>>> 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.
>
> 9 miles is in fact about 14 Km.

If I drive mine sensibly I should be able to get 20 km (handy that my car 
displays the fuel consumption in litres per 100 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...

Dunno, I thought we had a few 5 L ones at home, also don't pumps have a 
minimum delivery of 2 litres? (the ones round here do)

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