"scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> 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 :-)
>
> 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!


That is 1 m/l = 4.5 mpg, more accurately 4.546.
1 K/l = 2.82 mpg

Stephen

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