L/100 km is fuel economy or fuel used. km/L is mileage (or kilometerage)
Michael Payne > [Original Message] > From: Kim, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 27/10/03 17:37:53 > Subject: [USMA:27324] Re: What did you do for US National Metric Week? > > My 1994 Plymouth Voyager LE has a switchable thermometer for outside > temperatures. It was really great to use it to get a feel for Celsius > temperatures. Now I know why temps in the 20s are perfect and single digits > are cold (at least for western Washington State). > > It also has other statistics, like for gas "mileage." Does anyone know why > gas consumption in metric is liters per 100 kilometers? Why isn't kilometers > per liter the standard, like MPG? > > Rich Kim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Wyeth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 12:45 AM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:27317] Re: What did you do for US National Metric Week? > > > I might add that having a Celsius thermometer on one's car is a really > excellent way of getting a feel for temperatures. We switched our Volvo > thermometer when we bought it and find it interesting to see the > fluctuations as we drive around (it is very sensitive and changes the > display quickly) the hilly areas where we live, especially in the winter. I > can now predict within a degree or two what the temp is just by feel. Our > low has been about -11, the high +42. I think many US cars can be > switched, but I have been told by a dealer that Subaru models sold in the > US are hard wired Fahrenheit. > > HARRY WYETH > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 08:02 > Subject: [USMA:27283] What did you do for US National Metric Week? > > > > What did each you folks do during US National Metric Week (2nd week in > > October) that promoted SI? > > > > I flipped the switch on my digital indoor/outdoor thermometers, changing > > them from Fahrenheit to Celsius and leaving them on the Celsius scale. > I've > > gained a very good "feel" for Celsius temperature since then. > > > > --- Michael Payne --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
