Re: GPL - US/UK measurements?

Use liters....it's so much more easier... You know instead of multiplying by 32 and so on we only do it with 10...we are so stupid that we cannot compute ounces in quarts, in pints, in gallons.... Same as with weights by the way.... No wonder anglo saxon are so good in maths....they HAVE to if they want to eat and drink... Besides that I have no idea whether they use US or UK gallons David Buttery <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message : [email hidden]...

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> I expect this has been covered before, but I can't find it, so here goes: > > Do the fuel tank measurements in GPL use US or UK gallons? > -- > David. > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." > (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

I expect this has been covered before, but I can't find it, so here goes: Do the fuel tank measurements in GPL use US or UK gallons? -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Since the majority of teams and races were European I'd assume they were imperial........... MS "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I expect this has been covered before, but I can't find it, so here goes: > > Do the fuel tank measurements in GPL use US or UK gallons? > -- > David. > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." > (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

In article <[email hidden]>, David Buttery <[email hidden]> writes >I expect this has been covered before, but I can't find it, so here goes: > >Do the fuel tank measurements in GPL use US or UK gallons? Uh? I always thought a gallon was a gallon, was a gallon. Are US and UK gallons different? -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (David Buttery) writes: >Yes, indeed. US pint = 16 fluid ounces. UK pint = 20 fluid ounces. > >So: US gallon = 128 fl. oz. UK gallon = 160 fl. oz. > >Quite a difference, that. Didn't know that. If it's that big a difference, then you could tell by the weight. Don McCorkle

On Wed 15 Mar 2000 06:04:22p, Peter Ives wrote: >Uh? I always thought a gallon was a gallon, was a gallon. Are US >and UK gallons different? Yes, indeed. US pint = 16 fluid ounces. UK pint = 20 fluid ounces. So: US gallon = 128 fl. oz. UK gallon = 160 fl. oz. Quite a difference, that. -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

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>>Uh? I always thought a gallon was a gallon, was a gallon. Are US >>and UK gallons different? >Yes, indeed. US pint = 16 fluid ounces. UK pint = 20 fluid ounces. >So: US gallon = 128 fl. oz. UK gallon = 160 fl. oz. >Quite a difference, that.

Another myth shattered! :) -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

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> >Uh? I always thought a gallon was a gallon, was a gallon. Are US > >and UK gallons different? > Yes, indeed. US pint = 16 fluid ounces. UK pint = 20 fluid ounces. > So: US gallon = 128 fl. oz. UK gallon = 160 fl. oz. > Quite a difference, that.

Not just gallons that are different - a US fluid ounce is about 3% larger than an UK (Imperial) fluid ounce :-) BTW, despite having been here in the US for just over 2 years I still can't get my head round US mpg figures so whenever I fill up I spend the first minute or so driving away from the petrol (aka gas) station (for the current extortionate rate of $2/gallon :-) trying to remember whether its 20% or 25% I add to the miles or remove from the gallons before doing the division to get (UK) mpg figure. Of course back in the UK its the similar - add 5% to miles and divide by litres/5 to get mpg :-) (and the metric litres/100km seems totally alien to me!) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

The Fuel levels in GPL are measured in US Gallons, which is perfectly logical being coded by Americans, they'll use what they're already comfortable with.

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>I expect this has been covered before, but I can't find it, so here goes: >Do the fuel tank measurements in GPL use US or UK gallons? >-- >David. >"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." >(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

(snip) (unsnip) Eh? Well, it'd be pretty strange if there *wasn't* a difference, wouldn't it?! :-) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- > > >Uh? I always thought a gallon was a gallon, was a gallon. Are US > > >and UK gallons different? > > Yes, indeed. US pint = 16 fluid ounces. UK pint = 20 fluid ounces. > > So: US gallon = 128 fl. oz. UK gallon = 160 fl. oz. > > Quite a difference, that. > Not just gallons that are different - a US fluid ounce is about 3% > larger than an UK (Imperial) fluid ounce :-) > BTW, despite having been here in the US for just over 2 years I still > can't get my head round US mpg figures so whenever I fill up I spend the > first minute or so driving away from the petrol (aka gas) station > (for the current extortionate rate of $2/gallon :-) trying to remember > whether its 20% or 25% I add to the miles or remove from the gallons > before doing the division to get (UK) mpg figure. Of course back in the > UK its the similar - add 5% to miles and divide by litres/5 to get mpg > :-) (and the metric litres/100km seems totally alien to me!) > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.