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Old May 25, 2004 | 02:49 PM
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Either way is correct if you qualify it by saying "17mi/us gal" or "21mi/imp gal".

I've always thought of it in Imp. gallons. It 'feels' Canadian.

To shorten ex everything's formula a bit:

multiply km/L by 2.84 for mi/imp gal
multiply km/L by 2.28 for mi/us gal

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Old May 25, 2004 | 04:37 PM
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It even says on some urinals..."3.8L/F 1GL/F"...Therefore 3.8L=1 gallon
Old May 25, 2004 | 04:57 PM
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so would my cars engine be called a 1 gallon in the states if its a 3.8L?
Old May 25, 2004 | 07:45 PM
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I think it sounds more impressive if you say "Yep...got me a 3.8L under the hood..."rather than "Yep..Got me a 1 Gln under the hood"...

Just my thoughts
Old May 26, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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Originally posted by Tim Baillie.:
Who really cares, when the tank is empty you need to fill up [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Old May 26, 2004 | 03:31 PM
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so
53.75 impg
42.35 ampg

i dont care the sprint is still cheep on fuel
Old May 27, 2004 | 06:54 PM
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hey I've got the definitive answer - If you check the car section of this week's SUN - they list mileage as both miles/gallon and litres/100 km. If you look at the numbers - they are calculating based on the imperial 4.54 litre gallon.
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