On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:09:35 +0200, scott wrote:

>> In the UK, aren't speeds in KPH, but signs in miles?
> 
> No both are in miles, but most cars sold in the UK have km/hr on the
> dashboard too, incase you feel like taking your car over to a
> neighboring country.  Funnily enough, neighboring countries usually
> *only* have km/hr, so if you decide to drive in the UK you have to work
> out the mph as you go along :-)

That's right - but I want to say the kph was on the outside whereas on US 
cars it's on the inside.

> Working out the MPG is hard yes, when I lived in the UK I used to write
> the amount of litres and miles down each time I filled up.  Every so
> often I would take the list indoors and figure out the MPGs with a
> computer/calculator.  Working out the litres/100km fuel economy is much
> simpler, and you can do it qutie accurately in your head whilst driving
> without needing any conversion factors!

More fun in your head is to convert the cost there to US dollars per US 
gallon....

Jim

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