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Old 05-22-2009, 03:20 PM   #11 (permalink)
Nevyn
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Originally Posted by stevey_frac View Post
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.
While I agree, I'll also pose part of my personal quandary with L/100Km: RESOLUTION. It's only ever out to 1 decimal place, which isn't very much.

2.0 L/100Km = 117.6 MPG
2.1 L/100Km = 112.0 MPG

One decimal place is 5.6 MPG difference? On a 12-gallon tank, that's a difference of 67.2 MILES of travel. Sure, it's only 5/8 of a gallon, but sometimes 60 miles is the difference between STOP NOW or "I'll make it home."

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