Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:03:54 GMT From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnospamsssssssssssssssssssssssssssizefitter.com> Subject: Re: 9-5 petrol mileage?
Peter Wilkins wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:52:20 +0000, Pooh Bear > <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> wrote : > > >Pls try to avoid US-centric speak. The Internet does actually extend beyond the > >frontiers of the USA ! Dunno why you US guys made your gallons ( and tons ) > >smaller than ours either ! > > > Hey, the british empire died yonks ago, are you still dreaming of > ancient glory? I can understand his requirements, why can't you? > > And why are both of you still stuck with outdated gallons and tons of > whatever size when you should have gone metric? Tons is a metric unit, 1 Ton = 1000 Kg. Oops, just found that there are US tons = 907.2 Kg and long tons = 1016 Kg. I still find that UK motoring journos have a poor feeling for metric units, e.g. when they can write that a new model is 500mm longer or wider and have no visual imagination to spot the error.
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