>>   Given that I'm not sure which whacky units miles are divided into,
>> I'll just convert those to more understandable units, so 75/(3500*60)
>> miles is approximately 57.5 centimeters.
>
> That's the number I arrived at too.

Sure, 1.885 feet per revolution.

> Google also tells me that 75 mph = 33 m/s. Which frankly seems really 
> damned fast. (!) I mean, my car is only, like, 4 m long or something... 
> That means the car covers almost 10x its own length in 1 second! o_O
>
> No wonder hitting anything is an instant fatality...

Hmm, yeah, 110 feet per second, wear your seatbelt.

0.0027 tsp of gas per cylinder. (other factors ignored).

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