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JamesLaugesen · 06-23-2008, 08:56 AM

Hi Duncan, I'm a n00b from just across the river in Aus and born in NZ (christchurch).
Good to see someone else in our hemisphere on here.
Here in Aus people are still a bit stupid about fuel I think... every 2nd car is a V8 and we complain about paying AU$1.70/L, I believe you guys are over NZ$2/L now?

As for your conversion dilemma, the great god Google has us covered, you can simply key in your 'equation' as a search, such as "540km/60L in mpg":
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...m%2F60L+in+mpg
And Google will tell you:
"(540 km) / (60 L) = 21.1693125 miles per gallon"

I don't know if that is US or UK gallon, changing the google locale (using google.com instead of .com.au) doesn't seem to have any effect.
21mpg seems more reasonable than 16mpg (edit: ignore that, I read your spreadsheet wrong) for a falcon though... surely our cars are not _that_ bad? hahah.

06-23-2008, 08:56 AM	#10 (permalink)
JamesLaugesen EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 25 Buell XB12X - '06 Buell XB12X 90 day: 49.02 mpg (US) Grand Cherokee WH - '06 Jeep Grand Cherokee WH (WK Export) 90 day: 15.46 mpg (US) Honda CRV RD - '05 Honda CR-V 4WD Sport 90 day: 24.44 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi Duncan, I'm a n00b from just across the river in Aus and born in NZ (christchurch). Good to see someone else in our hemisphere on here. Here in Aus people are still a bit stupid about fuel I think... every 2nd car is a V8 and we complain about paying AU$1.70/L, I believe you guys are over NZ$2/L now? As for your conversion dilemma, the great god Google has us covered, you can simply key in your 'equation' as a search, such as "540km/60L in mpg": http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...m%2F60L+in+mpg And Google will tell you: "(540 km) / (60 L) = 21.1693125 miles per gallon" I don't know if that is US or UK gallon, changing the google locale (using google.com instead of .com.au) doesn't seem to have any effect. 21mpg seems more reasonable than 16mpg (edit: ignore that, I read your spreadsheet wrong) for a falcon though... surely our cars are not _that_ bad? hahah.