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Originally Posted by campbellcj
Back on topic, I have no damn idea why we didn't go metric, yet. Why do some Brits still talk in gallons and miles, at least in the media? Is a mix of systems in common use?
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Fuel, for example, is sold in litres but otherwise measured in Imperial gallons (4.54L or 1.20095 US gallons). All distance and speed signs are in miles, but in smaller lengths they seem just as comfortable with m/cm/mm.
Speaking of Imperial gallons, I only recently found out that car advertisements in Canada show MPG (Imp.) numbers which look "better" than MPG (US), followed by the L/100km figure in small prints. If you don't know this, and because 99% of the time you talk MPG in Canada it's in US gallons, I think it's borderline misinformation. The rest of Europe also uses L/100km, but to me km/L makes more sense so I can quickly figure out how far I can get once the fuel reserve light comes on with 10L left or something.