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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

551.0. "litres and gallons" by VOGON::HUNT (I love my Volvo) Tue Apr 18 1989 13:03

    I notice that Vincents in Reading is not displaying petrol prices
    in gallons recently, but only  in litres, and I realise I have no
    idea what this 'means'.
    
    Is this their way of disguising the recent large increase in Esso
    prices?

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551.48	I work for an American company )	SUBURB::POWELLM	Nostalgia isn't what it used to be!	`Tue Jan 12 1993 16:26`	34
	This is an old topic, but I'm still catching up! I am one of the "few" judging by the replies a few back, I much prefer Imperial measures to Metric. One of the replies suggested that we should go Metric because it would make it much easier for everyone when they drive on the continent. I would suggest that only a very small proportion of the Great Britain population ever drive on the continent. I happen to be a part of that minority and have no problems except that I seem to get where I going quicker than I'd imagined. I recently had a holiday in the jolly old U S of A (lucky me, I know!), what a great pleasure it was to find everything in Lbs, inches, feet, Farenheit, gallons (yes, I know that their Gallons are only 4/5ths of ours - The Chevvy Lumina 3.1 LITRE (strange that that is how they describe the engine size) fuel injected V6 automatic saloon did an incredible 33 MPG of their gallons, cruising in the 70s!!!!) etc. It's all 'arold Wislon's fault, this 'ere Decimal Diddle and metrification. 'e should be sacked I say! What do you mean "he was?" I like the way the Americans treat Metrication - work everything in Imperial measures and convert the end results to Metric! That is the way to do it!!!!!!!! Let them as wants it in Metric have it. By the way, did you hear about when the continentals tried to make "Metric bricks?" This is true apparently - they couldn't get the proportions correct and went back to Imperial measures. Like it! Malcolm.
551.49		ESBS01::RUTTER	Rut The Nut	`Tue Jan 12 1993 16:28`	6
551.50	Coupe de Ville (henhouse of the town)	PEKING::SMITHRW	Err.....	`Tue Jan 12 1993 16:47`	6
	No. Just adding a touch of Euro-glamour to a standard US barge. Like using French (Franglais) names... Richard
551.51		SUBURB::FRENCHS	Semper in excernere	`Tue Jan 12 1993 19:17`	3
	so how many cubic inches is a 3.5 Lt V8 Simon
551.52		ESBS01::RUTTER	Rut The Nut	`Tue Jan 12 1993 19:21`	7
551.53	Even Germany isn't 100% metric	IOSG::SHOVE	Dave Shove -- REO2-G/M6	`Tue Jan 12 1993 20:13`	9
	(Rathole) A friend of mine who lives in Germany had a large gas pipe installed to his house (to run his wife's pottery kiln). It was described by the men from the Deutsches GasVerein or whatever they;re called as a "2 inch main". D.
551.54		PLAYER::BROWNL	Free the VT 52	`Wed Jan 13 1993 11:39`	6
	Here in Belgium, plumbers still use pipes, fittings and joints in Imperial sizes, mostly the iron ones. I haven't checked the copper fittings, they have only recently become commonly used. Taps and so on are certainly Imperial. Laurie.
551.55	Lt to Cubic Inch	SUBURB::FRENCHS	Semper in excernere	`Wed Jan 13 1993 12:03`	31
551.56	How many litres in a gallon then eh?	WELCLU::BISPJL::lewis		`Mon Oct 31 1994 12:48`	6
	Can anybody tell me how many litres there are in a gallon (so that I can work out my MPG figures correctly)? Many Thanks, Phil
551.57		BAHTAT::DODD		`Mon Oct 31 1994 12:52`	5
	4.546 Don't you have diries? A
551.58		BRUMMY::MARTIN::BELL	Martin Bell, Central PSC, Birmingham UK	`Mon Oct 31 1994 12:54`	2
	The easiest way to convert Litre to Gallons is to multiply the Litres by 0.22.
551.59	Re.57 ;^)	CMOTEC::POWELL	Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it?	`Mon Oct 31 1994 15:26`	10
	4.546 Don't you have diries? ^^^^^^ A What is one they the Andrew? Malcolm.
551.60		BAHTAT::DODD		`Mon Oct 31 1994 15:36`	8
	Re .59 I rather like the sound of "the Andrew" Malcolm. Not just any Andrew, "The Andrew". Yes I could get used to that. "The Andrew" PS The A slipped don't ya know.
551.61	:-{	CMOTEC::POWELL	Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it?	`Tue Nov 01 1994 16:15`	6
	Well, the Andrew, my last bit was complete nonsense! I can't even work out what I was trying to say now!!! Guess we are in good company now. Malcolm.