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MPG? (noy a thread about what your mpg is)

Guy:Incognito · 2006-04-24 20:18:24

When showing MPG or calculating it in a car here (or anywhere slse in europe) is it measured by UK or US gallons? My manual gives a figure of 29 mpg. Thing is though, 1 litre is 3.78 ish US gallons, but its 4.5 UK gallons. Incidentally 1 litre is .0035 UK hogshead.:D

24-04-2006 8:18pm

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When showing MPG or calculating it in a car here (or anywhere slse in europe) is it measured by UK or US gallons? My manual gives a figure of 29 mpg. Thing is though, 1 litre is 3.78 ish US gallons, but its 4.5 UK gallons.

Incidentally 1 litre is .0035 UK hogshead.:D

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#2 24-04-2006 8:55pm

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Dont mean to be a nit picker.. but u got it backwards 1 litre=0.26417US Gallons=0.21997UK Gallons
and anything printed over here (europe) would be UK gallons...

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#3 24-04-2006 8:59pm

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I was confused for a wee sec, but I see your measurements are just back to front.

4.5L is 1 UK gallon?

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#4 24-04-2006 11:11pm

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Yeah sorry bout that , wasnt paying attention. So would that not mean that the americans arnt actually as bad as we thought. If im getting 23 mpg = 5.11 MPL and the american getting 23 mpg is getting just over 6 MPL. So in rerality his 19MPG is the same as our 23 MPG.

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#5 25-04-2006 8:17am

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Europe its 4.454 litres per gallon

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