Hi Harry, Please visit http://www.metricviews.org.uk/2007/10/18/how-convert-fuel-figures/#more-106 for instructions on how to do the conversion.
Regards Martin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harry Wyeth Sent: 25 June 2008 04:10 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:41224] [Off topic?] Hybrid efficiency I can't resist weighing (pun?) in on this issue. We average 50 mpg/?L per 100 km in our Prius. Last tank was 55. I would think that it would have to be a really tiny diesel to match that. Last time I was in Europe, two years ago, several folks told me that the small diesel engines being installed in VW and some other vehicles were flimsy and fell apart after 100,000 km. On the other hand, we drove a Volvo diesel medium-sized station wagon, equal to the V-70, and it obtained 42 mpg (sorry, but the conversion to L/100 km is complex). I think that in California diesel autos will be allowed by next year (there are some old ones around; I am referring to new ones under the latest standards). But they will have to be very clean to meet our standards. HARRY WYETH
