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Originally Posted by ChrstphrR
MPG in the UK is usually denoted in Imperial gallons
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The main point was a comparison between different driving styles but yes, that is a valid point for readers.
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Originally Posted by ChrstphrR
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Madness ?
Well yes.
Personally I would prefer we went metric and we have for most things except for speed and capacity. We measure length, depthness, width in metres or mm. We tend to measure height in feet and inches. We measure capacity in both pints (beer and milk) and ml (pop (aka soda) cans, water, fruit juice, petrol and diesel etc.). We buy wine in the standard 750ml bottles that Gallo send them from the US in, and Stowells import them from Spain in.
I don't like Gallo much but thats my choice.
The madness starts when our laws say that someone selling food in UK pounds and ounces is breaking the law even when customers are OK with it, or when our government tries to approximate EU standard economy figures by choosing an MPG equivalent which is just close to a metric KMH figure - e.g. MPG at 56 came about because it is 90 kmh. Lets just do the kmh thing.
50+ MPG (imp) is still good in the UK for a mid-sized (compact US size) car carrying 3 adults and one child and driven pretty much like its rented. Even a compact petrol hatchback would struggle to match it and be capable of 120 mph + if needed (or desired).