VenerableHippie
Active member
I need to confess I still use both. Almost like can't teach an old dog new tricks.I got
I have no problem using both. I do not like Kilometers per hr or Celsius degrees though. I do like grams and mL:. I also like gallons, quarts, cups, teaspoons and a pinch.....
Especially re miles per gallon. I used to know that 40 miles per imperial gallon was an amazing number achievable only by small european vehicles. Now I have no idea which numbers represent 'economy'.
I get 600 k's from my 60 litre tank nowadays so that's an average of 10 k's per litre. The math required to convert that to miles per gallon boggles me ... and if after a tankful if I get hold of a pen and paper and actually do the math ... I forget the result in a day or so and remain none the wiser. Converting Celsius into Farenheit and vice versa is even more difficult.
(Something good that's happened in a search for fuel economy is the turbocharger. I have a 2.5 litre engine (about 160 c.i.) and once the revs pass 2000 my car goes like a rocket!)