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For me, mpg doesn't tell anything :-). You get used to it, I guess they are both the same thing in the end. In EU the distance in this case is always 100 km. So

For me, mpg doesn't tell anything :-). You get used to it, I guess they are both the same thing in the end. In EU the distance in this case is always 100 km. So when someone says that the fuel consumption of his car is 6 liters, everyone knows it's 6 liters / 100 kilometers. So you can always just compare the amount of fuel (e.g. most cars consume about 6-7 liters).

iso1631 6y ago
In the UK I know most cars do about 45mpg, or about 16km per litre - the higher the number the better. If I put 10l in, I'll be able to travel 160km. It's the swapping round that confuses me. I know it's "how much fuel will I need to go X distance", I just don't grok it intuitively that way round The "per 100km" seems arbitrary to me too, why not 60ml/km.