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Re: question about the metric system
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Fri, 3 May 2002 00:54:08 GMT
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote:
Mileage, as in miles per gallon?

um... yes and no.  my question was more so aimed at straight distance
like "the mileage on my car's odometer is 52000 miles (or ~83686 km).
But either meaning should work. :)

-c

We normally use litres per mile.  That being metric miles.  A metric
mile is 10 km.  Note that litres per 10 km is the inverse measure,
compared with mileage.

Fredrik



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  Re: question about the metric system
 
(...) In Aus, a common way to say it is "my car has 83000 Ks[1] on it". Officially, engine economy is measured in litres per 100km. Because that's way too long to say, most people don't bother trying - it generally only comes up when you're buying a (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: question about the metric system
 
(...) Ah, well, in that case, we usually say that a car has gone 45'000, say, to indicate that it has 45'000 km on the speedometer. Fredrik (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) Mileage, as in miles per gallon? We normally use litres per mile. That being metric miles. A metric mile is 10 km. Note that litres per 10 km is the inverse measure, compared with mileage. Fredrik (22 years ago, 2-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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