurements of Olympic swimming pools and football pitches...
And Big BenDon't forget the double decker buses!!
It still seems odd to me that the Rugby field has a 22m line. When I used to play we had on the field a 25 yard line. I am sure that the founders of the RFU would never have dreamed of a line at 22 of anything. At least a cricket pitch remains at a length of 1 chain (and we actually used a chain at school).All this is clearly nonsense, we need to move to the universally understood measurements of Olympic swimming pools and football pitches...
The logical conversion would have been 25 yd to 23 metre, I would have thought.It still seems odd to me that the Rugby field has a 22m line. When I used to play we had on the field a 25 yard line. I am sure that the founders of the RFU would never have dreamed of a line at 22 of anything. At least a cricket pitch remains at a length of 1 chain (and we actually used a chain at school).
You can still buy it, and the dot matrix printers to go with it, so presumably yes. Mutipart forms are also still available. Pink to customer, yellow to accounts etc.Does anyone still use continuous computer listing paper? I used to buy it in sheets 11in x 370mm!
Fuel econonmy is officially expressed as l/100 Km, sometimes supplemented with a miles per (imperial) gallon figure calculated from the official figure. Mpg is often used for advertising as has been said above, a 'bigger' number attracts some buyers.and yet fuel economy is in imperial.
All this is clearly nonsense, we need to move to the universally understood measurements of Olympic swimming pools and football pitches...
As there is on mine, but it can also be set to show l/100km along with degrees C.There's a display on my dashboard that tells me how many mile per gallon I'm getting at any particular moment and how many miles per gallon I've been averaging since I last reset the display.
As there is on mine, but it can also be set to show l/100km along with degrees C.
A nautical mile varies depending on latitude as the earth isn't a perfect sphere. But there is a convention now to use a fixed length. But mariners use the degrees and minutes of latitude scales on charts to get distance in nautical miles. For navigation at sea its near enough!
More archaic rubbish from the luddites.You speak for yourself… I rather hoped Brexit would allow us to move back to imperial measures.
But they all fudge it equally (test it with nothing in the car, not even the floor mats, have a very thin person drive ) so it can still be used for comparisons.MPG is rubbish anyway, never had a car which made anything like the manufacturer's quoted figure. And i drive like a vicar.
and alternator disconnected so battery not being chargedBut they all fudge it equally (test it with nothing in the car, not even the floor mats, have a very thin person drive ) so it can still be used for comparisons.
There's still a divide over paper sizes generally.Fan fold paper is a hell of a lot more expensive these days. Or am I just getting old?
There was at least two widths years ago. I wonder if they both started off in inches?
We insist on calling it GMT, when the rest of the world calls it UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
This dates from 1884 when the French agreed to adopt the Greenwich meridian as long at the related time system was not called GMT!
On top of that the international time system is mostly coordinated in Paris.