Why don't use gallons

cena

Would we not be better off if we were are filling in gallons at the pumps. Wouldn't we get more filling up or would it be cheaper

How would you get more? 4.54 litres in a gallon, sell petrol in pints, litres or gallons and you won't get more or less, a tank full is a tank full

AugustusMinimus

Epic mathematics fail

-Corkie-

You would have to be a yank then. It would cost you more at the drive thru because you would eat 4 quarter pounders...;)

B00MSTICK

Its late and he's drunk, I can't think of any other plausible excuse...

Nonoperational

What the...

fonecrusher1

Yeah because 20 euros worth of petrol measured in gallons is more than 20 euros worth of petrol measured in litres????!!!


WTF?:pac:

CoalBucket

which is heavier a tonne of feathers or a tonne of rocks ?

For the love of jesus !

mikemac

Why do people check prices at petrol stations?

Sure 20 euros of petrol will cost you the same at every station :pac:

fonecrusher1

feelingstressed wrote: »

Why do people check prices at petrol stations?

Sure 20 euros of petrol will cost you the same at every station :pac:

Because you'll get more for your 20 if the petrol in one station is cheaper then the petrol in another.

B00MSTICK

fonecrusher1 wrote:

Because you'll get more for your 20 if the petrol in one station is cheaper then the petrol in another.

Think your sarcasm detector is on the blink fc1

mikemac

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Because you'll get more for your 20 if the petrol in one station is cheaper then the petrol in another.

Think you missed the intention of my post
There was an icon at the end, I wasn't serious

CiniO

Like an analogy to pints and 0.5 litres.
You go to the bar in Ireland, to get a nice pint.
If you go to the bar on the Continent, you just get 0.5 litre.
Nine beers in Ireland is more then 10 beers on the Continent.
Probably that was the reason why op started thinking that gallons are better than litres

Bumpstop

If we are filling up at the pump, we get more filling up, if we are filling up away from the pump, we are just getting less filling up, and petrol soaked shoes:D

fonecrusher1

feelingstressed wrote: »

Think you missed the intention of my post
There was an icon at the end, I wasn't serious

Oh right my mistake. I though you were drunk. Like the OP.

:pac:

cena

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Oh right my mistake. I though you were drunk. Like the OP.

:pac:

I don't drink so how could I be drunk.

what i'm trying too say is isn't a gallon bigger than a litre. so would it not cost less filling in gallons than litres with the way prices are.

I could be wrong.

jaffa20

cena wrote: »

I could be wrong.

You are. Think about it.

Bruthal

cena wrote: »

Would we not be better of if we were are filling at the pumps. Wouldn't we get more filling up.

Drinking in gallons were ye?

mikemac

cena wrote: »

I could be wrong.

Go for a nice long walk this Sunday and think it over.
It'll click with you and you'll see how it doesn't make sense

Then report back here and tell us

cena

jaffa20 wrote: »

You are. Think about it.

theres 3.79 liters in a gallon and a litre is 1.50 give or take at moment.

Bruthal

cena wrote: »

theres 3.79 liters in a gallon and a litre is 1.50 give or take at moment.

Well if there was that many litres in a gallon, it would be €1.50 a litre, or
1.5 x 3.79 = €5.69 a gallon.

There is about 4.54 litres in a gallon here, but the same applies. You must be having a laugh or something.

Nonoperational

I don't know are you being serious or not cena, but if there are 3.79 L in a gallon then the price of petrol would increase x 3.79 per unit if you changed the units measured to gallons. I'm after about 8 cans at this stage so drink isn't to blame! If your just having a bit of a block about it then fair enough... A commodity is worth what it's worth it doesn't matter what units you measure it in.

cena

only asked a question. I don't care if you drink or not. I never said drink had anything too with the question

Bumpstop

hmm 8 cans is that 2 gallons ?:)

shedweller

Would that be american gallons or uk gallons. This kind of thing matters!! lol.
As augustus said, "epic mathematics fail"

Bruthal

cena wrote: »

only asked a question.

Ok so. 50 litre tank x €1.50 = €75

4.54 litres in a gallon, gallon = 4.54 x €1.50 = €6.81

50 litres/4.54 = 11.013 gallons to fill tank

11.013 x €6.81=€75

mikemac

Thank god we don't use gallons if for no other reason then the confusion over US and Imperial.

4.54 litres and 3.79 litres are both on this thread and both valid

cena

feelingstressed wrote: »

Thank god we don't use gallons if for no other reason then the confusion over US and Imperial.

4.54 litres and 3.79 litres are both on this thread and both valid

Thank you. I googled it and thats what i got.

Bruthal

Bumpstop wrote: »

hmm 8 cans is that 2 gallons ?:)

Getting more confusing now.

shedweller

robbie7730 wrote: »

Ok so. 50 litre tank x €1.50 = €75

4.54 litres in a gallon, gallon = 4.54 x €1.50 = €6.81

50 litres/4.54 = 11.013 gallons to fill tank

11.013 x €6.81=€75

There you go, OP. Thats the solution to your problem. Thats it, like. As simple as it gets. Not that others are going to stop posting here , slagging you for your epic maths fail. Thats EPIC, by the way. As in massive, unsurpassed, unbetterable, unwhatevertheffcukable!! lol

cena

I wasn't doing any maths in my head. question just popped into my head and thought I would ask.

Bumpstop

I do apologise Cena when I saw your first post, I had a picture of you passed out on the floor, beer bottles all over the place, and petrol manufacturers brochures scattered all over the floor.
Oh wait that was me !

shedweller

cena wrote: »

I wasn't doing any maths in my head. question just popped into my head and thought I would ask.

Ah no, fair enough. But you did know that gallons were bigger than litres, didn't you? Plus, there's american gallons, but they are still bigger than litres!

cena

shedweller wrote: »

Ah no, fair enough. But you did know that gallons were bigger than litres, didn't you? Plus, there's american gallons, but they are still bigger than litres!

Ya I know gallons American are bigger than litres

CR 7

If anything, we're doing better than gallon users. We get 45.4 litres for the same price they have to pay for only 10 gallons.:cool:

shawnee

If the price keeps going the way it is , well soon be buying it in spoonfulls. Filled a milk carton the other day for my lawnmower and it cost me three euro...

corktina

ah but was that a litre milk bottle or a pint one? surely three euro of petrol would be more in a pint bottle., or is that only true for milk?

OP amybe you can find the answer here http://www.mensa.ie/

shawnee

It was still a milk carton !!:p (easy to calculate the size of it , no need for mensa)

mfceiling

Which would get you drunk quicker OP?

8 x 500ml cans of beer or
4 x 1 litre bottles of beer



think about it, think about it, think about it,










*penny dropping*




there you go...

corktina

ah but if they sold beer in gallons..they are BIG!

Hogzy

OP must be trolling. I cant understand how he cannot get this.

peasant

I blame the Brits !

johndaman66

shawnee wrote: »

Filled a milk carton the other day for my lawnmower and it cost me three euro...

Theres another fail. I worked in a filling station part-time when going to college. It was hammered into the guys working in the forecourt to the nth degree not to allow petrol to be put into containers other than them designed to carry as such. That was over 7 years ago, I'd imagine with these sort of issues that things have only tightened up since.

corktina

milk will not do your lawn mower any good at all...

dr.fuzzenstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY

Bruthal

Hogzy wrote: »

OP must be trolling. I cant understand how he cannot get this.

Somehow, i think there is a good possibility you could be right.

El Guapo!

Haha I love this thread. Reminds me of this
http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110216204635AApWcQE

:pac:

Bruthal

Dean09 wrote: »

Haha I love this thread. Reminds me of this
http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110216204635AApWcQE

:pac:

Thats a good one there:D.

cena

I got answer I was looking for.

Big Nasty

cena wrote: »

I got answer I was looking for.

2 apples, one orange?

cena

MCMLXXV wrote: »

2 apples, one orange?

You been smart with me. Come say that too me. Lol