I just slide the credit card into the pump, put the hose in, and let it fill until it clicks off, full.
Some people stop at a certain dollar amount; these are usually people paying by cash. They determine how much they can afford and stop at that point. I don't know of anyone who stops at a certain quantity. Nonetheless, those of us who calculate fuel economy will note how much the fill was and the distance since the last fill-up and do a calculation. I have a spreadsheet in which I enter the date, the amount paid, the amount (gallons, since that's what is on the receipt) and miles (since that's what is on the odometer). The spreadsheet has additional columns that convert those to liters and km, and shows the result in both miles per gallon and liters/100 km, using the conversion factor of 1 mi = 1.6093 km and 1 gallon = 3.78 liters (US gallons). It also shows the price per gallon of the fuel so over the years I can see how it's been increasing. So all I have to do is type in the numbers and the spreadsheet does all the work. Carleton -------------- Original message -------------- From: Stephen Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have to say that whenever I fill up with petrol I fill it to the top. Or I fill with a monetary amount. I've never watched the litre amount go up and up. Just the £ amount. In the US do people watch the gal figure roll up or do you concentrate on how much the transaction is costing? The only use of metric happens when you notice the big signs saying how much it is per litre. A bit like the mpg figure it's really just a familiar reference figure. Eg: The petrol station on the roundabout sells petrol at over £1 per litre .... "How much?!?" My friend reckons he gets 70 mpg out of his car .... "How much?!!?" etc etc > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 08:53:42 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:39535] Re: Metric & the new Mini Cooper > To: [email protected] > > Absolutely positive that the UK setting is for Imperial gallons. > Although the UK buys petrol per litre, they then get into a car that > calculates fuel efficiency in gallons and speed in miles per hour. It's > unbelievably silly. > > -Mike > > Stephen Humphreys wrote: > > All the UK cars I have driven have mpg and /or gallons left to go > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [USMA:39522] Re: Metric & the new Mini Cooper > > > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:04:30 -0700 > > > > > > Are you sure the UK setting includes Imperial gallons? They've sold > > gasoline > > > by the liter for years. > > > > > > Bill Potts > > > Roseville, CA > > > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator--approaching 100,000 hits] > > > > The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - Windows Live Hotmail
