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Old 05-22-2009, 02:42 PM   #9 (permalink)
stevey_frac
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Jalilah - '07 Chevrolet Cobalt LT
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Originally Posted by rjacob View Post
I understood why a Canadian used the metric system. But why L/100Km? Why not Km/L the metric equivalent to Miles Per Gallon?
I don't know. Perhaps because it's more intuitive that lower fuel consumption is matched with a lower number? In the scientific world, efficiency is always measured as consumable per unit work.
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