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No one says that. Either you say it strangely: "50mpg" or you say it correctly: "5L/100km". If you use imperial units, you must invert every fraction in your li

No one says that. Either you say it strangely: "50mpg" or you say it correctly: "5L/100km". If you use imperial units, you must invert every fraction in your life as punishment.

jchendy 13y ago
"In countries using the metric system fuel economy is stated in kilometres per litre (km/L)" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_efficiency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_efficiency
- aianus 13y ago
  The German car I bought in Canada shows fuel consumption in L/100km. I've never seen km/L before.
- afterburner 13y ago
  Not my experience in Canada. L/100km
- brazzy 13y ago
  Believe me: absolutely nobody uses km/l, ever.
  - cbr 13y ago
    km/L appears to be standard in Malaysia: http://paultan.org/2014/02/26/driven-mitsubishi-attrage-21-kml-claims-put-test/ http://paultan.org/2014/02/26/driven-mitsubishi-attrage-21-k...
arjie 13y ago
Your facetious comment, amusing as it is, has spawned a discussion below that is comical in its absurdity. Let me put an end to it. We use the unit 'kilometres per litre' when discussing mileage in India, the country where I was born. Now, India is not the most populous nation in the world, but I wouldn't be so harsh as to call Indians 'no one' ;)
- sergiosgc 13y ago
  It was meant as a joke, no insult intended. I do not usually post jokes in forums such as HN, but the fuel consumption fraction is a pet peeve of mine. I couldn't resist it. I teach GMAT classes, and recently, in the effort to be less US-centric, the GMAT started stating problems in metric units. They, however, still use the US fuel consumption fraction, not the European one, and it feels doubly odd. I did not know India used this strange mix. Learning new stuff every day.
  - arjie 13y ago
    No insult assumed. You were obviously joking. The child comments on the other hand... Anyway, I wonder how this came about. I suppose it's just because India was a British colony that adopted the metric system.
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No one says that. Either you say it strangely: "50mpg" or you say it correctly: "5L/100km". If you use imperial units, you must invert every fraction in your life as punishment.

jchendy 13y ago

"In countries using the metric system fuel economy is stated in kilometres per litre (km/L)" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_efficiency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_efficiency

aianus 13y ago
The German car I bought in Canada shows fuel consumption in L/100km. I've never seen km/L before.
afterburner 13y ago
Not my experience in Canada. L/100km
brazzy 13y ago
Believe me: absolutely nobody uses km/l, ever.
- cbr 13y ago
  km/L appears to be standard in Malaysia: http://paultan.org/2014/02/26/driven-mitsubishi-attrage-21-kml-claims-put-test/ http://paultan.org/2014/02/26/driven-mitsubishi-attrage-21-k...

arjie 13y ago

Your facetious comment, amusing as it is, has spawned a discussion below that is comical in its absurdity. Let me put an end to it. We use the unit 'kilometres per litre' when discussing mileage in India, the country where I was born. Now, India is not the most populous nation in the world, but I wouldn't be so harsh as to call Indians 'no one' ;)

sergiosgc 13y ago
It was meant as a joke, no insult intended. I do not usually post jokes in forums such as HN, but the fuel consumption fraction is a pet peeve of mine. I couldn't resist it. I teach GMAT classes, and recently, in the effort to be less US-centric, the GMAT started stating problems in metric units. They, however, still use the US fuel consumption fraction, not the European one, and it feels doubly odd. I did not know India used this strange mix. Learning new stuff every day.
- arjie 13y ago
  No insult assumed. You were obviously joking. The child comments on the other hand... Anyway, I wonder how this came about. I suppose it's just because India was a British colony that adopted the metric system.
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