Only on HN would a stupid "herp derp you guys are using the wrong metrics" post be voted this highly. I get it, snotty Eurpeans get snotty upvotes from each oth

Only on HN would a stupid "herp derp you guys are using the wrong metrics" post be voted this highly. I get it, snotty Eurpeans get snotty upvotes from each other with their snotty, "We dont like your imperial units" whining on the internet. Umm, congrats? The rest of your argument is bunk as its trivial to find out what your gas capacity is and know your max range is. Most people don't worry about how much it will cost to drive to grandma's cost. Also, gas is cheap and Americans are wealthy. We don't buy one or two gallons and walk away hoping to get through the weekend. We typically fill our tanks and off we go. Long drives are the norm here as you may have friends/relatives in the suburbs or out of state. On top of it, our geography is HUGE and unlike "big" countries like Russia or China or Canada its almost all drivable/livable/usable. Knowing your range is more important to most people than knowing how much it costs to get to grandma's house. Its in your countries where gas is super-expensive that you have to worry about those things. Not here, at least for most people. MPG is a perfectly rational way to talk about car efficiency, even in everyday use. Considering the typical IT automation in cars nowadays, this argument is academic as you can trivially bring up up all sorts of info on the console. Sorry, but the usual "the Euro way is the only and the best way" whining is wrong again. Turns out there are lots of good ways to do things and "good" is relative to the needs and expectations of the user.