>> What *I* don't understand is those 1-litre petrol cans. I mean, how far 
>> can you possibly drive with 1 L of fuel??
> 
> My 5.7 litre V8 ute will do about 10k on a litre of fuel if I dont drive it 
> like I stole it...

According to Wolfram Alpha, a "gallon", depending on which one you mean, 
is somewhere between 3 L and 4 L. (I actually thought it was more like 
25 L, but apparently not.)

My new car gets about 35 miles/gallon, which works out to about 9 
miles/litre.

So I guess, hypothetically, you can drive 9 miles. (Obviously the real 
distance will be shorter than that, because it takes fuel to start the 
engine, and once the tank is nearly empty the engine stops working.)

9 miles is in fact about 14 Km.



I just wonder why they don't make 2 L or even 5 L petrol cans. I presume 
it's to do with fire safety or something...

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